potty words

[Anonymous]

my almost 6 year old won't stop. Poop, diarriha, poop poop mommy daddy, etc etc. I ask him not to do it but is this just most boys? He isnt cursing or anything but not sure how much other kids do this.

[Anonymous]

My boys have gone through phases of this. It's very funny, apparently.

I don't tell them not to say it, but I do tell them that I don't like to hear that and they need to move themselves out of my earshot.

[Anonymous]

aww, i miss that phase. i know have tweens using other words. it's a phase

[Anonymous]

It's a phase. We just say that potty words belong in the potty, and they especially do not belong at the dinner table.

Don't laugh, and don't make a big deal. They are seeking a reaction. The most I give is, "If you can't stop using potty words, then you need to go to the bathroom. You can come back to eat/play/whatever when you're done using potty words."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a phase. We just say that potty words belong in the potty, and they especially do not belong at the dinner table.

Don't laugh, and don't make a big deal. They are seeking a reaction.

I have an 8 year old boy and 4 year old boy and this is what we do. 4year old is too clever and one time said “OIh no I wasn’t using a potty word. I was talking about the ALPHABET.” I did manage not to laugh out loud at that.

[Anonymous]

Come on, it isn't just boys. It's the age and it's normal. My 7yo girly-girl dd also finds it hilarious to work these words/topics into conversation.

They like to be independent and sometimes that includes enjoying shocking their adults. The phase will pass whether or not you acknowledge it, so at least teach them to be more clever than simply repeating words like parrots!

Eg: knock knock
Who's there?
Smell mop
Smell mop who?
Ew, I'm not going to smell your poo.

[Anonymous]

HAHAAAA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, it isn't just boys. It's the age and it's normal. My 7yo girly-girl dd also finds it hilarious to work these words/topics into conversation.

They like to be independent and sometimes that includes enjoying shocking their adults. The phase will pass whether or not you acknowledge it, so at least teach them to be more clever than simply repeating words like parrots!

Eg: knock knock
Who's there?
Smell mop
Smell mop who?
Ew, I'm not going to smell your poo.

+1 And thank you for this gem of a joke.

[Anonymous]

I taught DD to "know your audience." Your audience for poop jokes are your same-age friends.

I told her I didn't want to hear it, and then sent her to her bedroom every SINGLE time she said them. It got old real fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, it isn't just boys. It's the age and it's normal. My 7yo girly-girl dd also finds it hilarious to work these words/topics into conversation.

They like to be independent and sometimes that includes enjoying shocking their adults. The phase will pass whether or not you acknowledge it, so at least teach them to be more clever than simply repeating words like parrots!

Eg: knock knock
Who's there?
Smell mop
Smell mop who?
Ew, I'm not going to smell your poo.

Well darn I may have to tell my boys that one!
(Only my boys because that’s all I have)

[Anonymous]

We tell our kids they can use all the potty words they want, while in the potty. Not ever outside the potty. Kind of takes the fun out of it to say those words to yourself in the bathroom, and so it was a very short phase in our house.

[Anonymous]

My 5 year old girl is just (knock on wood) ending a potty word phase. It was bad over the summer. I think being back at school has helped.

Definitely don't react and just keep repeating "we don't use potty words unless we're in the potty" (and it's related to an actual issue).

That joke is excellent though. I really want to tell it to my 9 year old, but I know I would regret it. Just like every time they say "guess what?" to me, I really want to say "chicken butt," but I really know I would regret that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on, it isn't just boys. It's the age and it's normal. My 7yo girly-girl dd also finds it hilarious to work these words/topics into conversation.

They like to be independent and sometimes that includes enjoying shocking their adults. The phase will pass whether or not you acknowledge it, so at least teach them to be more clever than simply repeating words like parrots!

Eg: knock knock
Who's there?
Smell mop
Smell mop who?
Ew, I'm not going to smell your poo.

Well darn I may have to tell my boys that one!
(Only my boys because that’s all I have)

I would totally tell my son that joke. Not because I like potty humor, but because it actually freaks him out when I let out a laugh at one of his potty-humor jokes..this would totally be worth the reaction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5 year old girl is just (knock on wood) ending a potty word phase. It was bad over the summer. I think being back at school has helped.

Definitely don't react and just keep repeating "we don't use potty words unless we're in the potty" (and it's related to an actual issue).

That joke is excellent though. I really want to tell it to my 9 year old, but I know I would regret it. Just like every time they say "guess what?" to me, I really want to say "chicken butt," but I really know I would regret that.

I said, "chicken butt" to my son the other day. His response, "Huh? I don't think chicken's have butts, Mom." Sigh. (Know why? Cow pie.)

[Anonymous]

This is just one of those pick your battles thing for me. I feel like the more attention I give it and ask him to stop, the more he does it.