Maybe a weird question

EVA116

When you are on a walk with your LO do you talk to them a lot? I was told I should be talking and pointing out what everything is.

I talk all day at work and sometimes I like to walk and not say anything, but I feel bad.

Also do you talk to them a lot when you are playing? Sometimes I just like to watch her play.

madamsmurfette

I talk to DD almost constantly. I'm always telling her what I'm doing, why, what we're going to do next. I describe everything. As for on a walk, I do this is I'm wearing her in a carrier, but not if she's in a stroller. I'd feel like I had to be stopping all the time to really point things out.

kateweave

This made me laugh because I am an introvert.  I talk to myself all the time.  But in my head.  So sometimes when I'm doing things with DD I have to remind myself that I need to say things out loud.  Duh.  But I definitely don't chat with her while walking in the stroller.  Sometimes I say, "how's it going down there?  getting sleepy?" or something like that but I don't point things out to her or stop to talk.

EVA116

kateweave:

This made me laugh because I am an introvert.  I talk to myself all the time.  But in my head.  So sometimes when I'm doing things with DD I have to remind myself that I need to say things out loud.  Duh.  But I definitely don't chat with her while walking in the stroller.  Sometimes I say, "how's it going down there?  getting sleepy?" or something like that but I don't point things out to her or stop to talk.

 

I have to do this all the time.

bugandbibs

I read out loud to my LO a lot and talk to her directly.  I am terrible about narrating out loud about what I am doing or to point things out.  I'm sure your LO will be just fine!

ksspiff

I try to, and I end up sounding real stupid to myself. "do you hear the birds? look, a blue car!" and then "what are the neighbors thinking about me?" then I shrug and figure having a baby gave me the right to do rediculous things for her.

For playtime, if she's having fun or really interested, I'll just let her go at it and be quiet.

RayRay007

I do on walks a little bit. She loves trees, so sometimes we stop at a tree and I talk about it. I say "look at the puppy" or "that was a loud truck, wasn't it?". It's easier, or at least I feel less silly, if I'm carrying her instead of her being in a stroller. I narrate a lot more if we're at the grocery store (she's facing me in the cart), or if she's in the kitchen while I'm doing something. I let her play by herself silently probably half the time. The other half I'm playing with her, or doing some housework, and talking to her.

ams8099

vickycat:

kateweave:

This made me laugh because I am an introvert.  I talk to myself all the time.  But in my head.  So sometimes when I'm doing things with DD I have to remind myself that I need to say things out loud.  Duh.  But I definitely don't chat with her while walking in the stroller.  Sometimes I say, "how's it going down there?  getting sleepy?" or something like that but I don't point things out to her or stop to talk.

I have to do this all the time.

 

Same here. I'm not an introvert, but I do need to remind myself to talk out loud to my girls.

LynsiBHM

I was just thinking about this on our walk today. I talk to P all day long. Sometimes we have quiet walks, if he's sleepy or if we're both cranky but usually I talk at least a little bit. We are switching to a jogging stroller soon (it just came today!) so he won't be facing me. I was thinking I will have to stop talking so much or i'll look like a weirdo...

desdemona39

I talk to her a lot more when I wear her than when she's in the stroller.

jamiekendall

We do stop along the way sometimes to look at a pretty flower or cute puppy, which I always talk about with DD, and I think I'm pretty good about doing so otherwise, though I also love silently watching her play.  I guess it's all a balancing act, right? 

alisonemma

When I take her to the store, I talk to her.  She's usually in a sling on me, and she'll look around at things.  If she looks at an object, I'll tell her what it is.  If she looks up at me, I'll say Hi and jabber to her.

When she's in a stroller, I don't talk to her as much, because I don't know what she's looking at.  I think they need to be looking at what you're talking about ("Car, tree, doggie"), to make the connection between language and object. 

I don't talk to her all the time; sometimes I can tell she wants to be left alone to play and explore things.