https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:04:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534574 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:09:33 +0000 FaithFertility 2534574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Ohhhh man I call a horse horsey :meh:<br /> I guess I'm worse than I thought </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534573 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:07:15 +0000 LindsayLou 2534573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure I will adopt some cute mispronunciations and words for things. My little brother is 22 now, and we all still remember some of his funny mispronunciations. Sour crap for sauerkraut and Pom and Sean for Parmesan cheese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534556 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:11:10 +0000 Torchwood 2534556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it as a nanny (still occasionally say some of them), so I know I will when she starts talking! I also have a tendency to use my own words for things and DH uses them too, so it's definitely gonna happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534508 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:56:03 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2534508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@My Only Sunshine: that reminds me my parents say yuts for lunch sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534304 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:22:09 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2534304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My DD calls popsicles "hapakas" so we always call them that now!</p> <p>ETA - My parents still point out "lellow fowloos" (yellow flowers) when we see them because I said it that way 30 years ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534265 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:24:35 +0000 caterw 2534265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 says "headboard" for forehead, "finky and fum" for pinky and thumb, "I got a happen" instead of "I got an owie", and Elmo is "Elbow". I think these are so cute and find myself saying them to other people who look at me like I am crazy hahaha. Glad I am not the only one who does this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2534056 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:15:31 +0000 snowjewelz 2534056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Oh yeah I'm so bad at doubling all the words. And I used to teach her to say kitty, doggie, piggy, horsey, etc. Somehow she figured out to just say dog, pig, cat now haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533958 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:13:14 +0000 sarac 2533958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and kind of intentionally. My 4 year old is mostly past that phase, but my husband and I loved her funny words so much that we started using a bunch of them. 'Son-sage' is our favorite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533947 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:08:16 +0000 mrsrain 2533947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm guilty of dumbing down words ("nana" instead of banana, "milkies" instead of milk) when she was a baby, and sticking with them now that she's almost two. I did manage to switch over to "milk" so she learned the real word, but she still thinks bananas are just nanas.</p> <p>It's weird, too, because it's so important to me to teach her the real names for things like body parts and stuff. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533914 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:51:59 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2533914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! When he was younger the play kitchen was "chicken" and he would say "hinger" instead of "finger". We'd adopt those cute mispronounciations. He doesn't do it as much now. I can't remember the exact word, but he properly pronounced something just this morning and I was sad that he could say it right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533888 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:51:38 +0000 twodoghouse 2533888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I are definitely guilty of calling birds "chi chis," trains "choo choos," and chickens "bawk Bawks." Also, DD calls DS "B" instead of his name and we have all picked that up too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533884 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:49:10 +0000 MrsF 2533884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my DD has a giant stuffed giraffe that she used to call "awitch" instead of olive. DH and I still call it that (3.5 years later) and she just looks at us like we're nuts </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533879 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:40:02 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2533879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: ugh so cute. I do not want to correct him on the hang nail thing. Whenever he has one he says "oh no! Mommy get it, pony tail!" 😍😍😍 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533878 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:38:42 +0000 FaithFertility 2533878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: hahahaha so cute, I remember my little sister calling a bathing suit her "baby soup!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533875 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:36:53 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2533875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try not to but some things are too funny not to. Like he says poot for poop and calls hang nails pony tails!! So we've adopted those, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533870 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:32:04 +0000 Foodnerd81 2533870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We copy her adorable sayings and phrases. Like, whoa, that's a big messy mess! And she has funny ways of saying normal phrases that we have picked up- like she just says "here you go!" In a funny way and now I do it. She speaks really well so I think it's ok. I am not ready for when she starts saying elephant right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533867 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:27:43 +0000 FaithFertility 2533867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ohhhh so I just thought<br /> So guilty of saying Shoe shoes for her shoes!<br /> I do it daily! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533865 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:26:46 +0000 Orchid 2533865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So guilty! Upchairs, downchairs, strawpachy (strawberry), and the list goes on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533862 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:22:57 +0000 FaithFertility 2533862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try so hard not to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533860 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:20:50 +0000 Canoli 2533860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So guilty of this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533858 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:19:00 +0000 Ajsmommy 2533858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup......chicken is currently "chichen" in our house. And playground = payground..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533856 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:14:22 +0000 stratosphere 2533856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is too cute! Yes, we totally do this. LO says "mens" instead of "men" as the plural for man (as in "I play with my mens" when referring to her little Plan Toy pirate ship guys) and I find DH and I saying it too, as we find it so cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533852 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:06:37 +0000 erinbaderin 2533852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son called our cat Lilia (her name was Olivia) so often that I started doing it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533837 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:48:09 +0000 delight 2533837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh we totally do this. Our DD always says "okape" instead of "okay" and we have adopted that into our own speech. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533821 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:17:35 +0000 JennyD 2533821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. My LO is FOUR and my husband STILL says "nilky" like DD did when she was like 14 months. I guess I'm guilty too. I say munch for lunch. There's a couple cute phrases we've adopted too. Like, "the clouds are dark" and "I see your sad little face". </p> <p>Overall she's always been so well spoken, so it's adorable when she does mispronounce something. That said, we never did much of the "baby talk" thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533459 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:59:58 +0000 Alba4 2533459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love DS's cute pronunciation of multi syllabic words, but I really try hard not to use them. I try to model speech as much as possible since he mimics everything I say anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533447 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:46:35 +0000 snowjewelz 2533447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try SO hard not to but sometimes it's just so cute!! </p> <p>DD says nana for banana too, veo for video, elf for elephant, baf for bath... I can go on and on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babytoddler-talk#post-2533443 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:41:59 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2533443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you ever start to use the "words" your toddler uses for things? Like I accidentally call bananas nanas and my husband and I both have started calling our dog June Dune! It's so silly. I try not to use baby talk and speak normally but sometimes I can't help it. </p>