If you look confused, then you're right.. What is this language that we begin to speak when we become parents? Or even when a baby is in our near vicinity? I told myself I would never be one of those people that spoke to baby's in that awful sing-songy tune, that I would speak to them properly and not alter my language.
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When you're looking at this gorgeous little face, and shes smiling at you just because you said "hello" to her, how can you NOT talk to her in a sing songy voice?? I seem to have a case of the double speak too..
Nap-nap has two meanings. It means changing her nappy, and putting her down for a nap. Bot-Bot has two meaning. It means changing her bottom, and giving her a bottle. (I express and feed her EBM {expressed Breast Milk})
Barse means Bath time. I change the "th" to a "s" sound and I watch her face light up as though she knows what I'm saying. (Then again, her face lights up when I say "ewww!! poo-poo's!!" as well, so that doesn't mean that much!)
Language is a funny thing. It's like I've forgotten how to speak again. I have to learn how to speak at the same time as Poppy.. She's making all these coo-ing noises at the moment and I'm repeating them back to her. I must sound like a complete idiot! It's funnier when I pretend I'm having a conversation with her. "Oh really? What happened next? {coooooooo} Really?? Don't leave me hanging! What else happened? {coooo ahhhhhhh} Oh no she didn't did she?? {cooooo!!} Wow!" and so on and so forth. She thinks it's the funniest thing in the world.
It's great when they start talking (or coo-ing in this case), now it's just me who's gotta remember how to speak properly...
Oh yay! Din-din time! Night all!
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I read somewhere once that some sing-songy talk can be good for babies, because it stimulates different parts of their brain, and they just like the sound of it. I'm not sure if it's true, but I hope it is, because I find myself talking to other people's babies like that and I'm almost certain to do it to mine! :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah, sing-songy talk is really good (mum told me that too!), it's the made up words that I have to look out for! :)
DeleteHaha we all do it! I swore I never would and I am a shocker for it now!
ReplyDeleteI also read it is good for their brains, so it's not so bad :)
I say nap-nap for nap and nappy change although 'barse' is much more suitable for bath, I have started saying 'barf-ies!', LOL.
"Barf-ies" I think would give the wrong impression!! LOL!! I can't stop myself saying Barse, and she just loves it.. I'll have to change the "nap-nap" though!
DeleteOh I remember doing that with my first child (swearing I wouldnt!) I expressed with MissC for 4 months until I felt like all I was doing was expressing/feeding/expressing/feeding! She went onto formula after that! She was born very small and cut up my nipples so bad I had to have surgery on them!
ReplyDeleteFeeding my second was easier with BF... but after a few bouts of mastitis I decided to go onto formula.
You do what you do... and I love saying nap-nap and bot-bot and when they start developing their language they start saying it back to you!
Haha! I use the exact same words! We say 'barse' for bath, and "time to change your nappy-nap-nap!" And likewise - I have no idea where I've pulled these words from? :-)
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