I got told the exact same from my health visitor apart from she called it parentese but she explained it the same! I’m forever talking away and babbling to Gracie-Mae and telling her what I’m doing and singing etc100% there’s something called “Motherese”. It basically means giving a commentary of everything to a young child/baby, often using a song song voice. It’s something universal that every single mother/father/carer naturally does without thinking. I’ve noticed Mia doesn’t do this.
Like you walk around a supermarket with a baby and you say “oh look. Here’s some carrots. We need carrots to put in our soup, don’t we”. They’ll just stare back at you or gurgle but they’re taking it all in. Motherese is one of the main ways we learn early language, but ‘I bet Mia already knew this and just feels generally like a weirdo’ for talking to her child or doing anything that isn’t tik tok. I don’t think she understand plonking Mabel Infront of toys does nothing (all mums need a break- of course that’s okay sometimes!) She needs to be interacting and giving a commentary of the play, being creative etc. She’s just...flat.
love from a BAhons Childhood Studies graduate
It’s a natural thing and clearly motherhood hasn’t come naturally to Mia
