me/my/mine and you/your/yours

[wem]

Will DD1 (2 tomorrow!) just get it at some point?

This is really hard to explain without getting tied up in knots, but because I say things like 'your shoes' to DD1, she thinks your/yours means hers, and only uses 'my' when talking about things that belong to me. Anyone know what I mean?

I remember my nephew going through the same phase, but can't remember when it stopped. Do I need to try to explain the right way of using my/your (practically impossible!) or will it just click eventually?

Don't fret, totally normal. I don't try and explain she won;t know what you are on about. DS2 aged 3 still says 'last morning' when he means 'this morning' I find it cute and it won't go on forever.

She'll just get it herself one day, it will all click into place. Don't try to explain, just keep using the words yourself.

It will click. My friend's DS said it this way around until he was 3.5. Her second child used them the correct way from about 16 months, practically as soon as he could say it!

It's nothing you are doing and she'll pick it up after a while. If you think she is confused then perhaps use her name instead of saying "your shoes" or "mummy's handbag" instead of "my handbag".

Dd2 used to msay 'mine' and 'yours' for everything i.e 'by mine self' or 'by yours self' 'on mine own' etc

Now it's him's and her's i.e 'no dd1 that's him's hat'.

Thanks, good to know I don't have to try and explain it to her - it was making my head hurt! I do end up speaking in the third person quite a lot :)

Doinmycleanin - I was about to type that about DS. Him/his and her/she were always confused up util recently and DS has just turned 6!!

My speech and language therapist friend said not to bother trying to explain, as it will just confuse them.. They get it pretty quickly. You could just make a point of saying things like 'I am going to have a drink, do you want one too' a lot and point to yourself when you say 'I' etc. Or just don't worry at all!

I think this is where signing can help - fist towards chest is mine, fist with fingers towards you is 'your', and just pointing for I/you/he etc. Ds seems to have got it age 2 but prefers using names of people.