I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that poop is a common topic of conversation in my house. Maureen is considering potty training, so we've been mentioning how she can have treats if she uses the potty. At least a couple of times a week, Johnny says to her, "Hey Maureen, I need to poop. Do you want to come?" Then they go off, hand in hand, to the bathroom. I'm hoping she gets it soon, even though she told me last week, "No pee in potty. I don't like it!"
Then there is Johnny. He is currently obsessed with talking about all things bathroom related. My natural inclination is to laugh, but it's embarrassing when he starts talking about poop and pee and butts and farts in public. I just haven't decided how to deal with it yet. Do I send him to his room? Repeat, yet again, the line about those words being for the bathroom and not for public? Do I pretend I don't hear it at all and cross my fingers it's just a phase? Suggestions would be helpful.
Anyway, the kids went to bed at the same time tonight, which means that neither of them went to sleep immediately. There is always some amount of talking and laughing before they settle down.
Tonight, we heard Johnny tell Maureen a bedtime story.
"Once, there was a little boy, and he had a turd. And then he threw the turd at his baby sister. And then the sister said, 'Ewwwwwwwww! You threw a turd at me!'"
John and I were silently cracking up in the other room and Maureen was not so silently cracking up in her bed.
I have to say, as far as bedtime stories go, this one was pretty original. But not quite soothing.
Sweet (stinky?) dreams!
Then there is Johnny. He is currently obsessed with talking about all things bathroom related. My natural inclination is to laugh, but it's embarrassing when he starts talking about poop and pee and butts and farts in public. I just haven't decided how to deal with it yet. Do I send him to his room? Repeat, yet again, the line about those words being for the bathroom and not for public? Do I pretend I don't hear it at all and cross my fingers it's just a phase? Suggestions would be helpful.
Anyway, the kids went to bed at the same time tonight, which means that neither of them went to sleep immediately. There is always some amount of talking and laughing before they settle down.
Tonight, we heard Johnny tell Maureen a bedtime story.
"Once, there was a little boy, and he had a turd. And then he threw the turd at his baby sister. And then the sister said, 'Ewwwwwwwww! You threw a turd at me!'"
John and I were silently cracking up in the other room and Maureen was not so silently cracking up in her bed.
I have to say, as far as bedtime stories go, this one was pretty original. But not quite soothing.
Sweet (stinky?) dreams!
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You should pitch that story to Disney.
Hmmm. Bathroom humor. Boys never seem to outgrow it!
When the Howler went through this phase, we just ignored it, and it didn't go away. I guess she's a girl who needs "hands on" parenting! We ended up just quietly telling her (often!) that those topics are not really nice for public or company, and that most people don't like to talk about these things. She glommed onto the "big people don't" thing and has pretty much stuck with it.
Collin announces every single time he farts. Now Nick has started doing it too. I've tried explaining that we don't need to know about it every time he does it but it hasn't worked so I'm currently trying the just ignore it method. Its not working so well either because every time Nick says "I fawt" it cracks me up because the way he says it is so cute. Its very hard to discipline your kids when all you really want to do is laugh along with them.
I am not sure that boys EVER outgrow talking about poop.
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