Talking in 3Rd Person?

This is a faze. I wouldn't stress over it. She will eventually get it right. She is just learning about things that are hers and what isn't. My kids went thru this stage too.

I wouldn't worry about it. She will learn pronouns in time. She is using the 3rd person to communicate as precisely as possible at this time. As long as she can articulate what she wants to say I see no problem. Just use the correct pronouns when you are speaking and she will pick them up over time.

Yes, this is a normal process of development. She will figure it all out in time. My son used to say the same things. He also used to call himself "you". He'd say "you do it" but he was talking about himself, when he wanted to do something because we were saying "okay, you do it". He figured everything out and no longer uses the 3rd person. He will be turning 3 later in September.
Good luck!

Stuff like this just takes time. My step daughter went through the same thing and now that she's older she's able to say "my cup" rather than "Emaley's cup" Your daughter has heard her name her whole life and I'm sure she loves to be able to say her name and to say that it with other things like..."Amelia's cup" It's just another accomplishment of putting more words together. Just give it time, she'll adjust. Just as long as you teach her that not everything is just Amelia's, she'll be fine... try different approaches to show her what's what and who's who's. For instance... "mommies's cup" or "daddys cup" or "brother or sister's cup" Then later it will be easier to introduce "my cup or your cup"

I don't think there is any reason to correct her. She will learn from listening to others talk.

A.- I too think this is totally normal. The best way to teach your child language is to continue to talk to them using correct English. The baby books I read said that when your child is an infant you're supposed to refer to yourself (the mom) in the third person. Once you get that down it's hard to break out of the habit.

I have a 2 1/2 year old boy. A recent phase for him is talking about everything related to him in terms of the engines from "Thomas the Train." For example- "Thomas peed his diaper."

Before becoming a mom, I taught young children. It was not uncommon for them to be confused at times about pronouns- but they do get it.

M.

This is totally normal. I was reading in a magazine that children do this because we talk to them and use their name to refer to things and that is how that talk about themselves as well. She will soon change over and talk about "me" and "mine", so enjoy this cute phase. I think that this is why little ones can relate to Elmo so much, he always says "Elmo likes..." instead of saying "I". Good luck and congrats on the next one as well.

T.

My son does this too. "Alex wants to play games" or when he talks to his sister, "No Pj, this is Alex toy" I think that they just hear us use their names and they are doing it too. You could say, "You're right that Is Amelia's cup, do you know where My cup is?" It might help. :-)

A.,
Most speech structure spoken by two year olds works its self out. I encourage you to keep providing good examples and I would not over stress it at the time.

Look for ways to demonstrate other froms of ownership for her. When you get ready to take her in for a well child appointment mention it to your peditrician if it still concerns you.

:) Oh you should be enjoying this! My daughter at two also spoke in the third person, everyone use to tell me how cute it was that she did too! And I really liked how she would say "That's Zoey's" instead of "That's mine" Anyway -don't get frustrated with her just know that this too will pass just like all the rest of the many milestones.

[grin] Enjoy this while it lasts! She'll start doing the ME and I pretty quickly. My oldest went through that stage. (He's now four and is very well versed in the me's and I's!) I think it's very normal because we parents use names rather than pronouns when we communicate with our little 'uns, so that's all they know. (This is Mama's cup. That is Alek's cup. Mama has to go bye bye. Mama wants to give Alek a bath. Etc.) Your daughter will pick up on the pronouns pretty quickly without you needing to draw any attention to it. (You're right about it being confusing!) Just keep doing what you're doing. It sounds likes she's right on track! My son transitioned though the "this is Alek's cup" to "this is Me-Alek's cup" to "this is MY cup" to "Mama, I want more milk in my cup, please!" between the age of two to four!

I agree with Karen - she'll get over this before you know it!
Don't bother trying to correct her; just continue to speak normally (although if it concerns you, you might want to make sure you're not still referring to *yourself* in the third person. I still do that. "Are you listening to mommy?" lol)

Don't worry about it! This too will pass...

2 year old's do go through this. I see your confusion with your efforts to correct this. I would suggest you model for yourself and see if she picks up on it. Take your cup, and make sure to say "this is my cup..."In time, she will get it. Don't worry.

C.

My daughter's name is Amelia too and she says this is Mimi's cup or Mia's cup and people have thought she was saying "me cup" and have correected her. That's what I've tried to teach her, this is Amelia's cup, this is Mama's cup. For now, I guess they don't completely grasp the pronoun thing until they're 4. Although how come they always say everything else is "mine!" then? She's 2.5 too, born January 30th 2005, when was your Amelia born? We have another girl due in December as well. Good luck with your new one too!