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My LO has 2-3 words that she uses consistently that are completely made up. She calls all cars, trucks, etc "Drrrr.....(rolling tongue sound)'. Every time. If you point to it in a book and ask her what it is, she rolls her tongue.

And she thinks sheep are 'Baaaaaa's...but with a deep growling sound. It's so funny because I used to always say "Baaa baaa, sheep" and I guess she internalized the Baa part, but I have no clue why she has to growl it.

Also, she has a weird phrase, that kind of sounds like "ooor there", but it doesn't mean "over there", I think it means "What's that".

Yes, definitely! LO used to call a vacuum a "baboke". No idea where that came from, but I always knew exactly what he meant!

@Foodnerd81: oh yes! was "talking" between 1 and 2 years but no one could understand him but us. "gung-gung" was hockey, "awoahwoah" was goalie, "gunh" was his lovey, "deh-deh" was Starbucks, "mmnnff" was muffin, haha
He was very vocal, just no English words.
Finally last summer at 2.5 he started to take the time to put the sounds in order and started REALLY talking. He hasn't stopped since!

She calls her pacifier her "mama". I think it's cute but it's also a little strange. lol She can say paci but she called it a mama first. None of the adults in her life call it that, just her.

She called water "awa" for a while. She used to say "Nana" but now she's suddenly decided to call MIL "Nini" instead.

Not very much...but when there is something I find it really frustrating trying to figure out what she is on about! For instance she keeps saying "nana" whenever we talk about going outside anywhere. I've asked her to point to "nana" and she just points to the window. Sometimes she points to my laptop and says "nana" too! Weird!

What I find more funny is that when she's talking to herself...you know like mumbling whilst she's playing/walking etc. she's saying things like "pushchair, pushchair, tickle, car, car, quack, quack..." completely at random!

Yep! "Add-ey" he says in lieu of "this one" sometimes, have no idea where it came from

DD called her paci a "fuffy" and that's what it is still called to this day. I never thought of it as made up words though, more them trying to mimic the language but their tongue not cooperating.

Sort of! A lot of words are just mispronunciations, but she calls her sheep lovey Beeshee. That's his name, I guess, and Inhave no idea where it came from.
Frozen strawberries are 'peaches' even though she knows and will say the difference between. Strawberry and a peach.
A bus is a honk, a bunny is a hop and a knife is a sharp.
Crazy kid.