Baby Words
By tentwo67
@tentwo67 (3382)
United States
October 17, 2006 5:13pm CST
My son used to say "Hel-ee-coppoler" for helicopter and "monortycle" for motorcycle. He still says "extercise" for exercise. I've read the parenting books that say that you shouldn't encourage the baby talk and should respond to baby talk in regular English... well, I just love his baby words, and now that he's getting so big I miss them.
Do you have any fun baby words to share?
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19 responses
@linkpointe (1003)
• Philippines
20 Oct 06
What you have read was right. Talk to your babay the regular way so he'll be able to adapt to your language that easily. Baby talking can be a problem to you in the near future. Prevent it as early as now, and see the improvement in his speech. You will be a great help for your child's speech and mental development as well.
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@linkpointe (1003)
• Philippines
20 Oct 06
Oh i see! good to hear that. Well sometimes, I agree that baby talk sounds so endearing as you said.
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@HerShe (2383)
• Canada
6 Nov 06
Hi tentwo67. The parenting books are right. Speak to children in proper language. That's the way they will learn proper language. That includes the proper names for body parts! I guess if he is starting to talk like a 'person' and is loosing the baby words, you'd better get out your tape recorder or video with audio recorder out and start recording those special words. When he has his first child, you can give him the tapes. He'll enjoy them as much as you do now. Save the joy!
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
8 Nov 06
That's a great idea and I'm sad that I've already missed some of them that he's dropped already. But, they will always be with me in my heart!
I do agree with the parenting books. It's just so cute that it's tempting to encourage them (but I don't).
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
20 Oct 06
My 6 year old says "extercise" too. It drives me nuts and I'm always correcting her because she is way too old to be doing baby talk. She says she likes it better that way and refuses to say it correctly. She is so stubborn.
For the longest time she said "hangaburger" for hamburger. Of course we used to say it too because it was cute. She was 5 before I convinced her to say it correctly and got the other two to kick the habit. We are horrible about reinforcing those baby talk habits. We still say sockie and shoesies and stuff like that with our almost 4 year old. And I wonder why she isn't up to par on her speech. I have been trying to say things correctly lately but old habits are hard to break for adults too.
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
20 Oct 06
A hard lesson for me, not just in this area, is learning to not react too strongly to what my son does - because even negative feedback is still feedback, and they like the attention.
My thought for you is it's never too late to adjust. If you calmly insist that she use the right words, maybe saying you can't understand her unless she says it properly, hopefully she'll get with the program.
On extersize, I may very well be feeling the way you are if he's still saying it at age 6, but right now I still find it cute
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
20 Oct 06
I do still find it cute with our 4 year old. She is just so adorable and since she started speaking late I just never cared. I was just happy she was talking finally. I have started to tell her she has to say words correctly (she does know the difference) because she is a big girl now.
My 6 year old--she does know how for sure she just wants to be difficult. She is very smart and very stubborn. When she was 2 1/2-3 years old and we were trying to potty train her she got mad at us one day for not getting her a snack at a rest stop on a trip. (It was right around the time she turned 3). She told us "I'm never using the potty ever again." Well she didn't. She refused to even sit on the toilet for several months. She didn't potty train until she was 3 years and 3 months. Once she decided she felt like it then she was out of diapers in a day.
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@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Our daughter is 27, but we still love to think back to some of the cute things she said as a baby. She always talked about doing things tosmorrow or tosmorning. She chattered about moocows and megacars. While we knew what moocows are, megacars floored us until one day when we were out driving when she called out, "Megacar" and pointed at an American flag. She was not quite 3 when our son was born, and she gave him the nickname which has stuck in our family to this day. She called him her Boody.
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@2bugerboys (752)
• United States
28 Oct 06
I think it is normal for kids to say words differently at first because they don't learn all their sounds until a certain time or age. My son has trouble with a few sounds in some words. Like he calls him self Dabin-his name is Gavin. I know he will get the right sounds soon, but he will be seeing a speech therapist in his preschool to get him on the right track. I NEVER babytalk or encourage it.
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@gnilraps1979 (310)
• Australia
20 Oct 06
one used to say umbow (elbow) and slimey mouth (smiley) i'm siffagit (I'm sick of it) get away me and the most recent at 10mnths (so cute) mik (milk).
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@pookie92 (1714)
• United States
20 Oct 06
well, my oldest called baloons "gaboons" and then "galoons", she is now 11 and has no problem saying the words right. I wouldn't be too concerned about baby words, they say them like they hear them. It is cute, and ends all to soon, so ENJOY IT WHILE It lasts!
@floramwaters (1595)
• United States
22 Oct 06
My kids called shoes "the a cars". I always tell them they have to have there shoes on to go in the car. So I have a hard time of brakeing them of that.
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@magikrose (5429)
• United States
25 Oct 06
You know as adorable and cute as they are, children really need to learn to speak clearly. My 5yr old drives me nuts because she has a slight slur in her speach and I am constantly trying to correct her because sometimes I dont understand what she is saying, yet my 2yr old is understood by a person who dosnt have any kids nor does he hang arround any kids except mine. Clear Speach is a necessity in this society.
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@thepromptwriter (474)
• United States
28 Oct 06
When my daughter was little, she couldn't say certain words the right way. She was grossed out by something one day and tried to say that it was discusting, but looked right in the face and said, "Mommy, dat's bascusting". To this day, we call gross stuff, "bascusting".
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@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
8 Nov 06
That's cute. My little brother for some reason called the utility room the "wetumptity room" and we still use that term sometimes even though he's about to turn 35. I agree with the folks who have said that you must not encourage the baby talk, but some of it is too good to let go in my opinion!
@rockbaby (805)
• Lebanon
28 Oct 06
hehehe.. when i was 5 month old or younger abit.. (AS MOM SAYS AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY hehe) there was war in lebanon (AS USUAL lol) and the 1st words i said were taa boom (for missiles lol u know the sound of them) and bamboo for shampoo,, but hey i was 4-5 month old.. yeah i talked young lol.. also walked young..
my 1.5 year old cousin says lally for my name which is sally hehe..its hard ot say the other words cuz they r in arabic and i dono if everyone can understand them so im stickin to these.. hehe
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
17 Oct 06
It is hard to force your kids ot speak correctly, but it is really best for them. My son who is seven still uses some baby words when he wants to be cute. One thing that he use to do was call himself akob instead of Jakob. Use to drive my ex insane.
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@chihouse (213)
• United States
20 Oct 06
my name is La Wanda and all of my siblings at 2-3yrs even 4 got it wrong, Wawa, anda, and even just signaling for me to pick them up ! it's cute for a while, but then I start using full sentences, repeat after me, " may I have some juice please" and maybe sometimes they will just say "pease" to what I have in my hand but it's a start !
@sudhir_328 (559)
• India
22 Oct 06
still i don't have any baby thats why i don't know such words but as soon i get it i will definetly tell you.
