Potty Mouth
I am guilty of having a potty mouth. I don’t know how I became that way. My mom didn’t really curse, unless she was super frustrated. My dad was probably the one that would insert curse words nonchalantly in conversation as if the sentences just went more smoothly with them in it. They can even be used to express happiness or excitement. My husband suggests being in the military contributed to his potty mouth. Whatever the cause, it’s present in our lives and needs to stop before our son becomes a parrot and repeats everything we say!
What’s funny is that some of our friends who don’t even have kids and aren’t around them on a daily basis have completely changed their word habits when they are around Shaughn. One day, a friend came over and was telling me about her stressful job while Shaughn was playing with his toys on the floor beside her. When a potty word was used she whispered and spelled it. I started to laugh and assure her Shaughn would not catch on the word. The spelling of it, made it more funny to me. A different time, another girl friend of mine also whispered when she used a potty word.. well, several potty words. I was surprised at how natural it came to them to whisper these words and even spell them.
Then I realized, our friends are doing this, we need to start! I don’t want our son’s first word to be a bad one! I think in the back of my head I was comfortable assuming that Shaughn wouldn’t understand or repeat anything we say til he’s about 2, but children start saying words before then! So eliminating these potty words entirely would be best, and if we can’t, at least spell them out. Who knows what day your baby will say his or her first word, but you definitely don’t want it to be one that will make you blush. I get lessons from parental pros, new parents, and see, even from people who don’t have any children. Do you have any funny stories about this? Or if anyone else had a potty mouth problem, what did you do to make sure your child wouldn’t accept it into their vocabulary?
-Krystle
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