To worry we're raising an annoying child

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I'm sleep deprived, hormonal and a little insane and somehow I think the birth of DD2 has made me even more PFB about DD1.

She's 2.5, pretty bright and very chatty. She's a tiny parrot and repeats every phrase she hears me and her dad say. It's left her with an (adorable to me) repertoire of very grown-up soundbites which she uses in context. Half the time she talks normal toddler nonsense and the other half she speaks like a 35yr old English teacher.

People have started commenting on it, and I'm concerned it's making her look overly precocious. I used to get bullied at school for stuff like this (looking back I was definitely insufferable) and I'm concerned about history repeating itself with my baby.

How do I handle this? My husband thinks it's a non-issue and I need a G&T and a good night's sleep.

Don't you just love kids? Some of these comments have made me howl :)

Our childminder used to say that people sometimes stopped and stared at my dd in the street because she sounded like a little adult when she was pretty tiny.

My DM was once looking after dd when she was about 2.5 - 3. She gave her a yoghurt but hadn't given her a spoon. Dd held up a fork that had been left on the table and said "APPPARENTLY, I have to eat this with a fork! ". We used to teach her random stuff to say for fun, like little quotes from things. She'd point at a ring and say "One Ring to rule them all!". We'd grown of that kind of thing by the time we had ds .

I have a now 14 year old who is still like this .... his friends are used to him and he has amazing chats with adults who think he is fabulous.

I used to have a regular visitor on the paint desk where I worked. He was probably about 8 or 9 and had autism I think from what his parents said and he used to come talk to me while they did their shopping.

He was so well spoken it was like talking to a little adult. A little scientist even. You could have full on conversations with this kid about science, technology, space, but especially the workings of the paint machine; he was fascinated by it.

Loved watching me mix colours, there's a little door on the front for maintenance so you can get the sponge out or unblock a nozzle so I used to leave it open so he could watch it dispensing.

I used to let him help me take it apart to clean it and fill the colourant up and he actually understood what we were doing, used to ask me if I'd remembered to purge it that day. Only child who was allowed behind the desk. Very very smart for his age and interested in everything. I often wonder how he is.

I also overheard a very funny exchange in the toilets at a shopping centre in the cubical next to me. A little girl who sounded about 8ish helping her toddler brother. She was telling him it's time to wash your hands now, she sounded like a little mum and he asked why and she told him in this faintly exasperated voice 'well otherwise they'll smell like willy, won't they?'

She sounds brilliant. Enjoy every moment and try not to overthink.

She sounds adorable and very funny
I have really enjoyed reading this post tonight

None of this is unusual OP.

Is this your first child? 😁

Nursery said "she'll be running the room next" this afternoon as apparently she was going round the table and patting the other children's drawings, saying "that's beautiful, really good drawing, I'm proud of you." To me that's super cute, but does it come across to other adults as patronising/pretentious?

Not at all. She is clearly pretty bright and is also emotionally intelligent! She is also kind! She is copying what she has seen and is adapting that to her own purposes. Calm down, enjoy her and let her develop her little personality! It IS a non issue!

Just wanted to add OP that yes, putting everything your DD says and does up on social media can be annoying (although I quite like it when friends post particularly funny conversations they've had with their toddlers, I appreciate I'm probably in the minority though!) I would heartily recommend writing down her little quotes etc in a book for the future. You think you'll remember them but you won't and they're really nice to look back on

Absolute pearler from DS2 when he was 5 for example, helping him get changed and I commented on how muscly his legs were looking (true, he's got legs like a tiny Mr Universe!) His response? A casual 'yeah I've really been focusing on working out lately'

When DSis was reversing out of the drive and stopped to see if it was safe to exit on to the road, niece of just 2, strapped in the back, said, ‘OK left!’ 😂

They just parrot what they’ve heard - often very funny.
Yours sounds delightful, Op.

I think all toddlers do this, there's a word for it, and it is literally a development stage.
Also she is not a tiny parrot, she is🦜 a ginormous one 😂