Why I Need a Toddler-English Dictionary
Me (to my 3-year-old daughter): What do you want for supper, honey?
Her: Hosanna, Mommy.
Me: Hosanna?
Her: (bursts into singing the church hymn “Hosanna in the Highest”)
Me: (frantically going through what possible word combination could rhyme with Hosanna) Are you sure that’s what you want?
Son (interrupting): She means lasagne, Mom.
Me (to daughter): You want lasagne?
Her: Yes. Hosanna. 
She is now up in her bed singing the Barney song at the top of her lungs instead of sleeping. Ah, motherhood. 
Michelle posted in Writing @ 7:47 pm | Viewed 2176 times
Gina Black Says:
Sounds like you’ve got a great interpreter!
Danica/Dream Says:
I love it!! When B was 3, she was into eating apocalypse aka frozen waffles.
Bonnie Ferguson Says:
Hehehe
mary beth Says:
ahahaha :rotf:
Holly Says:
hehehe! :rotf:
I remember when my daughter was 3, I wasn’t Mommy, I was “Ommy.” L’s are still hard for her to pronounce…it becomes a ‘w’…not sleepy, but “sweepy,” little is “wittle.”
One of my kids’ favorite meals I fix still comes out “hot chicken cassawole” from her mouth. It gets better as time goes on, but it is a shame they don’t have a toddler-English dictionary..sadly I think all kids mispronounce different words differently. Good thing you’ve got such a good translator!
Kelly Says:
Too funny! I’m always trying to decipher what my neices and nephews are saying. They are currently working on my 18 month old nephew to say Kelly. He can do kitty and belly, so my sister is trying to combine the two. My luck, I’ll bet bitty instead of Kelly.
Melissa Says:
That is HILARIOUS. I am still trying to figure out what my daughter is trying to tell me sometimes.
Tori Lennox Says:
ROFL!!!
At least you’ve got your son to act as interpreter. *g*
Melissa Mc Says:
Too cute. My two oldest interpret for my youngest, too!
April Says:
LOL!! Thank goodnes you have ds there to interpret!
Missie Says:
Alison just turned 2 on Saturday, and she ends just about every sentence with the sound, “Cheeeewwwww”. We have no clue what this means, and no, she isn’t talking about eating or being hungry. It’s more like, “mamadaddy, mammadaddy, mammadaddy, schack (Zach), eebba dooba deeba cheeeewwwwwwww!” said with the most serious of faces. :rotf:
Anyone who can figure that out gets a prize.
Kate Hardy Says:
That’s hysterical! I hope you’re keeping a note of these. (Like my daughter’s: “I like the white pony. It’s a girl.” Me (slightly worried): “How do you know?” Daughter: “She has long eyelashes…”)