three-and-a-half year old speech-- what's normal?

[Llyra]

Do your three-and-a-half year olds confuse pronouns? Like DD2 and DS (my twins, almost 3 1/2) will say, "Her came to my house," instead of, "She came to my house." Or "Us is going to the store," instead of, "We are going to the store." And sometimes we still get, "Me want some milk," although I think they are mostly getting "I" and "me" correct now.

My DD1 never made those kinds of errors at this age, and I'm just wondering if it's normal. I worry about DD2 especially, because I think people still have a hard time understanding her. Her articulation is improving a LOT but she's still using odd grammatical forms. She also uses past tenses all mixed up, like "I camed upstairs," for "I came upstairs," or "I runned fast." But I've heard that those are typical for the age group.

The only other three year old we spend a lot of time with has a severe speech delay, so it's hard for me to compare mine to other kids their own age. Most of the kids around here are DD1's friends, or babies. I'm gong to try talking to a few of the kids at Sunday school this week, and see how the three year olds sound. I'm kind of worried about it, which is weird because I'm not a worrier, normally. I think it's because I hear all the time about twins being at high risk for speech problems.

[pbjmama]

I would say that is in the normal range. My ds is 4 and still occasionally makes those errors, my favorite is "I will tell my dad a joke and that will make he smile". In your case, something to monitor but I wouldn't worry too much

[ElliesMomma]

i think those things work themselves out. i'm just careful to repeat back to her using the proper way of saying it (this not "correcting" her, just repeating it back the essence of it in correct form). my DD, 4, is very well spoken -- she is complimented all the time as being "just like an adult" to talk to -- and she still messes things up sometimes.

[mojobin]

It sounds pretty normal to me too, but you should be able to contact your local school district and ask about child find. They should have diagnosticians who can do an evaluation and if it's not in the normal range your child(ren) would qualify for free therapy.

[OkiMom]

I would say it sounds normal. Mine does that at times too. A lot of times though its when she is overally tired or upset about something.