Cute. Hah.

[ailbhe]

The self-consciously cute, nasal, high-pitched baby-voice can stop ANY TIME NOW. Emer is three, she knows how to speak such that I don't want to hit my head on the wall.

To be fair, she does amend it when I ask her reasonably, it's only when I'm at the end of my tether she pushes it.

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[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

Could you develop funny ears that don't hear that silly voice, but can hear perfectly well when a normal voice is used?

[ailbhe]

She's not stupid enough for that. I just say "Emer's own voice, please," for the pretend-baby voice, or "You're whining," for whining.

The pretend-baby voice is annoying even when it's not directed at me, though.

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

Nor was Emily that stupid, but it made her laugh, which usually jolted her out of whatever mood had caused the whining in the first place.

[ailbhe]

Whining is less of an issue because it happens addressed to me - I just say "You're whining," and they stop. The pretend voice thing happens at random, depending on what games they are playing, and I hates it.