Hello mums,

Have you had these moments of pure pride when your little one has just said a really complicated word...and then you turn around and everyone else gives you a blank stare, waiting fo you to translate it in 'adult speak'. Well at Mums Like You we are just going through this phase. So we were delighted to come accross the Toddler's Dictionary that our dear friends at Mothers of Innovation have put together. Have a look, it's a brilliant idea and we want to take it one step further - add your own entries in the comment box below or on Twitter (adding #totspeak to your tweet) and enter the Mothers of Innovation Competition for a gorgeous goody bag, packed with unique products: a Rockin Hood, a pair of sock-ons and pack of practical labels.

The winner will be chosen at random on the 2nd October and announced on the site.

Good luck and enjoy!

Ivet

Mums Like You

The Toddler's Dictionary

Some words are just too long or toddler logic can be applied. Here is the start of a special on-line translation service for perplexed adults.

The worrying thing for a parent is remembering to use the 'grown up' translation when trying to hold a regular adult conversation.

abulub                       ambulance
aminals                     animals
Ass bursday             Happy Birthday
atetoes                      potatoes
bepooter                   computer
bepiano                    piano..she seems to have a b issue
bicits                         biscuits
biculls                       bicycles
bird flakes                corn flakes - the picture on the box says it all
bisgetti                      confetti or biscuits (concerned about this little one being a flower girl)
boke                          bottle of milk
bolders                     tea, as in builders tea
bufferfly                     butterfly
chickeninthebox    chickenpox
chiffus                      Christmas
crip                            a single crisp - he was just making sense of plurals
cumbercues           cucumbers
dice                           bus
dink                           drink
diss                          milk bottle (from 'Do you want this?')
ezplaz                       aeroplane
glubs                        gloves
dweeble deez         chips (from 'Would you like some of these')
fantascit                   fantastic
flying pan                 frying pan
ga-ga                       grandma
gun gun                   bang bang (when playing cowboys)
hairyplane               aeroplane
hamhigh                 handbag
hoo-ha                     sleep
hostibul                    hospital
jymamas                  pyjamas
key pooter                computer
knee                          napkin
knees                        story time (sitting on Mummy's knee)
lellow                         yellow
memember              remember
mini-beavers            Maltesers
monkeys                   'those yucky things up your nose'
mumuma                  dummy
mungry                      I'm feeling a little peckish
nanna                        banana
nicnic                         picnic
nucky necker            double decker
no(w)                          snow
oberdair                     over there
car parks                   parkark
rocklit                         chocolate
sooty florlors             pretty flowers
spearmints               experiments, as in spearmints on animals
spiders wipe            spider's web
too yous                    birthdays
tories                         not political brainwashing but stories
twos                           two - it is a confused plural thing
U u ee                       cup of tea
ully                             lovely
umberbella              umbrolly/umbrella
ush                            fizzy drink (the sound that it makes when you unscrew the top)
vegable                    vegetable - and I wish I could stop saying it
vigenar                    vinegar
wac wac                  any kind of bird
wee room               living room (?)
wipe screamers    windscreen wipers
wish/wish washers windscreen wipers
wooden mouse    wood louse
Zib zib                    Elizabeth - why do older sisters have such hard names - yes, this one is for all the great family misnomers xx

We would love to hear your entries to this dictionary,please add them on here!

created by Mothers of Innovation - MOIXX