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Cute things your children say!

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sugarandspicenotsonice · 16/12/2018 16:08

My toddler calls his backpack his packet and his trouser legs his sleeves, Father Christmas is farmer Christmas and he says brooksoost for breakfast! Picnic is pink pink!

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GimbleInTheWabe · 17/12/2018 14:19

Oh I soooo wish I could add the video of my 14mo saying 'Gankoooooh!' (Thankyou) for his raisins.

These are lovely!

To the PP who had 'fillymangoes' this should 100% be the name of a gift shop! Love it.

Flobalob · 17/12/2018 14:25

He used to call my boobs "hums"
Popcorn was "cockporn"
Remote control is "remoke" he just can't seem to say it, bless him!

Ohyesiam · 17/12/2018 14:56

@UhYeahISureHopeItDoes
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AdamNichol · 17/12/2018 15:01

When he was little, DS used to say Wopasheen (washing machine), though he still calls them smarshmallows.

The funniest thing he said though concerned his future employment.
For unknown reason at age 3/4 DS always wanted the shopping to be done at Tesco. If anything needed buying, it had to be Tesco (regardless of whether it was in their product range). After a bit of a taxing day, we made it to Tesco, partially to appease his demands. Trying to confer upon him a sense of gratitude for getting his own way, we took pains to point out that we were in tesco as demanded. We then asked him if it's where he'll be working for his career - when he looked up and said, "No. That's not a good job". Much to the amusement of the shelf-stacking girl who'd overheard all of this.

Wellfuckmeinbothears · 17/12/2018 15:06

Not sure if this is cute but its made us laugh for ages!

When dd2 was about 5 of 6 (she’s now 9) she made me a birthday card which she wrote inside “dear mummy, I will never forget you”...it was as if I’d died!

JessieMcJessie · 17/12/2018 15:12

My 2 year old telling me he made his little friend fall over at nursery and she cried:

“were you being a bit rough with your friend DS? You need to be gentle”

“No I not rough Mummy. I SMOOTH!”

JoeElliotsMullet · 17/12/2018 15:54

We have brektuss (breakfast), scnissors (scissors) which I think is a better and more accurate word, jymamas, stowndairs, tonamatoes, addercadoes, falingoes, windbrella, and when we achieve independence we can do things “all by my life” 😂

yawning801 · 17/12/2018 16:41

Can't fault the logic but the double meaning...

I'm cracking up over here! Grin

Kismetjayn · 17/12/2018 17:00

'Thunder works' for fireworks- I like the accuracy and drama of it.

Plus Brefix for breakfast, which I like as it's a) more optimistic than Brexit, and b) obvs breakfast fixes your day. Or something.

Penguin13 · 17/12/2018 17:48

When my eldest was 2.5 I told her not to manhandle the baby and she came out with 'but baby likes mandle hondle' Grin

DonkeysEars · 17/12/2018 17:54

DS was trying to tell me about ga-arks for hours before his dad in formed me he was telling me about sharks. I felt so bad because I couldn't work it out and he was trying SO hard :(

ilovepixie · 17/12/2018 18:06

My mum broke her wrist when my niece was about 3. My mum had her wrist in a plaster so obviously found doing things difficult. My niece says to her Granny I help you, but I can't help you with the toilet I can only pull down little knickers not big knickers!

HearMeSnore · 17/12/2018 18:24

As parents do you also embarrassingly use the words to each other?

All the time. It must baffle anyone who overhears us. DD used to refer to any small flying object (gnat, dandelion seed etc) as a "pfff".

So now we all say "pfff" to refer to those fluffy, floating seeds that you get in the summer that I don't know the real name of. Kids often call them fairies and make a wish when they catch them. In our house, it's a "pfff".

Chocaholicjellybelly · 17/12/2018 18:44

When my Ds was around 4 he asked me”Mummy, why don’t you have a hairdresser in the back of your car like Daddy does”I was totally flummoxed until he finally pointed to the top of my seat and I realised he meant headrest!

Betaday · 17/12/2018 18:47

Dd 4 calls Father Christmas ‘Santa Christmas’ 🎅

greenpop21 · 17/12/2018 18:55

Loved those silly things they say. Mine are 18 and 15 now but we still use some their funny toddler sayings in our family speak e.g we will text, "Where you are?" instead of where are you.

greenpop21 · 17/12/2018 18:56

DD 18 always said Santa Christmas and that's another one we still use!

LambChopsMcGee · 17/12/2018 18:56

We try to speak clearly and accurately about body parts, so one day my DD, nearly 2 at the time, had nappy rash and announced that she had a sore anus!

She also calls me and DP "Guys". "Hey guys, come here!" that sort of thing.

MotherOfTheNoise · 17/12/2018 19:08

We also will always call Cucmuber 'cunumber' and tomatoes 'mo-tattoes' Grin

bettybyebye · 17/12/2018 19:12

Driving 6yo DS to school on a very overcast day he said “mummy! Someone forgot to colour the sky in!” 😍 he also says constructions instead of instructions. 3yo DD says motorwave for motorway and wibbly room for living room!

Kismetjayn · 17/12/2018 19:18

Oh DD also did the most emotionally melting one aged around 2.

Pointed at childminder's heart necklace, said 'whats that?'
'It's a heart shape!' the childminder replied. DD shook her head.
'Heart isn't a shape. It's a feeling.'

Snog · 17/12/2018 19:31

My dd wet her knickers once which was quite unusual. We asked her what had happened and she said "well I was just feeling a little bit jealous."

Cineraria · 17/12/2018 19:52

My DS1 shelters under an ambernilla when it rains, most likely due to his favourite Princess Amber carrying a parasol in Sofia the first. He likes a kiss and cundle if he is feeling snuggly and he says "knobhead", which we hope is a pronunciation of no bed, quite a lot when daddy tries to put him to bed. He never says it to me though, so he might mean it!

He has water in a Moana cup and calls it Moana water when he asks for it. If he doesn't want it when I offer it, he says no-ana water. He also pokes me in the boob and says ooh yummy in a very wistful manner since he stopped breastfeeding.

DS2 calls real and toy dogs plus cats and daddy dig-dig and his brother butt-burr.

NoFucksImAQueen · 17/12/2018 20:26

my 4 year old says my earrings or my ear muffins instead if ear muffs . it's so cute I stop his brother correcting him. dd says I is instead I am and calls her brother dudus instead of Lucas. she can actually say Lucas but she won't call him that which he hates 😁

NoFucksImAQueen · 17/12/2018 20:29

oh and my 7 year old when we were reading a book about amazing women through history and on the page about the suffragettes said "well that's not true at all mummy you are really clever" in response to women not being able to vote because woman are too stupid.

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