Have you ever been annoyed by someone talking to your child?  Was it because they spoke in Gibberish? 

I have never believed in speaking to children in anything other than adult language.  When my daughter was born in September 2007 everyone said that I would change.  And I did, I became more resolved than ever to discourage people from speaking to my child in words that were nonsense. 

I began to research and was happily satisfied to see that my concerns were echoed by speech therapists and specialist all over the world.  But that did not satisfy me, I was on a mission to eradicate "echoing of nonce-forms" (made up words) while supporting "infant directed speech" (speaking slowly and raising/lowering to gain child's attention). 

My form of revolt?  I made my 3 month old daughter wear shirts that said "Don't Retard My Development, No Baby Talk".  And then another, "Speak Clearly - No Gibberish".  Then I made them for her friends, "Enunciate, No Baby Talk" and "KITY (keep it to yourself) - No Baby Talk").
Then I started to realize that people in general feel that it is appropriate to talk to you and your baby, touch you and your baby, and give you and your baby unsolicited advice (even when your baby is still in the womb).  And so NO BABY TALK expanded.  I began to dress my daughter in shirts that embodied popular sayings to children but turned around as a lesson or reminder of polite habits to adults.  And thus were born the sayings, "Wash Your Hands", "No Touching", and the most direct, "No Advice".


I hope to make this a very useful blog by linking to much of the research and giving people a chance to comment.   Consider this blog a support group for mom's who just don't have to be polite anymore to rude people. 

Please feel free to share your stories of rudeness, or offer new design suggestions.  If we love your suggestions or stories we may design a new shirt for the line, and send you a free one for your child.

Thank you for joining us and we hope you spread the word - NO BABY TALK!