2 year old gettin confused with"me " and "you". Should I be worried

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DD1 is 2.2. Her languagae is developing really nciely and she is starting to use "I" properly insentences. She gets very confused between "me" and "you" though. Eg if she wants me to carry ehr she says "Mummy help you" or if I am changing her nappy she says "mummy changing your nappy".

I happened to read at the weekend that this kind of languag can happen to children who are autistic. There don't seem to eb any oteh r red flags and I am not otherwise concerned in any way about ehr development. Should I go and see a HV though? Has anyone else had this language quirk with children who then corrected it themselves as their language became more developed and they got older and who were NT?
Am worried!!

No no no she will get there. She hears you saying you to her all the time, let's change your nappy etc and she is just repeating it back to you. If she is as chatty as you say she is at 2.2 she sounds like she is doing just fine

DD is 3.2 and currently is getting him/he and her/she mixed up. She says "him said" etc but she will sort it out.

What she's doing is actually very logical - you say 'you' to her so she's saying 'you' in relation to herself. You say 'me' about you, so she is saying me about you too. I think its far too early to be getting worked up about a possible diagnosis unless there are lots of other pointers in that direction.

I Agree with other posts. I think he's doing fine. Don't correct him, but say it correctly if you repeat it back to him
My ds is almost 4 and still gets it wrong occasionally
He also confuses genders sometimes as well
Remember at he's only 2 !

I had the exact same situation with my dd (now 26 months) when I put her in front of the mirror and asked her who she could say she would answer 'you mummy' I started using her name instead of saying you to her and told her that she should say me not you when talking about herself. It worked and she now says 'me' instead of you when referring to herself. Now I just need to try and explain why saying "my cold" "my hot" should be I'm cold or I'm hot!!

Not at all, my DS did this (still does occasionally at 2.6). You talk to her as "you" al lot, and most of us refer to ourselves in the 3rd person for a long time, so they don't hear a lot of "me" in comparison when they are copying.

DS now gets me/my/I all mixed up instead, it's just a progression as they learn how to put sentences together.

Pronouns are very tricky to learn to use correctly and lots of children will get I/you mixed up. She should be able to use you/I/me correctly by 3ish and he/him/she/her correctly by 4ish.

It's really normal. Some of them get it the right way round almost immediately, but a lot of them go through this stage. (If you think about it, it's a very logical stage to go through!) If it's really confusing then try referring to everyone by name, including him and yourself.

Salvadory I wouldn't even worry about telling/explaining - just make sure you talk in the correct way to her and she'll pick it up :) Besides, I was never sure if "My hungry" was a mistake or just a mispronunciation, my = I'm backwards.

DS is 3.7 and says most things right now but still says "Her is..." and "I putted the train on the track"

Ds1 says "give me my hand" instead of "give me your hand"

It sounds like your DD is doing really well in the language dept. This is the first step to learning the difference between YOU and ME. My DD did exactly the same thing and has now cracked it at 2.4

She is fine - it's all perfectly normal at her age (if they're talking at all!!) - English is a funny language - give her a chance A lot of it is just parroting what you have said, word for word - she's really not to know that you and me change more than nappy/plate/socks yet is she?!

I have a feeling that may not make sense to anyone else... LOL.

This is just my Robin! He wanders up to the kitchen and says 'what would you like?' as in putting words into my mouth! He's not happy when I reply 'nothing thanks pal!'

He also says 'Mummy help you' when he needs assistance... He's 28 months.