Why do adults talk baby talk to little ones?
How are they ever going to learn to speak correctly if they don’t hear correct speech from adults?
Of course I realize the little kids may not be able to say things correctly at THEIR age, but at least they should HEAR the correct thing so that eventually they can.
Case in point…
Stop saying “Yitzele, do you want your baba?”
I’d love to hear Yitzele come back with “What’s a ‘baba’? I want my BOTTLE!”