Am I just being annoying? You can tell me lol

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My SO hates that I think this way but it irrrkkksss my nerves when people purposely pronounce words wrong talking to my 4 month old. “Oh you gonna fratch frannies eyes out? Just keep fratchin huh? Fratch fratch fratch!”
Ok if u want her to call you Franny instead of granny that’s fine, that can be your name, but SCRATCH is an actual word, not a name, and I would like her to be able to pronounce words correctly.
My SO “oh it’s just baby talk it’s not gonna hurt/hinder her”
Is she too young for me to be worried about this?
Signed, annoying FTM who worries about any and everything and wants to raise her child a certain way that is not consistent with the child’s other side lol

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In small doses it shouldn't do any harm but generally babies respond better to actual words / conversations and they learn how to speak by copying so it's probably better if they copy from correct words to begin with.

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I’m with you. I don’t think it’s cute or helpful to their development. The very first literacy skill a child develops is listening. If they don’t learn to distinguish sounds appropriately then phonics skills are going to be difficult when they go to kindergarten. 
It might just be ‘baby talk’ now but learning to speak correctly and being exposed to a large range of vocabulary is more important for development than being ‘cute’.

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I hate baby talk so much. Thankfully my parents are on the same level... I'm sure his parents will be all about that tho. Not my fault when the baby can't communicate with them or say the name right. 🤷
I'd just leave it be. As long as majority of what baby hears is correct, it shouldn't be a big deal.

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Nah I’d be annoyed. If you’re going to use words to my child why not use the correct ones?

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I am the same way. I have a 15 month old and have never baby talked him and don't allow anyone else to and he is able to form sentences already. My niece had baby talk and barely talks at all. I think it has bigger impack on them then what people think.

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You do you, mama! I hated it (and still hate it) whenever my in laws did this around my daughter. It drove me crazy! I corrected them to their face... I didn’t care. That’s my child!

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To me, I understand talking cute to the baby but I don’t agree with changing the way words sound. Like you said scratch is a word and you can still say it in a cute high voice and say it right! Our friends use the “word” “ucky” A LOT! In my head I’m saying JUST SAY YUCKY! It’s literally one more letter and then they will know how to say the word! I have always talked cute and sweet to my babes but I don’t change the way words sound on them.

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It’s just baby talk. She’s 4 months old, she doesn’t yet know all those words. Hitting 9+ months, they start to understand stuff more.

Am I just being annoying? You can tell me lol

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