Is it normal?

Question

My son is going to be 6 soon and he calls me daddy and he still baby talks like instead of milk he will say milky. We are concerned our friends boys his age don't talk like that. Is this normal? Im afraid he is going to be made fun of by the other boys.

Answer 1

kids tease each other up through high school for all such things. He will eventually grow out of it, and if it doesn't bother you for him to do it in the home...then let him do it. Once he sees that his friends don't think it's that cute...he may stop on his own.

Answer 2

If he calls you daddy that's fine but as far as milky and that kind of thing then it is nothing really to be worried about unless it continues for a while. It is actually quite common.

Some children revert back to baby talk when there has beeen a big change. That is their way of gaining attention. A lot of exsperts have diffrent opinions about how to deal with it. Try not to give in until he pronounces the words right. Say them and make him repeat them. Don't make a big deal about it or else he will know it annoys you amd he will keep on doing it. That worked best for me when i was teaching my 3 year old to talk and if he reverts back to it at age six i plan to do the same thing all over again.

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Answer 3

You shouldn't worry about the entire thing. Him calling you daddy is actually a blessing. You'll want the times when he called you daddy back when he's older, but i understand your concern.

Now if the milky thing worries you, just let him know it does by correcting him. When he says, "Daddy, can I have some milky?" just say, "Daddy, can I have some what?" and make him repeat it. I will admit that if you do let this behavior go on, it could have some, if any, reprocutions on him (social life mostly).

Overall, don't worry about it.

i hope I could be of help to you.

Answer 4

Daddy is fine, but milky??? Just tell him that this is baby talk and because he is a big boy and going to school he needs to speak like a big boy, your friends boys don't talk like this because their parents have corrected them...you are the parent and therefor the biggest teacher your child will have so give him a head start and get cracking.

Answer 5

OK I am 26 year old and still call my dad well....daddy ..nothing wrong with it ..and the milky problem and the other"baby" words when he says the word in "baby form" tell him the correct way to say it and do not give him what he wants till he says it correctly. He learned it somewhere and now those teachings have to be undone (make sure he can pronounce then as best to his ability) he may still pronounce some things wrong but he is young also ..It will stop all in good time .good luck AND god bless

Answer 6

Perhaps he learned this b/c someone spoke "baby talk" to him. This is why I am not really in favor of baby talk. I know people who just speak normally to their children, including the use of "big words," and see that their children are inquisitive and incredibly articulate.

In your situation, just speak normally to your son and make sure others that he is in contact with (e.g., caregivers, grandparents, etc.) are doing the same thing. I probably would not "correct" him per se, ... you don't want him to become overly intimidated by his speech otherwise he might just clam up all together. If he says "milky" don't say "no, not milky - milk." Instead, respond to him using the correct word. In time, he will pick it up, especially if his peers are using "milk" instead of milky. He will adapt just fine.

Answer 7

Your son may be six soon but for now, he is five years old. He will begin to stop baby talk when he gets used to being around other kids because they'll want to be big school kids. As for the word "daddy"....I'm 65 years old and until my father was buried four years ago today, I called him "Daddy." And if anyone thought it was odd, then they just didn't have the good fortune to have a daddy like mine!

Answer 8

Children w can only learn form us at home, so if you call milk miky, then the chances are your son will copy you. Make a point to use correct words for things. Instead of din dins, say dinner, horse instead of horsey, dog instead of doggy, you know the kind of things i mean.
We all do it, we all use nickmanes for things and baby talk, and we forget that our little guys have to grow up.
Once he gets to school, he'll soon pick up all sorts of words from other kids and the word milky will be be the last of your worries.

Answer 9

Daddy is perfectly fine, i know grown men who still call their father's daddy. However, if the baby talk really bothers you, it's a simple fix. when he asks for something in baby talk, you say "can you use grown up words?" if he won't, then say "ok, then i guess you can't have that glass of milk." He's not dumb, he just doesn't see it as a problem (and really it's not. kids baby talk for a long time, even in school. Don't worry. he's just a sweet kid.)

Answer 10

The daddy thing is fine - I myself, always preferred mom to mommy, but what can you do........he'll grow out of that and shorten it to dad soon enough.

As for the whole "milky" thing, that bugs me. The only reason he says it this way is because you have allowed him to do so for so long. When my daughters were younger and asked for something using the "wrong word" (ex. milky instead of milk), I would simply tell them, "Sorry sweetie, we don't have any milky here, but if you would like to ask for some milk, I would love to get it for you."

Answer 11

I think that if you are his father, him calling you "Daddy" is just fine. If you are his mother, you have some work to do.

As for the baby talk, model appropriate naming. When he starts baby talking, say "We don't talk like that. I am not going to get you milk unless you say 'May I please have some milk'" etc.

This will help him learn to use polite words and appropriate words as well.

That being said - there are times that you should let the baby boy come out: with my younger daughter, I sometimes play baby. I call her baby and she talks like a baby. This way, when he does baby talk, you can say - "We're not playing baby right now."

He will be just fine.