Hi everyone
I'm looking for some advice. My little girl is 33 months old. So she will be 3 in January.
She was a slow starter with the talking but she's been doing great for a while now. She knows lots of words, can answer questions and can follow instructions. I had no worries at all until the health visitor called today.
She asked if she using the pronouns 'I' and 'we' yet. She is not. The HV then said she would need to come out and see her. This has made me panic a bit that something is wrong. I was so sure she was doing well!
I am very aware that I need to model language correctly to her, and I'm going to consciously begin to do so. I'm terrible for saying 'mummy will do it' or 'mummy is going in the garden' etc, instead of using 'I'.
I'm hoping with the correct modelling of these pronouns, she will pick it up.
Usually, she talks in sentences, but she misses the pronouns out. So she will say 'want coat on please mummy'. Or 'want a drink please'.
She will say 'it's mine' when talking about her toys. She always either misses out 'I' or uses her name though.
So I suppose I'm asking, should I be worried? Is it really abnormal that she hasn't picked this up yet?
Any advice is welcome!