kerry
come to think of it, the baby talk escalated last summer when she started coming home from summer camp and was constantly imitating the "cute" speech impediment of one of the girls in her camp group. Her group was called tHe "Wish Bears" and she would say it without the "R"..I am wondering now if she is also seeking that type of "aww she's cute" reaction that she never gets. Her actual big girl voice sometimes makes adults uncomfortable as they are expecting a little girl and she actually sounds much older. The psych estimated her social skills and language at 7 to 8 years and she is only 4. I get the feeling, even from her preschool teachers (which is why we moved her) that she might not be liked as much as the other children, tends to question them, gives them a hard time, and tells us when they have "off-line" conversations amongst themeselves in class when they think the kids aren't listening. So that might all play into this.
we did change our attitute yesterday and feel we are out of the baby talk "war" - told her its ok and we'll do it as a fun activity. She asked for it twice yesterday and in general i think it increased a bit overall for the day (testing us?) but this morning she was great and did not even ask... holding my breath what happens later on when i pick her up.
irene
