Everything with a B that she could say before is now said with a M. It is normal for kids' language to change?
Maybe try getting her hearing tested. I was concerned about my daughter (age 2) with regards to pronunciation of certain sounds so I took her to an ENT and had her looked at and she has fluid on her ears. She ended up with tubes, but since then she has been great and her speech really picked up. Sometimes they cannot hear the proper pronunciation and it makes it hard for them to say it correctly.
Good luck!
Pronunciation can change a lot in the first couple of years, as kids learn to control all the little muscles that help them make deliberate sounds. You don't say how old your daughter is. If she's older than 2 or so, and is still experimenting with consonant sounds, bring this up with her ped. She might need a hearing evaluation.
Ha! My daughter is doing the SAME thing! We've been talking of bunnies because of Easter approaching and she's saying "munny" all of the sudden - before she could say "bunny" just fine. She's also saying, "boot" instead of "book" - she used to say "book" just fine, too. It must be normal if it's happening to both of our kids.
I think it is. My son is 2 1/2 and his words have changed---he used to say dog now its gawg...used to say horse now it's forse...used to say donkey now it's donk.
In my house, Barney went from "Barbie" to "Marney" to finally "Barney". lol!
Kids just do weird stuff sometimes. She'll figure it out if she's a toddler.
Totally normal. My son is very advanced in his talking and he did this. It seemed like when he knew 20 words, he'd say them perfectly, but when he knew 100 words, he'd mess up the words he used to say right. I think the more stuff in their brain, the harder it is for them to come up with the exact right thing every time. Mine puts very large sentences together now, but will get hung up on one of the words in it. He never did that when he was doing 3 word sentences. My son mispronounced a word at a checkup once that he had always said right, so it reminded me to ask my doctor, and she said it was fine.
Yes - Though it depends on age. I remember my first suddenly went from "tiger" to "carter" and "water" to "walker". Totally random...Came and went though was done by age 2.
Yes.
There is a big difference in articulation/pronouncing bunny & munny.
"Bunny" is a front-of-the-mouth sound using the front lips pursed together... "Munny" is a back-of-the-throat sound... said while the lips are pursed together.
In speech/talking... each sound, articulation, sounding it out and pronouncing words/alphabets etc., are achieved in age-stages. For example: a 1 year old will not master certain sounds/words that a 3 year old would, age wise AND developmental wise.
As Peg M. said, it all has to do with developing development... and the motor coordination of the mouth and tongue and lips... in conjunction with the sounds made within the mouth or throat... at the same time.
At each age juncture, their "mastery" over sounds/talking/pronouncing it... will differ. And yes, it can get confused. Even the sentence structure & tenses and nouns as well.
For example, a 2 year old might say "me like apple." But a 3 or 4 year old would say "I like apples..." or, a 2-3 year old might say "me mad..." but a 3-4 year old might say "I'm mad..."
It is all per age stages and the age juncture your child is at.
How old is your child?
I learned all of this, because my son had a Speech Therapist because he was a late talker. But he is now the most talkative one in the family! And, also due to normal natural progression per his age... his speech and sentence structure formation during talking, is totally on par now.
All the best,
Susan
