Don't talk like a baby

We never spoke in baby talk neither, although my first daughter was alot older when she started to talk, compared to my second daughter who we could have conversations with at 2 years of age also. We just assumed that it was because she had an older sister who would talk to her and she just picked it up!

My mother always believed in talking very precise and clearly, As a child she had a speach impedament and was determined that her children would not be treated the way she was (teased etc). Although i dont have, nor never had a speach impedament, I also believe in talking to my child the way I wish him to talk. At 12 months he is starting to pick up more and more words and although accoding to hime everything must be say four or five time (nana,nana, nana, nana) he is very clear and precise with his words.
On the other hand my husband would talk to him in baby talk, but this never seem to affect his talking (although i guess we wont really know untill he gets a bigger vocab). I dont see anything worng with a bit of baby talk as long as iot is balanced with suitable regualr words.

I agree with. My husband and I never did babytalk with our son. I talked to him with real words, which is actually beneficial for me, since I'm a stay at home mom. So on a daily basis, my son is the only conversation I get.

But also we have to keep in mind that children are different, like mcm said. We can talk big, clear words to our babies and still have a child that doesn't talk until 2 years old - and there's nothing wrong with that.

My 18 month old can string 2 words together, but his words aren't clear. I know of another 18 month old who says clear words that adults can understand but only still says 1 word at a time.