Pronoun reversal at 2.5

[Babymad1234]

How common is pronoun reversal at 2.5 , specifically you and I . She has a lot of spontaneous conversations and answers to a lot of questions but she doesn’t get you and I correct no matter how I correct her . She has some set phrases like “ I don’t want “ I got “ I have etc .
the reason I ask is because this particular pronoun mix up with you and I is not that common in a normal language acquisition process

How is she if you just use nouns, ie people's actual names?

When my daughter was that age she referred to herself and her brother as 'you two'. So she would say 'Can youtwo have a biscuit' or 'Can youtwo go to the park'. We never corrected it,as we could see it made total sense to her as we used to say 'Come on you two, time for bed' or whatever. She grew out of it on her own. Perhaps 3 or 4, I can't remember, she's in her 40s now.
We have talked about it over the years and she will sometimes use it in fun now (Can youtwo have thatbottle of fizz in the fridge')

@aniloD that's so cute!

My DS used to say 'you' when talking about himself sometimes, because that's what he'd have been hearing a lot. He grew out of it pretty quickly I think.

I don’t think you need to be so serious about correcting and analysing language at that age.

The main part of teaching them words and to talk is them learning from you talking to them or others and hearing conversations.

Just keep on chatting away to her about anything and everything using the correct way of talking.

I am no expert, but in my experience, at that age, unless you make a concerted effort not to, they are hearing "you" when directing something towards them, and I when talking about yourself. So they associate you and I opposite to what they actually mean. It is very normal at this age, and it's only a bit older that they can correctly identify which is which. I used to avoid it by only using names, but then had the problem that they used to refer to themselves by name and not I/me!! Now I do a mixture, and they pick it up, at a guess I'd say by 3/3.5 is normal.

I remember little boy who was learning the alphabet and he would say s, t, me, v, double me, x...
It was so cute, he was around 3 and im sure he stopped when he worked it out.
Just enjoy your little one, some aren't stringing words at 2.5.

She's only 2.5, still so very young.

That sounds really normal to me. Both of mine reversed you and me/I so would say "you do it" meaning "I want to do it". I remember DS around that age going "help you! Help you!!" and it took me ages to realise he meant he wanted help. I thought he wanted to help me with what I was doing!

Very cute and normal OP, don't over think it!

I guess you say I meaning you and you say you meaning her although she is I. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she thinks they are interchangeable.

I mean she “ you sitting “ when she sits and I correct her but she doesn’t seem to understand it and I corrected her many times …

DS is 7yo and says "Sophie is at she's Gran's house". I do usually then say " oh that's nice that this week Sophie is at her Gran's house" just to give the correct phrase in response to what he says so eventually he will learn...

Perfectly normal! DC went through phases of swapping them. DC would say "Can you have a biscuit", "You want to go to the park", "Me can do it".

it's not uncommon and perfectly logical. You address her as 'you,' and refer to yourself as 'I.' She's drawing logical conclusions about language, though language, as we all know, has a logic all of its own. My DS did that but got things sorted out.

No need to correct. It interferes with conversation, interaction and understanding context, all of which are fundamental to becoming a communicating child and adult.

Babies and young children are virtually programmed to acquire language - it's a logical error that she will work out for herself before too long.

Aw one of my daughters used today ‘you’ when she meant ‘i’. It was very cute and I didn’t correct her. Obviously she has grown out of it. It’s extremely normal and very adorable

I’d forgotten this stage. It took me a while to figure out what DD meant too. I guess if she hears me referring to myself as “mummy” and as “I” that it made sense for her to use those names for me. Whereas she was “name”, “various nicknames” and “you”. I think it’s why even now she’s a teen I’ll sometimes still say “let mummy do it” or “mummy’s” as they were phrases which made it crystal clear who it was and the habit has stuck.
When DS was born, she referred to him as “other you” sometimes.

I wouldn’t worry. It’s quite a confusing part of language to get the hang of. I bet she’s super cute saying it, so I would be enjoying that and let her get it right when she’s ready.

Not a baby, but I was talking to someone for whom English was a second language once, and she asked who I was making the painting for. I said “its for me” and she looked really please and said “For me?!” and I had to correct her, “no, for me!” . She was in her twenties so its not surprising that a baby would make the same mistake!

Thanks .. I keep getting told that it is a trait of autism

One of mine called himself "you" and called me "me" from the age of about 20 months - 2.5. no need to correct it - it's impossible to explain to a toddler anyway (no I call you you and me me, but you call you me and me you...). It'll sort itself out. I never corrected any of my kids' funny grammatical quirks or mispronounced words, I just enjoyed them and enjoyed seeing them figure out how language works.

It's not straightforward and she may need longer to work it out.

Don’t keep correcting her. She will just become bewildered and frustrated.
Just talk to her in a normal way, and she’ll get it eventually.
She’s still very little.

My granddaughter would say of a friend ’Her cried’ or ‘Her fell over’ until she was five.

I see I think it is more the fact that I keep getting told it is autism

My son is 2.5 and frequently says things like “daddy carry you” instead of daddy carry me” because he here’s us say you to address him. He will get it all in the end- it is confusing!