difficulty with pronouns

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Hi everybody,
My 3 years old, bilingual DS is still having problems with I and You in both languages and especially in English. When we ask him "What's your name?" He says "My name is E..." but when we ask "What's my name" he still says "My name is E...". To get the correct answer we need to ask "what's your mom's name?" or "dad's name?" He gets confused otherwise.
Anybody else having this problem? I heard that they should be able to use pronouns correctly by the age 3. Can this problem be related to him being bilingual or should I be worried?
I appreciate any response/advice.
Thanks

Bumping for myself :)

Hoping someone would see this day time.

It's utterly, utterly normal.

And should resolve by the time they start school. I wouldn't worry atm.

If you think about it, the confusion is obvious. You teach them to understand 'me' and 'my'. I am me, this is my ball etc. But then suddenly you expect them to also understand that we are all 'me', we all say 'my ball' and not only are you 'you', he is also 'you'.

It's a tricky thing.

Don't panic.

DS where is the ball?

It's on my lap.

Well done, that's right, it's on your lap.

Hang on, I thought it was on my lap?

Can you see why that's confusing?

Nothing to do with being multilingual, it's just a strange thing to sort out in a new and curious mind.

Hi ShowOfHands, Thanks for the answer. I empathise better now.
I have also noticed that we have been talking to him referring ourselves as mommy, daddy, grandma, etc. I don't know whether this is a mistake or not but we haven't used I or me much to him. It is like I'm saying "mommy is having breakfast", his dad's saying "daddy is going to work" or grandma saying "come here grandma's little precious baby", etc. Maybe this hasn't helped either?

Oh no. That's a good thing. It's called motherese and you do it naturally without thinking about it. It's because pronouns are so difficult at first and also naming things is a very important way of starting language acquisition anyway. It's right, natural and useful to say 'mummy' and 'daddy' when you refer to yourself. Please don't worry. Largely, you just need to carry on talking to him as you do and use the language that comes naturally to you.