Do you like or dislike hearing people talk to infants and toddlers in a "baby voice"?

Do you like or dislike hearing people talk to infants and toddlers in a "baby voice"?
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I find them irritating as well. I’ve also read that talking normally to infants is much better for their language development, because they’re hearing real language and not baby talk. But I don’t have children of my own, and so I’m unlikely to be able to impose this preference on others.
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