Babytalk vs Adult Conversation

The way I speak to my daughter is constantly morphing based on her cognitive development. It's instinct to talk in a high-pitched, sing-songy way to infants because that's how they best respond to your voice. Now that Chloe is a year old I actually "talk" to her since I'm pretty sure she gets about 25% or more of what I'm saying. At this point, she sort of dictates how our communication progresses.

^^Noodle Vague and Laurel both OTM. Babies like silly voices and stupid noises and funny faces, it makes them laugh so why wouldn't you do it? As they get older it just becomes more natural to progress to more of a normal 'conversation' as they become more capable of chatting with you. They all seem to end up being able to talk.

they treat their children not just as people who need to learn words, but as idiots

well, they ARE idiots. i mean, my son can't even tie his own shoes.

They're also jerks because you know even if they could tie their own shoes they'd still make you do it

Also Laurel totally OTM as she always is with the babbies

One month dudes, and I will be addressing this question irl.

― hypo ilxa/hermes ban (kkvgz), Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:49 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Before my daughter was born, I thought I was all going to read her Aeschylus in Scooby-Doo voices for all the titans and gods. When she was about two weeks old, I realized that wasn't going to last, and decided that Bulfinch's Mythology would suffice. These days, I just go "buh-buh-buh-buh-buh?"

ha that's how I talk to my baby too, just BEE BEE BEEE BEEE BAAA BAAA BAAA BAAAA BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH, she thinks it's funny. to mix it up, I sing the beginning of "shutterbugg": BUH BUH, BUH BUH BUH, BUH BUHBUH BUH. BUH BUH, BUH BUH BUH, BUH BUHBUH BUH.