https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:36:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1493080 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:43:27 +0000 JennyD 1493080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but my husband does! And our LO is 2! Waaaaay too old for baby talk. </p> <p>What kills me is my mom. Whenever she's talking to LO, she speaks much louder. Like my toddler is deaf. Gah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492949 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:05:28 +0000 fancyfunction 1492949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: Ugh - mine always asks her if she wants to go "seepys". It's sleep!!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492657 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:01:53 +0000 loveisstrange 1492657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I have made a point not to. I talk in silly voices to her, but I use real words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492625 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:53:30 +0000 Ra 1492625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Me too. That's pretty much the only baby talk I use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492568 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:33:28 +0000 MrsH 1492568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normally we use proper words but I admit to using baa baa instead of bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492462 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:37:39 +0000 tequiero21 1492462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Actually, I don't think I ever did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492417 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:15:36 +0000 swurlygurl 1492417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I animate my voice for her (less so as she's aging), but use the proper words. My mom is pretty bad about using baby words, and it makes my skin crawl. She rarely sees her though, so I don't make a big deal about it :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492403 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:02:33 +0000 honeybear 1492403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I have way too much to say! </p> <p>On a related note, the parting wisdom from my senior year English teacher in high school on the last day of school was "You may only speak baby talk to your dog, because they'll never repeat it back to you!" She seemed quite adamant about that point. She has long since retired, but I remembered what she said a decade later when my son was born. I read him Shakespeare in her honor, too. (That was the other piece of advice on babies that she doled out that day.) :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492342 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:38:04 +0000 PurplePeony 1492342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I copy her noises back to her and also converse in regular (but higher-pitched) English. I think I read that it's good for them, developmentally, to hear their own noises echoed back? Anyway, if she says "gaaahblergh ooop!" I'll say back to her "oh, gaaahblergh ooop? Are you trying to tell me you want to play with your ladybug toy?" or something like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492313 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:25:45 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1492313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: My MIL does the same thing. Every time I scream in my head "That's not a word!!!" Babadeebadah! WTF old lady!</p> <p>I avoid talking to her like a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492310 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:24:17 +0000 littlebug 1492310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely speak in a higher pitch sometimes, but I always speak properly to him. Poor grammar is the bain of my existence. This is one of the things that drives me absolutely BATTY about my MIL. She speaks to D like he's an idiot. "D'awww...doezh you have da sneezers?" No. Just. No. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492291 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:17:28 +0000 MamaMoose 1492291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I talk in a high pitched voice, not going to lie about that. But I always use proper English. It drives me crazy when people talk to their babies in "baby speak". How are they supposed to learn how to speak properly?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492282 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:15:42 +0000 fancyfunction 1492282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really but sometimes I find myself talking in a high, animated voice ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492189 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:39:57 +0000 Alivoo01 1492189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes! It comes out naturally even though I don't mean to! haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-baby-talk-to-your-lo#post-1492164 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:33:23 +0000 chopsuey 1492164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually don't, but sometimes I can't help it :P </p>