Third person

[Veronica51]

My 3yr old godchild  who I am raising has in the last week started referring to her self in the third  person, as in , Kirice wants a drink of water or Kirice is hungry. She does not do  it all the time but every day she does it more and more. Is this normal or should I start to get worried?

[Veronica51]

Yes she does use pronoun, as a matter of fact she has been using them for over a year now (she's 3yrs and 3mos) and like most little girls I know she talks a lot.I never tlaked baby talk to her so she understands well and can preform a chain of directions

[Sally44]

Sometimes these things can be phases - but I wanted to ask is she able to use pronouns correctly eg. I, my, you, his, her, he, she, them, theirs etc or does she have trouble with them.

[margypops]

Dont be worried, perfectly 'normal'I have heard a lot of children and adults doing this,and perhaps it gets her some extra attention, dont make a big deal of it ,its a phase. Good luck

[AfricanGrey]

My daughter went through a phase of the exact same thing.  It stopped just as suddenly as it began.