Kidisms

October 17, 2012

Written by Marykate Wurster, mother of three wonderful children, Gladwyne, PA

Thank you Rachel McGinn photography for the photo

Every child has those things they say, that I know I should correct, but wouldn’t dare because, well, they are so adorable. Here are my favorite kidisms:

My youngest says “sidewards” for sideways. You know, frontwards, backwards – sidewards. Please don’t tell her it is sideways. I am hanging on to this one as long as I can.

My oldest said “living loom” for years. I let her say that for much, much, much longer than I should have. And kind of wish she still said it. Although she is now 8 and that would be weird.

My son says “edelwig” – give up? Come on now – you are close, closer. Because I love the Sound of Music, my children have to as well. It is a requirement. Edelwig is Edelweiss. I would sing it for you but you can’t hear me. And that is probably a good thing. Moving on.

He used to say “gubble gum” for bubble gum. Sweetness.

My youngest calls her Charlotte’s Web Wilbur pig – “Wilbert”. Love. Wilbert.

And calls pretzels “cretzels” – not correcting that one either – let someone on the bus point it out. Which I am learning is a fodder for all kinds of conversations.

My oldest also said “someking” for something for years – miss that one too.

My son says “super Mario Bros” – never brothers – he says brooows and draws it out just like that. And I just realized maybe he is right and I am an out of touch Mom. It wouldn’t be the first time. And moving on.

They all said a version of “baby soup” or “baby suit” for bathing suit.

What are your favorite kidisms? Share, please. I love these!

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15 Comments »

Tracy
on October 17, 2012 10:06 am
My daughter said ahbacowees for avocados and Popeye’s (the chicken) was Pie Pies. She’s 25 now. I miss those days:-)
Marykate Wurster
on October 17, 2012 8:55 pm
Thanks Tracy – so sweet!!
Erin
on October 18, 2012 7:05 am
My son calls guacamole “rockamole”, we all like mine the best and it has gladly kept its name. He also says “bisghetti” for spaghetti, he’s 4 years old. Love those kidisms:)
Sarah Trager
on October 18, 2012 8:44 am
Eleven-teen? As in 9, 10, 11-teen, 12, 13…
Miss you guys!
Julie R.
on October 18, 2012 8:54 am
LOVED his hop-da-copter for helicopter.
“diddy” was his first word – pointing at our kitty cat >^,,^<
ni-ni was his word for breastfeeding. I had no idea where he got that one, but I must have responded one time and it stuck. (I had a laugh when years later I visited Hawaii and saw the sign for the Ni Ni bird)
Heidi Farmer
on October 18, 2012 10:56 am
Oh I love these! My younger son says “Lemilade” for lemonade and “lellow” for yellow.
But my all-time favorite has permanently joined our family lexicon: “Huggle” as in “Mommy, will you huggle on the couch with me?” Answer: Yes, every time!
Marykate Wurster
on October 18, 2012 2:16 pm
Love all of these!! And so true that some of them stick!
Rachel C
on October 18, 2012 8:46 pm
Cute stuff – I should have been writing my kids words down, but I’m so bad about that. One I can think of right now is my 5 yr old thinking that the opposite of “upside-down” is “re-side-up.”
Marykate Wurster
on October 18, 2012 11:11 pm
these are so fun to read!
Joanne Schenendorf
on October 20, 2012 8:09 am
My son is 31 now ( the father of Mary Kate’s twin nephews) but I still remember…”The Statue of Libby” in NYC, his favorite cookies were Chewy Chips Avoy, and he called the photo album ( yes, we had those back in the day) a “phobu album”
Julie R.
on October 20, 2012 2:22 pm
Another cute one from my friend’s son is that he asked to wear his “short sleeve pants” this summer. =)
nannypanpan
on October 21, 2012 11:41 am
my son used to call percy the train..perpy…i miss it…he occasionally will refer to him as it though…cause i’ve told him he used to call him that and he wants me to ooh and awe over him talking like a “baby” again
Anne Schenendorf
on October 22, 2012 8:12 am
Oh my gosh, these are too cute!!!!! 🙂 It cracks me up MaryKate that the bus is now a very amusing source of information. From teaching(the seven year olds) I too loved pusghetti(a tough one) and my other favorite skizzers. The English language is tough to learn and we are so lucky to hear the butchering of it. 😉 This is making me miss teaching and the hysterical things you hear/see. My little guys are just conquering language but so far I love herm for home and trees for broccoli. I believe it’s just a tough word and they know it looks like a tree. Mom, I looove the Statue of Libby. This inspires me to starting things down again…
Marykate Wurster
on October 22, 2012 9:26 pm
I love reading these! My youngest daughter said the other day – Mom when I am a grown up, i want to be a growns sup. In response to what she wants to be when she grows up. She is deep like that, takes after her old mum.
Gifts & Decor
on May 11, 2013 10:38 pm
These are a fun to read about. I missed these with my child due to speech issues and the therapist said not to let hime change words. Thank you for the smiles.