baby talk

[verona]

My 28 month old son's speech has developed a lot in the last couple of months. However he still says things like 'moo moo,' 'miaow' for cow, 'row row' for boat (as in row your boat) and a fire engine/ police car is a 'nee nar'.

I'm not bothered by this but always use the correct words when talking to him. DP on the other hand goes out of his way to use DS1's words ie will say 'where's your row row?' etc.

Apart from it driving me mad is there any reason why I should ask DP not to?

No - it wil not affect his speech development at all. As he grows he will dicover which words are babyish and stop using them.

No, it's fine and normal. Funnily enough, I'm like your dh and I love my ds's baby words - woof-woof for dog, moo for cow etc, but he's still at 22 months now replacing them with dog and cow. It won't affect development.

In fact short sentences, high pitched voices and baby talk encourage babies and young children to tune in. That's why so many love Teletubbies.

sorry this is very bitty, but things keep occuring to me. I use a lot of baby talk with my 4 year old with a severe language disorder, I've never been told not to. He certainly finds baby voices and baby words easier to pay attention to.

my dd's speech is delayed and we have been encouraged by the SALT to use this kind of 'baby talk' ie. woof woof etc because it is an important part of their understanding of speech. It is very useful for their sounds and things. I really wouldnt worry about it as he sounds like he is doing fine.