We don’t do baby talk in this house

 We don’t do baby talk in this house

not because we don’t love the sweetness,
but because we know they’re already learning everything.

Their brains are soaking up the world,
and we want them surrounded by real words, real emotion, real connection.

We laugh with them.
We explain things, even when it feels too advanced.
We narrate the day, talk through emotions, name what they’re feeling.

Not to rush them
but to meet them where they are
and show them that communication is powerful.

Because even before they can speak,
they deserve to be spoken to like the whole human they already are.