3 year old ds's constant singing and talking nonsense - anyone elses do the same?

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Ok I need a bit of reassurance really. I've been worrying about ds and his continual singing and saying nonsense words. He quite literally sings for a lot of the day and uses a lot of silly made up words throughout the day too. I've spoken to the pre-school he's been attending for a year and they are not at all concerned abot him. I know that he probably doesn't do it there because he's so busy playing with his friends.
He's a very social little boy and intelligent too. Good at taking turns and sharing. I just really worry as it goes on all the time unless he's playing with friends or being entertained by me.

Perfectly normal, my dd2 aged three is doing this now, she also talks nonsense constantly

Grrrr yes this is normal! DD1 makes a noise ALL the time, even when she's eating she's mmmmmmmmmmm-ing.

Apparently I am a biggy bog, DD2 is dor, DD1 and DH are both 'oo'. It's just complete nonsense 24/7.

It's been going on a while now. It really doesn't stop! Has anyone else been through this? Everywhere I go he's sings loudly on his buggy board and randomly says nonsense words. I know it could be a lot lot worse but it does worry me.
Thanks Belgo

dd is doing this - she's 2.5. i think it's normal - he's playing and experimenting with language and sound. DD sings all the time, and is now making up lots of rhymes - I'm mummee-balummee apparently, and she told me today her penguin is called Dudo-Rudo. who knew?

Ok that's really reassuring. Just gets to me after a while. I guess I worry too much but we were in the library early and he turned to the librarian and said "talubie" which seems to be his fave of the moment.
ohsnap I've also got it when he's eating....

Yep, silly irritating noises, squeals, squeaks, copying snippits off tv progs or adverts (cillit bang is a fave....groan!) my DS does all these daft noises alot of the time. Apart from driving me bonkers he seems quite happy so am trying to ignore it....easier said than done tho isn't it lol?!

Dd used to do this at that age too, just wait until he starts singing in his sleep like my dd does

Yep, absolutely normal here as well. DD's current word of the week is Dee-Dee as in "What did you have for tea at nursery?" "Dee-dee", "What book shall we read?" "I want to read the book of dee-dee". Plus the random singing of course - sometimes just the steady gentle murmuring and witterings of recognisable songs as life goes on, other times shouted insanity "Woof, woof black dog, have you any poo" (set to the tune of baa, baa black sheep)

I remember this phase. Went on a trip to Ikea with my mum, and dd talked from being strapped into car, entire journey (45 mins) and all round the store...

But didn't really expect any answers to her questions, so I think she was just experimenting with language.

i said to dh yesterday that ds2 is experimenting wiht words, phrases and sounds all day.
he sings and chats and just makes noises

especialyl at bed time

but it is normal - i think

DS is utterly like this - he's 3 and a bit and has been doing it for ages. He sings "The man in the moon and the dig dog moon" quite a lot, and at toddler group often deliberately sings wrong words (usually of a scatalogical nature). He likes to "tongue warble" through Wheels on the Bus which upsets the other children immensely and makes the adults laugh.

I have spent a long time teaching him to say "thank you" to bus drivers as we get off, as I want it to be second nature to him. But he's rebelling against this. Often he'll yell some utterly random made up word (and claim to me it means thank you in French), or he'll shout "Please!" or (most mortifying of all in my book) he'll make up a name for the bus driver and append it to the end, e.g. "Thank you Bubbles"

When he's not doing this he's singing or jabbering utter nonsense. I think he's been doing it about a year now.

So, in short, you are not alone!!

Thank you thank you thank you!
Mrsboring - he sounds hilarious. We ought to get them together!

Both my dd's do this (they are nearly 3 and nearly 2), often at the same time, it is like being with 2 radios tuned in to different stations.

They usually sing different songs at the same time, so today in the pushchair, i had 'New York New York' from the back (dd2) and '5 currant buns' (dd1) from the front.

Dd1 (nearly 3) makes up nonsense words to fit in (she also likes saying 'boobies' in a wierd deep voice in the middle of a normal sentence). Dd2 likes to make random animal noises.

They both have imaginary conversations with someone called Fifi on their fake telephones.

Sometimes it feels like someone has dropped acid in my tea.

Oh yes DD who is three and a half does this (and has done for ages). She makes up words, sings her own little songs and tells me "jokes" which are just Why does a tree like to eat a rabbit.... followed by a stream of consciousness. I think she is just experimenting with noises and words. It hasn't worried me but there are times when I've had to leave the room for a minutes peace

Constant made-up witterings from DS (3.7) been going on for ages now.

I am variously a "donk" or a "bink".

I think things are slowly tailing off now - but it has been a somewhat surreal few months!

Perfectly normal (if not evidence of utter genius) I'm sure.

Oh I am crying with laughter with the reply from cestlavie - oh thank you thats priceless!!

Oh God the same here.
Though there's only so much of it I can listen to. DD1 ((2.5) knows that when we are trying to get ready the wittering 'fills people's heads up' and she has to wait for a minute before resuming her monologue.

She proudly told my sister 'I have a very screechy voice and I talk a lot of bunkum.' The ability to talk bunkum is held in high esteem by DH (who has to listen to a whole lot less of it) and so she saw this as a badge of honour ...

At this age, if you asked DH how he felt he was very often 'fandangdiddlydang.'

Talubie is a great word though isn't it?

My favourite story about this concerns DS's best friend in England who convinced his overly-PC reception class teacher that he had lived in Africa for a year and was in fact speaking 'African' in the playground. She asked his mother about this in very respectful tones

That would be DS not DH

Oh yes - I have to beg dd1 (2.10) to stop talking sometimes - she then carries on but just in a stage whisper. Constant nattering, nonsense words, conversations with imaginary people, songs and quotes from all her fave books - with smatterings of German picked up from my mum.

It continues in bed, where she sings and talks herself to sleep - best one yet was the night when she came out with "it's a helicopter.it's flying in the sky like a horse. don't bump the bed, we made the bed. we made the wall. we made the floor. we fitted the curtains. we made iggle piggle"
And then fell asleep, instantly.

PLayleader said to me when I picked her up after first session 'she'd very chatty isn't she...'

Yep, DS2 is just 3 and does this all day, every day.
He will even pick up bits of his meal and make a story out of it:

"Hello Carrot"
"Hello Peas"
"How are you? I am busy, busy, playing with my brother...."

You get the picture

Brilliant! I'm loving this..so glad it's not just my little sweetheart then!

Not sure whether to say this but DD is 8 and we still have huge 'streams of consciousness' from her! She often shares every detail of her life and thoughts with the rest of the family, but she gets terribly upset if she feels we are trying to stop her.....