I had a 4 year old that acted similarly. It turned out the family had several close friends who had recently had babies and for some reason, dcg must have decided it would be nice to be a baby again. It also coincided with her enrollment in part time preschool so maybe just a case of not being quite ready to grow up yet?? Despite discouraging the baby behavior, it didn't stop until after she left for kindergarten. She comes here when school is out and while there's still a bit of baby talk, her behavior has changed and is closer to what it should be for her age. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice since I wasn't able to turn around my dc girl's behavior but maybe it's just a phase that she'll grow out of before too long?

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