Almost 3yo pretending to be a baby?!

[MillieFTM]

Does anyone else's almost 3 yo almost constantly want to pretend to be a baby 🤣

My daughter will say she wants to pretend, then tell me she can't talk as she's a baby, or that she has to crawl as she's a baby? At first it was sweet but now it's happening rather a lot and getting frustrating!
I did wonder whether it was her reaction to not wanting to grow up and "be a big girl", but nothings changed recently that could have triggered it. She's not potty trained yet, no siblings, no big life events 🤷‍♀️

Any ideas?

Yep, normal. Ours did this before her new brother was born and for a loooong time afterwards. Then suddenly she said, "I'm NOT a baby!" And stopped.

The advice is just to go along with it and let them pretend, I think! Make it a fun game. They're just figuring out different family roles through play. Another day she'll want to be a mummy, or a dog, or a caterpillar.

Yes same here. She never had a dummy but now wants to suck one 24/7 (her brother's, she is three). I recently chucked them away. I don't mind the role play but the baby voice is irritating.

Same here. On one hand she’s desperate to be a grown up but as she keeps pushing herself she also likes to regress and play baby to feel safe.

Aww yes. Also a dog, I had to throw things for her to 'fetch'. I just go along with it!

Yes this is very normal

Brilliant thanks all! Children ey!

My granddaughter was Bambi.

Yes totally normal, just go with it and make it part of a pretend game, why don't you pretend to be the baby and let her be the mummy