Baby Talk

Does anyone else remember when they were 16 and horrified by their mother's reaction to babies? I used to cringe, then go home and give my mother a lecture on how embarrassing she was, and didn't she realize that no one else in the world talked like that to babies? I would also throw in a comment on how if she ever did it again I would have to die of mortification.

Now I have the realization that I may have turned into my mom. Not completely, mind you. I refuse to admit that, and will hit anyone who says differently. But I have turned into the dreaded baby talker. I do talk to Clark normally, say, for example, if he's playing on his mat and I'm cleaning around him, I'll tell him all about what I'm doing in a normal voice, if not slightly sing-songish. But I find quite often, when he's being incredibly cute I talk in a slight baby voice. Yes, I know, I'm probably stunting his speech or whatever, but I can't help it. He is too cute!

Try to not talk baby-talk to this cute little nerd.

It's funny how even through to the end of my pregnancy, I thought I would never turn into one of "those people"(always said with a snort of derision). And yet, here I am. I am a baby-talker, and I am not ashamed!! But I'm not blind, either. I've began noticing the horrified looks from people if I do it in front of them. Not family, mind you, but always single people with no kids, and no close family with small children. They look at me first like I'm a crazy person, then secondly like they are scared/feel sorry for the weirdo mother. I think it especially freaks those out that are the same age, or older than I am. They totally give me the look that I used to give to my mom! Funny how these things come back to bite you later in life. I see why nothing I said ever made my mom stop though. It's too addicting. Especially when it's your own baby. So I just ignore it for now. When they have babies of their own, they will understand, and luckily for them, they will have me to join in with them so they don't feel like a complete idiot in front of everyone else.