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Certainly it's not "baby language" but sometimes we should encourage to make an effort in order to understand a simple idea.

By the way, babies also profit from clear simple concepts, they don't need to be talked to in a "completely different language".

Prof. Erika Hoff, a developmental psychologist at Florida Atlantic University, said parents should not restrict their conversations to simplistic baby talk. Rich and complex language, with adjectives and subordinate clauses, helped them to learn the complex structure of language. "Children cannot learn what they don't hear," she said.
Source: Talking to babies boosts their brain power, studies show

It's a little like our saying: Different strokes for different folks!

Originally Posted by reminder

Certainly it's not "baby language" but sometimes we should encourage to make an effort in order to understand a simple idea.

By the way, babies also profit from clear simple concepts, they don't need to be talked to in a "completely different language".

Prof. Erika Hoff, a developmental psychologist at Florida Atlantic University, said parents should not restrict their conversations to simplistic baby talk. Rich and complex language, with adjectives and subordinate clauses, helped them to learn the complex structure of language. "Children cannot learn what they don't hear," she said.
Source: Talking to babies boosts their brain power, studies show

That's interesting Reminder. I have a 3 year old...nearly 4...who is being raised in a Spanish-speaking household but is learning English in kinder. I try to help her with her English homework and teach her simple words in English. Since her native tongue is Spanish this make me wonder if she could absorb more complex English at her age?