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Nearly 4yo suddenly adding O onto to the end of words

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Scrabblecrabapple · 06/12/2021 17:45

My Ds is suddenly adding o (Ow) onto the end of words. This is very recently but seems to be getting more frequent (eg more words are being said in this way) and I have no idea why. Some examples from today:
Nanna-Nano
Yes-Yo
Ever-Evo
Dinner-Dinno

These are all words are he previously could say fine, his language skills are pretty good he has a large vocabulary.

If for example he says Yo I will repeat you mean yes and he looks at me like I’m mad and says yes. So it is really like he is not aware he is doing it or has no control.

What is going on in his little head? Help!

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MichaelMumsnet · 07/12/2021 12:49

Just bumping this for you OP - hopefully someone will be along to answer soon.

Jannt86 · 07/12/2021 20:42

It sounds like he's just playing with words. I think it's they age they really start to understand rhyming and phonics etc and they enjoy word play. My 3.5YO does daft things like this all the time, making up nonsense words, making up silly rhymes (latest is 'mirror mirror mummy who's the fairest on the tummy' or some variation of this Grin) I wouldn't make a big thing of it. Just play along and make a joke of it and maybe dig out some of the julia donaldson and 'oi' books for example as he may enjoy the rhmying in them. X

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