LO 2 (17 months) knows how to say water and Elmo but sometimes she says wa-wa or Melmo. Her EI teacher wants us to consistently correct her and get her to repeat the right word.
Do you make corrections?
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Yes, I almost always correct him. Partly because I'm not always entirely sure what he's saying and I want to repeat the correct word to make sure he knows it and I understood him correctly (he'll say no and shake his head at me if I guessed wrong). But the other reason is so that he knows how to say it correctly and will hopefully eventually learn to enunciate!
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I didn't when they were younger because it was just so cute. Now that Olive is 3 I do correct her.
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I always just repeat the word correctly. She says "awa" for water, so I just say "you would like water?" Probably should be doing something more though.
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Sometimes we correct her. Sometimes we don't. I think it depends on the situation. In your case, I'd correct LO.
My LO is 2.5 and will say wa-wa sometimes because the other child in our nanny share says wa-wa. I will correct LO because she knows how to say it and is just mimicking her friend. I usually say, "Oh, OtherBaby says wa-wa, right? And how do you say water?" And then she'll say it correctly.
If it's a word with lots of syllables and she is still learning, like "deodorant" (she says odorant) we don't specifically correct her, we'll just repeat the word in the correct way. She will learn!
Other times we don't correct her. LO is in a phase where she thinks it's funny to play with language or mispronounce something so we let her play.
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@Bao: That's basically exactly what I do.
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@Bao: i think that is the perfect thing to do!
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Yes, I correct her if I know she knows the right word. She only "baby" talks anymore when she's tired.
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I don't correct him, but I will repeat the word correctly, so he says "wa wa" and I say, "Oh would you like some water? Water?".
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@Adira: LO 1 corrects her! She is super naggy about it...
It isn't wa-wa!
ELMO, not Melmo!
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@autumnlove: haha, maybe you don't need to since LO1 is on the job??
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@Adira: I probably should do it too since LO 2 tunes big sister out a lot!
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I just repeat it back correctly. DS is a really slow talker (though he's catching up), so I've always wanted to reward any attempt at speech. Now occasionally if I KNOW he can say it correctly I'll have him repeat it, but usually I let it go. When he's more confident and a bit older, I may correct.
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I usually do, but when she says "tato tatos" i don't correct her because it's too cute.
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@Bao: I do exactly the same thing. I repeat it correctly.
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My niece mumbles and talks softly at the same time that she is probably using baby-words. It drives me BANANAS because I can't tell what the child is saying. Ironically, Mr. Frog is much better at piecing together what she is trying to say, and getting her to speak clearer without sounding like an a-hole, than I am. I feel like I just sound like a witch when I try.
The child we lived with for a year before she actually started speaking can hold a perfectly understandable conversation over the telephone.
I have no real idea why they are so different, but Mr. Frog and I, plus her mother, speak pretty clearly.
My mother, who lived with LilSis and is a prominent figure in my niece's life, talks baby talk all the time. -
I've heard that it can hurt confidence to correct them but you should always pronounce it correctly yourself. So if he says "wawa" I say "oh you want some water?" And I enunciate hard.
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Not really when they're younger. I'll just repeat it back to him with the correct pronunciation. "Oh! You want water? Here's some water!"
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I did, and still do. It's important for us because he has a speech issue.
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I always respond with the correct pronunciation but I don't tell her she's wrong. It's hard with grandparents because the words she uses for some things are so adorable they start using them too!
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Depends on how cute the mispronunciation is... ; )
DS is almost 2, and he says things like "baby-c's" instead of ABCs"... he has even started singing the alphabet song "his way" - "Baby-c d e f g..." I will be sad when he stops saying that!!
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He only has 3 words that he 'misprounouces' - shoe-shoes, baba (bottle) and l'eau-l'eau (lo-lo), which means bath/body of water (if he wants to drink water it's just l'eau). I don't bother correcting him for those.
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