You and me, me and you

Leo is wonderfully expressive and can generally get most of his thoughts and opinions across to us pretty easily. If we can't quite follow him he can explain himself using other words, associations or memories. But one thing he hasn't grasped, and which amuses me a lot, is his mixing-up of the meaning of 'me' and 'my' with 'you' and 'yours'. It's very endearing and leads to chuckles and twee knowing glances between us, his parents. So if he wants you to do something for him, he might ask: 'want me to do it?'; or if he's tired or thirsty, he might say that he 'wants you to go to bed' or 'wants your drink'. He'll grow out of it but for now it remains a gentle delight and a source of mild confusion for newbies.

We could of course avoid all the misunderstandings by always referring to him and his stuff in the third person - Leo's this, Leo's that - but this can sound a bit too babyish, and it means me and Rach have to constantly call each other, and ourselves, mum and dad, which means we fall into it by way of habit and keep it up even after he's not in the room. Frankly I don't want Rach to turn to me in the morning and call me 'daddy' - at least, not every day...so our twee little chuckles will pertain for a little bit longer.