3 year old baby talk
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| 3 year old has all of a sudden started talking like a baby almost all the time. It has has become almost impossible to hold a conversation with him because he wants to just talk silly/gibberish. He has a large vocabulary and always spoke clearly prior to this annoying phase. His preschool teachers say he does not do it there. We have an 8month old daughter at home, could his sister be causing this regression? What can I do to get him to speak normally? |
Anonymous
| No ideas, just commiseration. My son, almost 4, just started doing this. Drives me nuts. I just say that i can't understand him when he talks like that and I wait until he's talking normally before I answer the question or give him what he wants. |
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He wants your attention and he's getting it. So maybe try a little more one on one time with him?
It's fine to tell him you don't understand. Try to hide your annoyance and just look impassive. He's testing limits trying to push buttons, but if he can't, the game will get old. |
Anonymous
| It's because of the baby. My 4 year old isn't doing it quite as much as you describe with your 3 year old, but we have a 7 month old at home, and it's very much coming from the baby. He tries to talk to the baby like the baby is "talking" and tries to babble with us because he sees that we think it's cute when the baby babbles. I think this is very normal and just something to go along with until he gets tired of it. If you try to distract him with other games and activities, he should switch out of it In the meantime, just accept it and say things like, "Aw, it's too bad that I can't understand you. I really like talking with you. I hope we'll be able to have a conversation again soon." Don't use the "you're a big boy and shouldn't talk like a baby" line -- I personally hate this type of reasoning and think it makes kids act more like a baby and feel resentful. |
Anonymous
My 4yo does this a lot. I discovered a lot of it is him trying to imitate the British accents on some of the tv shows he watches  .
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Birdmom5
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| We have had that also and at one point it was an awful habit. Have you tried to tell him you don't understand him with "that voice"? That always worked for us. I never responded if they talked like that till they changed their voice. Hang in there!! |
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It's hard to compete for cuteness when you feel like the baby upstages you.
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