6 year old pretending to be pregnant, playing house, talking about marriage etc. Developmentally appropriate?

I accidentally clicked no. I meant yes lol. When i was pregnant both times my stepson would walk around a pretend he was pregnant and start mocking me about my back aches it was cute and funny.

My 8 year old will play families with her friends and one will be the baby and the other the mum and they will use old mobile phones to play with. Don’t think they go into the birth side of things but does your daughter know anyone that’s pregnant? I’m more worried about the Americanisms she uses such as calling things diapers, daycare ect.

lmao why are you worried about the language? Do you just want her to use terms said in the UK?

Also no she's not around many pregnant people ever. She watches live births and cesareans on YouTube (which I'm sure teachers her other baby related things). Shes been playing this way since she was about 3/4

I misread the question and accidentally clicked no🫠 definitely sounds normal to me

My 4.5 year old does this, but she has never talked about labor. But I think it’s funny 😅 People need to touch grass.

My 4 year old pretends she's pregnant, my sisters recently given birth, and I was also pregnant 8 months ago. There is nothing wrong with kids playing and messing around

I did this stuff. My cousins were forced to be my kids.

“you are mine now” 😂

Get her a bunch of doll babies she'll be fine

lmao forced is sending me

oh trust me, we have newborn dolls, American girl dolls, baby alives , LOL dolls, and a shit ton of Barbie's for every stage of her pregnancy and children's lives 😂 I don't mind her playing, but people are so bothered lol

My kids do this and it's a normal part of child development to re-enact things they see and hear. It's a good way to expand her learning and vocabulary

I don't understand why people would be upset because how does it affect them exactly lol I would assume in my opinion this is pretty normal pretend play behaviour...

I get it though as my son played with a doll and pushchair and people got bothered by it.

I’d say completely normal especially if she has younger siblings and has seen you or anyone close to her go through it. Kids do some weird stuff man but it’s just kids being kids… my sister pretended to be a dog for like a month when we were kids (and then a horse when she was finally told that she can’t be a dog 24/7) 😂

I used to play like this. lol

My daughter did this at 3 when I was pregnant. She's always loved playing babies. I remember her playing it with my sister (who she asked to be the baby) and my sister pretended to cry for milk expecting the baby bottle. Luckily little one saw the funny side as neither of us could stop laughing when she makes herself comfortable on the sofa before lifting her top and saying "come here baby".
(Yes I did explain that breastfeeding her auntie wasn't appropriate lol)

Yes, pretend play young children like to copy adults & act out real life scenarios. My eldest daughter plays pretend a lot although, the pretending to be pregnant (& putting her cuddly toys under her t-shirt) was an outcome of me being pregnant with my youngest😅

Oops I was confused, I meant to vote « yes »
It’s totally normal, I was myself playing that my whole childhood lol as my mom got pregnant 3 more times after me so I was just doing the same !
I guess that’s the same
Why then lots of dolls are sold ? Bc all the little girls (and boys) love to play to be mommy (daddy)

what makes you say she watched too much YouTube?

they think it's not appropriate for a "little girl" to "act like a woman" or to "be too grown"

this is just what little kids love to do, they probably dont even fully understand just want to copy and play... no different to any other pretend play and all part of their development and language too. Some kids are more forward than others too. Im sure if your child was doing something you feel is inappropriate you would correct him/her if thats how you felt. Its your place and decision and no-one else's. Everyone's entitled to their own with their own kids but I say even if you don't agree with something someone else is doing its their kid and their choice but this is just kids play to me

Yeh I also misread the question. It’s appropriate.

I see where ur coming from , I’d just reassure and redirect them that they are a CHILD and that’s adult stuff and they don’t gotta worry about that till they get older lol. So I voted eh bc eh , not a really big deal but I’d def let my daughter know those are grown ppl things