Kians_Mummy
Mummy to Kian & an angel
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Me and OH have always said that we want people to speak to Kian as if he was a human not a dog (stupid noises and sounds etc.) well not one of OHs family will have a "proper" conversation.
When it's just us 3 we all have a conversation, talk to Kian about things like that cats, tell him stories, try and get him to repeat words and repeat words back to him that he has tried to say but corrently (such as when he asks for his "bau bau" for his bottle). When I say proper conversations I mean as if we were talking to another adult so to speak.
When a certain member comes to see him he makes stupid noises, talks in a stupid voice and says "baby language" (which I must say I have never heard a child say some of the words) or he will make fun of him trying to say words (which majoirty of OHs family does).
After he has seen OHs family he just goes back into himself and doesn't talk and just does stupid noises. They won't listen to me when I said that they could be slowing his speech development and carry on doing it .
Just don't know what to do, LO is coming on leaps and bounds with his talking. The HV is impressed with the words he can say and understand but OHs family just seem to want to ruin it . We have asked them on numerous occasions if they could speech to him instead of talking down to him, making stupid noises etc. but they just laugh at us saying thats how a child should speak
When it's just us 3 we all have a conversation, talk to Kian about things like that cats, tell him stories, try and get him to repeat words and repeat words back to him that he has tried to say but corrently (such as when he asks for his "bau bau" for his bottle). When I say proper conversations I mean as if we were talking to another adult so to speak.
When a certain member comes to see him he makes stupid noises, talks in a stupid voice and says "baby language" (which I must say I have never heard a child say some of the words) or he will make fun of him trying to say words (which majoirty of OHs family does).
After he has seen OHs family he just goes back into himself and doesn't talk and just does stupid noises. They won't listen to me when I said that they could be slowing his speech development and carry on doing it .
Just don't know what to do, LO is coming on leaps and bounds with his talking. The HV is impressed with the words he can say and understand but OHs family just seem to want to ruin it . We have asked them on numerous occasions if they could speech to him instead of talking down to him, making stupid noises etc. but they just laugh at us saying thats how a child should speak