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Mrs. Smith - February 28th, 2011 12:00 AM

A kid's environment is a very big factor in developing good communication skills. Some parents talk gibberish to their kids that may actually cause the child to follow "improper" words. When you talk to your child, you can still do a "kiddie" talk but use the appropriate words for your child to follow. I believe that if there are more people who communicates with a child, they also learn to adapt relatively faster.

nikkigolberg - February 28th, 2011 12:34 AM

Commonly babies can speak simple words before they reach 1 year old. you'll know your doing it wrong if you kid is 2 years old and still talks gibberish.

brenda - February 28th, 2011 2:47 AM

In most cases they learn talking at the age of 1, but there are also some who learns how to talk after that age. Each child is still unique and they learn at their own pace.

Mrs. Smith - February 28th, 2011 2:49 AM

Each developmental pattern is the same to all of us. Like learning how to crawl before we walk, to coo before talking, to sit before standing and so on and so forth. But as to WHEN these changes happen, it varies form one kid to another.

LovelyRuth - February 28th, 2011 4:13 AM

Gibberish or baby talk is fine once in a while. However if you do it constantly yes, I would agree, the kid will be talking gibberish too. If done constantly, it might add up to the baby learning how to talk late.

nikkigoldberg - February 28th, 2011 6:13 AM

I could just imagine hearing a 5 yr old kid talking babby talking in the groceries. lol!

KaraJones - February 28th, 2011 9:26 AM

Doing baby talk is more like playing with your kids or those you can consider as sweet nothings.. but when you are trying to give instructions or perhaps do something that is routine, it's always best to use the correct words. Example? it's not good to trade "food" with "yumyum" or perhaps "taking a bath" with "bah-bath"... things like that.

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