The Things Children Say

My 3 year old DGS 'reverses' the parts of the word already.....so will say for

example 'I've ready all done a wee Nana'

I had rather forgotten about the lovely things my daughter used to say until my granddaughter had an unpleasant encounter with a bed of stinging nettles in our local park when she was staying with us. Recounting the unfortunate occurrence later she described this horrid piece of vegetation as "the pinching plant". What better description of those sore white bumps the wretched things inflict?

Both my grandsons called pavements "paperments".

My granddaughter was measuring things with a measuring tape and measured Grandad and said "Grandad is 20 and a half minutes long".

My granddaughter got excited when it first snowed, she looked out of the window and shouted " look, pussy pootfrints "

My younger son used to say that his Birthday was on 'twentieth of Knocked Over'

My Granson when he first started talking, he was given a drink of water and he downright refused his drink of RAIN, he wanted milk.

My granson was making musical instruments with me and I made a guitar out of a box and some elastic bands. He then asked me to make a piano!


I said I couldn't so he replied that if I could make a guitar I could make a piano!

Getting ready for bed he put on mismatching pyjama top and bottoms. He said Nanna these really don't go together, but J you chose them I said. Yes but they still don't go together he insisted

I asked him if he was wearing those for his school photo the next day. No, he said I'm wearing your nightie

While watching tv a little while ago with my husband and our granddaughter the Paul O'Grady show was about to start , I said oh good I like Paul O'Grady , our gradaughter said ,,,, I like poor old lady too .

One of my children used to say "Nins and Peedles" for "Needles and Pins".

My nephew watched as a friend breast-fd her baby, then asked his Mum "Can she make coffee too"

2nd old GS closely inspecting the grass: " Mum, look, a mouse!"
Confused mum: " where? Theres no mouse"
GS: " There, look, a wood-mouse!"

Also in his garden he has ' callapitters' and many ladybirds all called Dave! Love it!

That should read: 2 yr old, not 2nd. Sorry.

I couldn't understand why my son always referred to money as 'ight' until I was in the corner shop and, as I handed over the cash, the shopkeeper said,'That's right'.

Not a GC but my daughter (now aged 32). So memorable that it has never been forgotten. She was 3 and on a visit to the Lake Distrct where we were watching water skiiing. She yelled ' Look Mummy - a man on sticks pushing a boat with a rope!'

"Oh Grandma you are a minky" is my favourite.

My daughter just asked my 5 year old grandson how his cold has been to-day. He said "the snot has gone but the guitar is still there". Little love.

Love the coffee-machine, elegran!

Baggy, - the same wee boy and his pal were later discovered with their jumpers pulled up and teddies clutched to their skinny bosoms.

I was in hospital a few years ago and my GD came to visit me with her Grandpa... she asked me if I was having a baby, when I asked her why, she said ``because you have a fat belly`` (grin)

elegran,

My youngest daughter (now 35yrs old!) would always drop the 's' from words. So we had 'nakes' 'nails' 'tepping tones' and 'paghetti'

My youngest daughter called spaghetti 'pissgetti'; other pasta was 'spada' — right sounds, wrong order. Bacon was 'quin', and penguin 'guinguin'.

Peatot, poas, pous were, of course, my elder DS's words for teapot, soap and soup when he started to speak.