did you talk baby talk to your children, or do you talk that way to your mate

@winterose (39887)
Canada
March 9, 2008 6:14pm CST
I have a friend that never talked baby talk to her children, granted the kids spoke very well at an early age, but the funny part is the couple, speaks baby talk to each other? did you or do you talk baby talk to your children, do you talk baby talk to your mate? do you find it cute when other couples do it, or do you find it annoying?
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8 responses
• Canada
10 Mar 08
I NEVER baby talk to my kids! The worst thing ever would be to try to undo bad talking habits that you yourself created! There's enough work to do teaching children to speak properly without that. My mother-in-law though must have done it because she's stuck in permanent baby-talk mode. She baby talks to EVERYONE when she's at home. Strangely enough, she never does it on the phone. It even drives my husband crazy!
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
Doesn't she sound sort of silly I can see where it even annoys your husband. a grown up woman talking baby talk help.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
10 Mar 08
I have never talked to any of mine like babies, I just talk to them normally. I have a 2 year old daughter and she is still in her pushchair and when we go out I just talk away to her, especially when we are in a shop I ask her opinion about things and tell her why I want something. I get some really strange looks I think that maybe people think I am talking to myself! My husband used to baby talk to our boys terrible when they were babies and I still rib him about it now!
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I don't think I talked much baby talk to my daughter when she was little. That is just not my style. I never talk baby talk with my husband either LOL. don't find it cute when people talk to their babies or their mate with baby talk either. It is embarrassing LOL.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Thank you. I found this picture. It looks exactly like my dog. I don't have any of him to put online but this one is exactly like him. My Pomeranian is 10 years old now. We had him since he was a pup.
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@Modestah (11177)
• United States
18 Mar 08
no, I was not one to talk baby talk with my children - and I find I have a very low tolerance level when I hear couples talking that way to each other - save it for your private time, do not involve me please!!!
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
11 Mar 08
No Sweet I didn't talk babytalk I spoke just normal language to my babies It doesn't annoy me I just don't use it myself To each his/her own! xoxoxoxoxo
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@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
10 Mar 08
Have talked baby talk to my children when they were younger..I have talked baby talk to my husband(in privacy of my home) but just to annoy him. It is very annoying when people do it to their partner...
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@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
10 Mar 08
I hate baby talk it makes me want to scream! We have a girl at work that does it and it drives me right up the wall! I only do it to my husband when we are joking about someone else that does it because he too thinks it is totally stupid.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
I think little ones have a hard enough time learning to talk without adults muddying up things with stupid baby talk.if they only knew how silly they sound to other people they would stop doing it. I never talked baby talk to my kids nor to my mate. I had some pet names for my hubby but they were not baby talk.I do not think baby talk is cute I find it irritating.