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Three year old saying odd things and gibberish?

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Mnk711 · 28/01/2024 21:50

Hi all, probably completely normal but the last couple of days my just turned 3yo has started saying some really odd things and also talking gibberish which she never has before. I'm assuming she's just about to go through a development leap/is struggling with not napping during the daytime, but just want to check this assumption in case she's actually got a head injury or something! Examples are saying things like 'if we eat lots and lots of fish they will squiggle in our tummies and the ambulance will come for us.' Or sometimes complete gibberish like half formed words. I can't remember any exact examples but will note them down. She seems in a bit of a trance like state sometimes too so guessing extreme tiredness most likely.

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Sleepysaurus2 · 29/01/2024 07:46

My 3yo does this too. She talks nonsense sentences and has a lot of enjoyment coming up with made up words. She finds it hilarious so I think it’s just a normal stage of development experimenting with sounds and a new sense of humour. She often comes up with made up verbs e.g. “I have to pookty over to the sofa”

it can get frustrating listening to it all day long!

Mnk711 · 29/01/2024 20:13

Ah ok thanks @Sleepysaurus2 , good to know she's fine and just a normal 3 year old then!

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thatneverhappened · 29/01/2024 20:58

Mine is the same. I think it's a healthy imagination and a mouth that sometimes works faster than her brain, like when adults say something stupid because they didn't think

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