asking what everyday objects are

[GoingPostal]

ds is nearly 3yo and is constantly asking me things like "what's milk?" "what's an apple?" "what's juice?"

does anyone else have this from their dc? it is driving me mad - he knows what all of these things (and many many others he asks about) are. Is it just some bizarre phase that I find disproportionately annoying? or is he really asking for a longer explanation eg "milk is a drink which we get from cows" (although he knows milk is a drink, and he knows it comes from cows...)

sometimes I think young children use "what" as shorthand for "tell me lots of stuff about this which I want to know but can't formalise the question as I don't have the vocab" IYKWIM

dd does this, except she points and says whats that, i say whats what, she says whats that, i say what dd, she says that car.

she has also started saying whats her name while pointing to random people in the street/on adverts and when i say i dont know she keeps asking, aaaagh.

lol ilovetochat, ds does that too - "where does he live?" "what's her favourite colour?" "who lives there?" that makes me laugh.

the what's that/what's what/ that/ what?? routine I find extraordinarily quite tedious. can you tell I've spent the last 48 hours just me and ds, no other company?!

Thank god! Though it was just us and we were going mad - 3yr old DD does exactly the same thing 'what is an onion?' or she's also quite into 'what makes....?' 'what makes a car?' etc

Nothing to offer, just a huge sigh that I am not alone in finding it tiring at best .
Would seem to be an agge/stage phase and hopefully they'll pass through it before they hit their teens or we hit the bottle

My DD does this too; they are just curious, they want answers, they want to discover more about the world, they also probably want to prolong the conversation with you and keep you talking. I know it can be annoying but it probably means you have very bright, inquisitive children that want to understand their environment. Take heart and try to explain as much as possible without going nuts...;)