I always have heard that little boys find great pleasure in potty humor. A few weeks ago, my sister was telling me a story about one of her boys and a recent "potty humor" incident that he found hilarious but she did not. Growing up in a house of all girls, we aren't used to this kind of stuff.
Well, our sweet little 2.5 year old Roy Austin now has a favorite word...."Poopie". Occasionally he will switch it to just plain old "PooPoo" but regardless, he thinks it is hilarious and he says it to answer questions, call people, or just because. Obviously, we don't talk this way at our house and so Roy and I are not happy with it, although we have had to look the other way sometimes to smile. For example, the other night at family prayer time it was RoyBoy's turn to pray and I was helping him along saying, "Thank you for..." and he would fill in the blank. He was being sweet thanking God for Grammy, Liney, Daddy....and then I said "Thank you for...." and he replied (very seriously) "poopie". Roy and I caught eyes and smirked. Roy Austin knew what he said, so he laughed which made Caroline giggle, too. Caroline eggs him on by laughing at him. I keep telling her that she's just as guilty for laughing and encouraging him to keep saying it.
-Today I asked him if Caroline was his best friend. His reply: "no, Poopie". Okay.
-Yesterday he asked where Daddy was. I replied that he was at work. And he shook his head and said, "no...Poopie".
-Today in the car, he was looking out the window and all of a sudden started saying "poopoo, poopoo, poopoo" with a huge grin on his face. He cracks himself up.
The other day we got into a poopie smack down. He was standing next to me saying "Poopie" and I lightly smacked his mouth. He laughed at me and said "poopie" so I did it again, only a little harder. Again, more laughter and more poopie talk. AGGHH! We now threaten to spank him if he says it, but I'm wondering if it's not too soon to bring out the Tabasco sauce? We used to get our mouths washed out with soap when I was little, but is that too harsh for a boy his age? So do any of you veteran boy moms have any advice for this first-time boy's mom???!!
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14 comments:
Okay poopie, this is a funny post!
This is what I would do--just let it go. He will grow out of it. He is just being a boy. Don't you put hot sauce in his sweet potty mouth! Just ignore it--it will go away--but hey,poopie, I'm no James Dobson.
I had to snicker at this one, Donna -- I think I can remember ALL three of my kids -- 2 girls and a boy -- go through the "poopie" word, too! Honestly, it's a right of passage, I think. Don't sweat it - I agree with Denise - I'd ignore it and do exactly what you're doing. I think we use to look very (try to, at least!) serious and make a nasty face each time they said it....enough to let them know we weren't happy about it and wanted them to stop saying it. I think when it moved into the realm of just willfully disobeying us, then we thumped them, a little, like you did. I can promise you, he'll move out of it. :)
I just burst out laughing!!!!! Sorry.......He is funny to me! Send him to me......I will probably not be able NOT to laugh but I will try and keep a straight face!
I am pooped just reading about little RA. (OK, bad joke). I totally concur with the other moms. Both my boys went through this and it does pass. It seems that the more you react to it, the more "naughty" they realize the word is and it becomes more enticing to say. We ignored it, the novelty of the word passed, and they moved on to something else.
Try having older teenage boys influencing your daughter. She let loose in the car the other day and I said, "Olivia, did you toot?" She said, "No mommy, that was a fart." AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!
I'm just shaking laughing at this whole post and all the comments. This is sooooo funny! I can just see little Roy Austin saying that. Especially during your bedtime prayer. haha! I would just ignore him too. I have a lot to look forward to!
Get ready! This is just ALL BOY and probably just the beginning of the Poopie talking. Adam just LOVES potty humor and I am sure he will infuence Colton to be the same way.
I agree with the other comments and I would not worry about it or make a big deal about it.
It is pretty funny that he added it to his prayer. I am sure it was hard to not laugh out loud on that one.
All I have to say is.....what goes around comes around! And I raised 5 girls!!!
Aw mom! Good comment. Enough said!
Jan ...... are you talking about my boys!!!!!
No Jane, Mom is basically saying. Donna, what goes around comes around---because Donna and a few of us girls talked potty talk too--way past the age of toddlerhood. Basically, girls have poopie mouths too.
Yes, Mom. I guess in your case you had some GIRLS talking potty talk as young ladies and even adults. Ooops:)
How funny!!! We never hit the "poopie" stage, but EVERYTHING revolves around it or it's receptacles (is that how you'd refer to "those parts" properly?!?)! True, boys will be boys, but at our house, being that we have 3 boys, they are NEVER allowed to potty talk at or around the girls, and if they are talking the potty talk to be mean to each other, that's also grounds for-yes-Tobasco or liquid soap on their toothbrush to brush their teeth and gums with. Disobedience is disobedience, but potty talk is a stage. Discipline the defiance and try not to laugh at the funny stuff, though that is very hard to do! Rebers, you will appreciate this: One of our boys favorite things to say is "I brapped on my face." Whatever!
OK - my husband still thinks the word poopie is funny so I don;t know if there is a lot of hope. All my boys think potty humor is the greatest thing ever. Now that I have four and the two older can egg on the twins it is the worst ever. It drives me crazy! Sometimes I say "Only a sweet mouth gets dessert" and potty words ruin it for them. Give your best try and just brace yourself for dealing with it for a long time. :)
I read this a long time ago but forgot to comment. Seriously, laughed and still laughing so hard! I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Max is 6 and loves to say poo poo. In fact, having to change the twins dirty diapers all the time has made it worse because he feels like he gets a free pass every time he sees me changing a dirty diaper. So, RA is going to LOVE it when that new baby comes along and he can point to all the poo poo!
Why are things like this so funny when children other than your own are doing it?!?!
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