Funny Things Toddlers Say

Anita · Posted: February 14, 2007, 8:10 am Post subject: Funny Things Toddlers Say

Funny Things Toddlers Say
?Lisa Barker

It's fun when your kiddos are small. They have their
own vocabulary. The other day my son asked for some
shmushmellows. Of course, he meant marshmallows, but I
think his name is more appropriate, don't you think?

It reminds me of when my older son was three. He was
constantly losing his 'narmals' (marbles). I stepped
on them so many times that I nearly lost mine.

Every parent of toddlers has served 'pasketti' or
'basketti' at some point for dinner. And what fall
holiday is complete without 'punkins' on the porch?

My sister took her daughter out to eat when she was
little. They went to 'Carlos Jr.' otherwise known to
the western United States as Carl's Jr., a great place
that serves onion rings with barbecue sauce on a
cheeseburger.

When my twins were five they pronounced bathroom as
'baffroom'. My Australian husband tried to correct
them. He said 'b-ahhhh-throom and they said
'b-ahhhh-ffroom.

Other words I have heard toddlers say are 'gugwee' for
ugly, 'packpack' for backpack, 'gubble gum' for bubble
gum and 'twinklers' for Twinkies.

One of my twins is nicknamed 'Rat' because her sister
couldn't pronounce the name Rachel when she was two.

One very creative toddler of mine decided all drinks
are called 'dubway'. We still haven't figured out
what she wanted when she asked for 'cimanom' and
'tippeway'. Could it have been cinnamon and
Tupperware? We'll never know.

One time I was at the health clinic getting one of my
kiddos vaccinated. A very chatty toddler
enthusiastically showed me the 'dickers' the nurse had
given her for being such a good girl when she got her
shot. "Dickers', in case you don't know are what you
stick on paper, envelopes or on your shirt. You
probably call them stickers.

There are toddlerisms that seem to span every
generation. Things like samitches (sandwiches), pease
(please), brudda (brother), kissmiss (Christmas),
I-team (ice cream) and lello (yellow) are timeless.

And then there are generation specific words like the
toddlerisms for technology. I'm sure you have heard
of 'cammas', 'pooters' and 'cell pones'.

Then, sooner that we anticipated, off they go to
kindergarten. Those amusing toddlerisms all too soon
become just a memory...that is until Valentine's Day.
Just about everyone I know had two boys in their
class named 'Milk" (Mike) and 'Brain' (Brian).

Enjoy it all while you can. The next thing you know
they will be speaking a language you've never heard
and your vernacular will be sorely outdated. Cool
and rad, and boss, and hot aren't 'cool' anymore. And
neither are you, Mom and Dad. That is, not until the
grandbabies come along and there are toddlers in the
family once again.

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Jelly Mom? is written by Lisa Barker, mother of five
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