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Funny things your toddler has said

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 28/10/2023 19:14

I thought it would be fun to share those little gems here.
Mine recently rubbed my pregnant belly and said, "Baby!" Then, without missing a beat touched my boob and exclaimed, "Booby!" 😵‍💫
And: while I was using the toilet came over to me, patted my leg and said, "Good job!" 👏

Got any to share? 😊

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 21/11/2025 19:12

Me, overhearing my kids laughing in another room: what's going on in there?
Havoc: we're having a meeting about prison toilets. 😳

I then remembered that I recently told my mum the new public toilets downtown looked like prison toilets without the seats. 😂

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Thisistemporary · 21/11/2025 21:51

My 2.5 year old recently asked me if mosquitoes have surnames 😂

merryhouse · 22/11/2025 14:22

@Mumtobabyhavoc obviously this is the ideal time to introduce them to the Pirates of Penzance!

"mistaking my instructions which within my brain did gyrate
I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate"

"the two words were so much alike!"

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Thisistemporary · 21/11/2025 21:51

My 2.5 year old recently asked me if mosquitoes have surnames 😂

Oh I love that! He’s 13 ) years) but DS2 asked me at the weekend if spiders get cold. We have one behind our toilet cistern who we have become fond of and he was worried about it.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 08/12/2025 16:04

My not yet 2y has taken to putting an arm in the space between the fridge and wall and saying, Get me out! 😂

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Chunkychips23 · 08/12/2025 16:43

My 2yr old loves praise, so he’ll take your phone/watch/keys etc and then return it to you with a “good boy?”

HedwigHedgepig · 10/12/2025 13:42

My 2yr 9mth old to my husband, who had just come home from work and had taken his shirt off: "daddy, can you put your clothes on? You little pickle!"

A few nights ago, after calling out for my husband when he couldn't sleep: "I just want to cuddle you daddy, I want to cuddle you all day, and I had a bogey in my nose but I just got the bogey out."

Mumtobabyhavoc · 18/12/2025 14:13

Havoc, my 4 year old at bedtime:
Goodnight, Partner.
😂
I've no idea where that came from.

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CattingAbout · 19/12/2025 11:25

"I can't go to bed right now. I'm very busy doing something important."

Alwayslearning25 · 19/12/2025 21:22

My son did the good job thing. He's my youngest and just has a great sense of humour. Also he's been quoting Julia Donaldson books in his play. Hilarious things he did yesterday (he's just turned 3). He has always liked to squeeze under legs, go through tunnels, but he put some blankets on me, came out and said 'i puked out.' I told DH, he said, "you mean peaked' he said 'no p-y-ooked' I said 'like sick' he said 'yes,' and laughed. For context he was sick 2 weeks ago, we must have added puked to his vocabulary then.

OneLimeDuck · 22/12/2025 00:07

Just came across this thread and have been in tears of laughter.

My tale concerns youngest daughter who would have been a couple of months shy of her 4th birthday at the time.

I heard her use the word arse, not with any particular context just used the word.

I gently spoke to her, told her I wasn't angry or upset but that it was a rude word and only naughty people used rude words and she was a good girl.
She agreed she was a good girl so wouldn't use the rude word.

I saw the cogs turning, then the following little conversation happened.

DD Daddy.
Me Yes sweetheart
DD Are there other rude words?
Me Yes there are
DD You should tell me them then I will know not to use them.

Yes, excellent plan. What could possibly go wrong!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/12/2025 21:53

OneLimeDuck · 22/12/2025 00:07

Just came across this thread and have been in tears of laughter.

My tale concerns youngest daughter who would have been a couple of months shy of her 4th birthday at the time.

I heard her use the word arse, not with any particular context just used the word.

I gently spoke to her, told her I wasn't angry or upset but that it was a rude word and only naughty people used rude words and she was a good girl.
She agreed she was a good girl so wouldn't use the rude word.

I saw the cogs turning, then the following little conversation happened.

DD Daddy.
Me Yes sweetheart
DD Are there other rude words?
Me Yes there are
DD You should tell me them then I will know not to use them.

Yes, excellent plan. What could possibly go wrong!

I absolutely love this! Thank you for sharing and welcome to the thread. ☺️

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 24/12/2025 20:28

My 4y and almost 2y dc opened the last advent calendar window and were playing with the boxes. Youngest runs to me and says Come! Come! excitedly. I follow to the kitchen where 4y is sitting on the floor with the boxes ripped into pieces. Four year old says proudly, Mummy! Look at this wonderful mess we made! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂

Later, 4y old wants to show me something: Mummy! Look your eyes here! 😂

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BluJanuary · 25/12/2025 10:14

My nearly 4 year old is animal mad so I think it's from when we've been explaining that humans are also animals... he'll be observing someone when we are out in public and says things like 'that human is washing his car'😆 it makes it sound like we are a family of aliens.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 26/12/2025 00:52

Nice you popped back on to share that @BluJanuary 🤗

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 07/01/2026 22:11

My two year old: Don't talk! I'm taking a meeting.
😵‍💫

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HedwigHedgepig · 11/01/2026 08:11

2yr old singing "Jalapeño! Jalapeño!" at the top of his voice to the tune of Frère Jacques this morning.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/01/2026 16:46

Baby calls oatmeal, opano. Not particularly funny, but in that tiny voice is very cute. 🥰

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 21/01/2026 18:56

Me, cleaning the bathtub.

Havoc: You're a very good washer, Mummy.
Me: Thank you, darling. 😵‍💫
Havoc: You should wash the toilet!

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Maaofatoddler · 21/01/2026 20:15

Mine soon to be 5 asked if he can get a baby brother but I have recently started a new job so I told him if you ask God you may get a baby brother or sister by the time you’re 7. It’s something we’ve been planning anyway. So he said I don’t want a sister as I have a baby cousin sister. Only brother. I said well it’s upto God to decide.
Few weeks later-
While PIL and DH were on a call , 4YO jumped to announce he’s getting a baby brother when he will turn 7.

Grizelina · 21/01/2026 20:49

My 2 year old grandaughter informed me that her little brother “was at the Doctors house drinking wine”! (Preemie currently in SCBU who is doing well).

Mumtobabyhavoc · 21/01/2026 21:16

@Grizelina @Maaofatoddler

Thank you for adding to the thread! 🩷🩷🩷

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 30/01/2026 18:01

Havoc: Mummy, this is my baby from Hollywood all the way here on a plane.

Baby walks over wearing my giant sun glasses smiles and waves then proceeds to dance around yelling: You can't see me! You can't see me!

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HedwigHedgepig · 03/02/2026 13:47

"Why does daddy have a vulva?"

(Daddy in fact has a Volvo, not a vulva)

Mumtobabyhavoc · 03/02/2026 17:25

HedwigHedgepig · 03/02/2026 13:47

"Why does daddy have a vulva?"

(Daddy in fact has a Volvo, not a vulva)

Oh, that's a good one - and an important distinction. 😂

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