We all know that parents have a naturally funny way of talking to babies, using silly, high-pitched voices and non-sense syllables.\u00a0 This type of baby talk has recently been proven as beneficial in helping babies learn to recognize, comprehend and eventually speak their home language.\u00a0 But have you ever listened to the way a parent talks to a toddler who has begun speaking?<\/p>\n
While I\u2019ve always tried to talk to my girls using proper grammatical structure (though I don\u2019t regularly correct theirs\u2026I\u2019m a fan of teaching by example), I realized the other day how much I use their language.\u00a0 I\u2019ve adopted the way they say words and inserted them into my grammatically correct sentences.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of a funny phenomenon because I know they know the real words (they learned them somehow, right?) yet I naturally use the words they do.\u00a0 We now sort of have our own family language!<\/p>\n
Some of my favorite words we\u2019ve used over the years are:<\/p>\n
Squirler=Squirrel<\/p>\n
Wubby=Lovey<\/p>\n
Wad-y=Water<\/p>\n
Lo-pa=Load up<\/p>\n
Damp Cass=Dance Class<\/p>\n
Babe-ing suit or Swimming Soup=Swimming Suit<\/p>\n
Huggle=Hug\/Cuddle\/Snuggle<\/p>\n
Musie=Music<\/p>\n
Mik=Milk<\/p>\n
Bankie or Ni-Ni=Blanket<\/p>\n
Putey=Computer<\/p>\n
Sum Gassies=Sun Glasses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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