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Can a baby speak Parseltongue?

63 replies

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 13:47

Yes, my husband finds it funny. But since our daughter turned five months old, she’s been making sounds that honestly sound like Parseltongue from Harry Potter. 🫣 Has anyone else experienced the same? She’s seven months old now.

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InterestedDad37 · 14/01/2026 16:31

You'd have to closely ssssssssssstudy what the child is ssssssssssaying in order to be ssssssssssure. Isssssssss there sssssssssomeone who could sssssssssit with you and lissssssssten to her ssssssssssoumds, as an independent witnesssssssssss? 🐍👅

stargirl27 · 14/01/2026 16:33

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 13:47

Yes, my husband finds it funny. But since our daughter turned five months old, she’s been making sounds that honestly sound like Parseltongue from Harry Potter. 🫣 Has anyone else experienced the same? She’s seven months old now.

Yes, of course they can.

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

BauhausOfEliott · 14/01/2026 16:27

Do you genuinely think that pointing out that your baby makes lisping babbling noises that sound a bit like the ones a wizard makes in a children's film is in some way equivalent to saying 'I think my child is possessed by Satan'?

If the OP had said 'My baby makes a really funny little noise sometimes that sounds like Muttley's wheezy laugh in the Dastardly & Muttley cartoon', would you think she was genuinely implying that her child was an animated scruffy dog who acts as sidekick to a moustachioed pigeon-catcher?

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

99victoria · 14/01/2026 16:40

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

🙄🙄

RawBloomers · 14/01/2026 16:43

At least secondary school is sorted. A worry off your plate.

Heylittlesongbird · 14/01/2026 16:49

Well mine babbled incomprehensibly but quite earnestly. We used to say she was communicating with the mother ship.
Do you mean something like that?

fiolana · 14/01/2026 16:55

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

What do you mean by Harry Potter stuff? The books?
What's annoying about Harry Potter? They're excellent children's books, my dc read them all, apart from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I didn't allow until year 4, by the end of year 2. We love the movies too. All good.

The OP is funny, no?

RawBloomers · 14/01/2026 17:00

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

You don't have to push your misery on to everyone else.

RightOnTheEdge · 14/01/2026 17:05

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

I find when people are so po faced and serious it's a bit of a shame.

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:31

TheHumanRepresentative · 14/01/2026 13:53

My sibling only spoke parseltongue for a whole year, after seeing harry potter. As a child, I should say.

Edited

Thank you.
She didn’t watch it yet. 🤷‍♀️ I see people are sort of angry because of my post but I wrote it not because it’s funny. I just asked or anyone else had similar “speech.” I’m not that well experienced mother.

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Newsenmum · 14/01/2026 18:32

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 14:04

Some people irl think their children are possessed by devils. They subject them to horrendous exorcism ceremonies.
So how do you know OP isn't serious?
It's an exceptionally weird thing to say about your wee baby.

Edited

If she’s relating to harry potter it’s not exactly that is it.

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:34

Branleuse · 14/01/2026 13:54

I would definitely keep an eye on this, and watch for other signs of wizardry and witchcraft

Why, thank you 🫣

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OttersMayHaveShifted · 14/01/2026 18:36

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 14:04

Some people irl think their children are possessed by devils. They subject them to horrendous exorcism ceremonies.
So how do you know OP isn't serious?
It's an exceptionally weird thing to say about your wee baby.

Edited

Hmm Yes and those kinds of people would definitely be lightheartedly posting on MN about it and comparing it to something on Harry Potter. Have you had a simultaneous common sense and sense of humour bypass?

OttersMayHaveShifted · 14/01/2026 18:38

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

What do you mean by 'this Harry Potter stuff'? You find a popular children's book series that's encouraged kids all across the world to read books 'really annoying'? Ok.

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:38

Ddayishere · 14/01/2026 16:35

Not really.

I just find this whole Harry Potter stuff really annoying and so I found OP relating her little ones lovely baby noises to it a bit of a shame.

Oh my, I didn’t mean to stir up so much anger here. I was just asking whether anyone else had a similar experience. Sorry.
No matter what she says, she’s an adorable baby.❤️

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StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:41

HoseGoblin · 14/01/2026 13:54

Is she a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin? That makes it more likely.

(Unless you're serious and not joking in which case... You need to speak to someone medical and very not wizardy fairly urgently).

Edited

husband votes for Slytherin 🫣

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StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:42

Thank you.

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StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:44

Peoplemakemedespair · 14/01/2026 13:56

Get a pet snake op. Imagine the adventures they’ll have together!

I suffer with ophidiophobia 🫣

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StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:46

ShortColdandGrey · 14/01/2026 13:59

My daughter did some sort of wee chant when she was about that age and we said she was doing voodoo. It also went along with strange hand movements. Funnily enough she is now obsessed with Harry Potter so may be it was parseltongue 😂

Thank you for sharing it ☺️

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Anotherselfemployedcleaner · 14/01/2026 18:48

ThatWildMintSloth · 14/01/2026 14:04

You may get more expert advice on the Raising Wizards board.

😂

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:50

Ballycastle · 14/01/2026 14:37

Yep. Had this with one of my kids. Was a shock having Hagrid break down the door mind

Thank you 🤣

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Seeline · 14/01/2026 18:52

My DD babbled non- stop at the age, but the sounds she used weren't just 'English' ones - the usual mumumum or dada type sounds. She seemed to manage sounds that sounded like French, and Welsh and all sorts. If you weren't really concentrating, it really sounded as though she was speaking in a foreign language that we didn't understand.
She started speaking properly at about 10 months and soon had a huge vocabulary. She's 21 now and hasn't really stopped talking since 😆

downunder50 · 14/01/2026 18:57

Make them back to her OP, she'll learn about the idea of taking turns in a conversation and it's a great way of bonding.

I'm very jealous, I'd love to have a wizard baby.

StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 18:57

Seeline · 14/01/2026 18:52

My DD babbled non- stop at the age, but the sounds she used weren't just 'English' ones - the usual mumumum or dada type sounds. She seemed to manage sounds that sounded like French, and Welsh and all sorts. If you weren't really concentrating, it really sounded as though she was speaking in a foreign language that we didn't understand.
She started speaking properly at about 10 months and soon had a huge vocabulary. She's 21 now and hasn't really stopped talking since 😆

Thank you for sharing your experience ☺️

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StressedWorriedSkye · 14/01/2026 19:04

Heylittlesongbird · 14/01/2026 16:49

Well mine babbled incomprehensibly but quite earnestly. We used to say she was communicating with the mother ship.
Do you mean something like that?

She makes sounds like ‘meee’ and ‘beee,’ but sometimes she looks you straight in the eyes, very serious, and something very ‘shapishhhh’ comes out 😄 I didn’t mean to make anyone angry here — I was just asking about other people’s experiences.

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