Toddler Translator Required

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

Anybody bored and would like to help me translate the word 'mim'? 22mo DS says it, normally in the morning pointing at the shelves but says no to everything I point to until I give up. He also says it during the day occasionally. I'm starting to think it's not an item, but an expression for a feeling?

He has a twin sister who is not bothered by 'mim' in the slightest and just gets on with her business while he struggles to make me understand.

Help?!

My son used to say Kyeou a lot. It meant carry me.

My daughter couldn’t say many consonants so “Ayee a eyeee” meant Jamie has blankie.

Happy days

@Stonebridge he can't quite combine words effectively yet so it's just 'mim'. He is genuinely the type of baby that would expect me to carry the shelf over to him though 🤣

We couldn’t figure out what our little girl was saying for ages when she would randomly shout ‘POP TOE!’
Turns out it was Paw Patrol

Oh and ‘upseemee’ meant ‘pick me up and give me a cuddle’

There's a video of me as a 1 year old singing / shouting no no no! In the background is No limits on the tv and I was just shouting no along with it!

In our house Far Ficis became Farder Fitmus and dotdor became fockit. Any guesses?

@Tikiboob THAT WAS MY JAM!! (When I was two )

Love toddler talk!
I met one of my friends when her youngest was a toddler. Said toddler had very indistinct speech which not many people outside her family understood. Anyhow, I was at a sort of party and tot was chatting away to herself and I heard and understood her and replied. It was so sweet, her jaw literally dropped at being understood and was followed by a literal non stop wall of talking! It was a lovely moment.

@rosegoldwatcher Father Christmas for sure, stumped at 'fockit' 🧐

@SuckingDownDarjeeling - yes Father Christmas. The dotdor/fockit was my son's word for chocolate. (At 28 he is still a bit of an hedonist!)

Younger son was famous (in the family) for putting any sort of container over his head and chanting, "Barbarbox, barbarbox." When he did actually use a cardboard box we understood what he was singing!

Oh toddlers are so brilliant. One of mine always asked for "Cum in an Oak" when we went in the car. He meant Kylie Minogue (I had a KM compilation on a cassette - we're going back a bit, here!)

Our family still uses many toddler words even though the toddlers are now adults. We look at faffablas (photos), we eat blekbie (breakfast) and wrap ourselves in blankbies (blankets) when we're cold.

The one we struggled to understand though was "wowo". It turned out to be a two year old imitating a siren.

Dt2 (girl) has inexplicably started calling herself Magic Dave. We have no idea why. She just starts chirping "I'm-a Magic-a DAVE"

I hope you figure out what it is 😊 mine used to say 'Jew'. It took me ages to figure out he meant 'Juice' (does seem obvious now but at the time it really wasn't)

We once had toddler shouting in the back of the car “bi sik, bi sik, bi sik” with increasing urgency which caused panic while I tried to find something to catch the vomit in & DH looked for a layby. Eventually he yelled “WANNA BI SIK!” and we realised he was asking for a biscuit. 🤦‍♀️🤣

My eldest is nearly 26 but when she was 2 she used to scream "dumb horse" repeatedly whenever we drove near the retail park. It literally took me over a year, once she could speak properly to realise that she was saying "McDonald's"!

My son loved Titty Baa (timmy time). If you know the theme tune, it makes sense 😂

My DD used to bring her sippy cup up to me and ask for 'nots' I would give her juice and she would shout nots at me, I kept telling her she had lots. This went on for days, both of us getting frustrated, I want nots, you've got lots.Turned out she wanted milk.

This is the best thread!

Morning?

Love this thread!

My toddler currently points at any man with a hat or a moustache or both and shouts Juke.

It took me a while but he is apparently saying Duke as they look like the Grand Old Duke of York!

My 3 year old DS has a mosquito teddy which he has named Bunny. He has also lately started waking in the night looking for his imaginary skipping rope.

Milk?

Can you ask a slightly older child of 4/5 yo? For some reason they understand toddler perfectly.