Ah, baby talk...those adorable babbles babies make when learning to talk. People usually respond with some goo-goos of their own, but one clever dad went in a different direction — and the result is guaranteed to make you smile.
Shanieke Pryor recently posted to Facebook a video of her husband, Dextin, chatting with their son as they watch TV, and it has already racked up nearly 37 million views.
Why does it have 37 million–plus views? Because Dextin responds to their baby's babbles as if they're having a full-blown conversation about the TV show.
Baby: "Goobedy gobbety goobie gobby."
Dad: “That’s what I was wondering; I don’t know what they’re going to do next season.”
Baby: "Doo too boo bah."
Dad: "Exactly what I was thinking!"
Dad: "We think a lot alike, huh?"
Shanieke's video was shared to Twitter, where it blew up as well, garnering almost a million retweets and over 3 million likes.
Y'all , watch this baby have a full damn convo with his daddy 😂😂😂
People LOVED it.
@_11Remember_ This is the BEST baby. All other babies are cancelled. 😍😍😍
Even Captain America loved it.
I could’ve watched an hour of this https://t.co/T6YW5Gb7lz
Of course, Twitter being Twitter, people soon had some fun and captioned stills from the video.
@_11Remember_ This dude has no idea what I’m saying
LOLOL.
@_11Remember_ He lookin like “Hell naw we don’t think alike” 😭😭😭😭
Can we mention this little guy has already perfected the Jim Halpert look?
@_11Remember_ @okAbbyyyy When you watchin a movie for the 1st time n yo girl keep asking questions
Soon veteran parents jumped in to say these "conversations" are actually good for a baby.
@_11Remember_ @brettrushforth I actually use to do this with my son years ago, and as he grew up he had one hell of a fine vocabulary under his grasp for a little guy - no joke. This kid’s going somewhere!
And they pointed out that Dextin is teaching healthy conversation — and listening — skills.
@_11Remember_ Dad is also teaching healthy conversation... the give-and-take in dialog... and listening skills. Great parenting. The kid's hand and face gestures -- and waiting for his own turn -- show that he has been learning well too.
A speech pathologist even commented this is exactly what parents should be doing with young children.
@_11Remember_ Speech Path here-- this is EXACTLY how parents need to talk to their kids because THAT baby is having a convo :) it's priceless!!
Cute AND educational, what a combo! Keep up the A+ parenting, Shanieke and Dextin!
