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post #41 of 56
10/1/07 at 4:20pm
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And I must repeat: I really like what punchy said about it being fine to express our word-preferences to our children, as long as we're just as respectful of their preferences even if they differ from our own.
And ITA with this too within certain parameters. My post was really a vent about 1) Some family and friends knowingly not respecting my word-preference when dealing directly with my son and 2) Challenging my preference.
post #42 of 56
10/1/07 at 4:31pm
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My post was really a vent about 1) Some family and friends knowingly not respecting my word-preference when dealing directly with my son and 2) Challenging my preference.
Yeah, it's none of their business!
post #43 of 56
10/1/07 at 4:34pm
My mom used to call it "gas pooping"

How weird, eh?

I dont' mind the word "fart," I find "toot" to be... I don't know, too cutesie. I dont' like the word "butt," either. I prefer BUM.
post #44 of 56
10/1/07 at 4:40pm
we *fart* from our *butts* around here...

(dd is 23 months, and it's so cute when she says them, by the way. "fahhhtttt" and "butttttt", she's very clear in her pronounciation )

i don't like toot for some reason, but sometimes i do call a butt a 'bum-bum'.

but i could see how it could get annoying if people are deliberately undermining your word choices. i mean, i absolutely draw the line at mil calling dd's yoni her "hoo-ha".

wth is a hoo-ha?
post #45 of 56
10/1/07 at 4:43pm
Ah, we are a "toot" and "buns" family. For some reason, when I hear the word "fart", I think of a big man with a hairy butt who passes gas so loud you can hear it in the next county. My dks don't have hairy butts, so I can't bring myself to call their little gases "farts" We do sometimes refer to them as "empty threats"

As for "buns" - have you ever heard a two year old, after falling on her butt, stand up and rub and say "Oh, I jus hut my bunch!" Too Too Too CUTE!

I have a friend who insists that her son say "I went stinky" instead of "I pooped." It drives me bonkers, but when I am around them, I try to respect her word choice, when I remember. It's just another part of whether or not you are willing to respect the wishes of someone else.
post #46 of 56
10/1/07 at 5:33pm
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but i could see how it could get annoying if people are deliberately undermining your word choices. i mean, i absolutely draw the line at mil calling dd's yoni her "hoo-ha".

wth is a hoo-ha?
Well, maybe I can figure it out if you'll explain wth is a yoni!
post #47 of 56
10/1/07 at 5:37pm
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Originally Posted by <~*MamaRose*~> View Post
Well it seems others have issues with me not "liking" fart or butt and either flat out challenge me on it or laugh and say there's nothing wrong with butt & fart and continue to use them when interacting with ds. Why:? Why would they do that! It's not a huge thing that I have a preference so why upset me and confuse ds!
So, you want people to use the words bum and toot when they talk to your son? I do think that is kind of controlling. I don't use those words, and would be annoyed if someone insisted I change my words when talking to their dc.

I could definitely understand asking a person to refrain from swearing...but butt and fart are not swearing.

IME, dc can understand that we do things one way, and others do it another way. I don't think that is confusing to children. I think it might be confusing to insist that butt and fart are somehow "wrong" to use, when dc will naturally hear them from other children often. IMO, better to phrase it as a preference for your home, your ears, your child---rather than right and wrong.
post #48 of 56
10/1/07 at 5:38pm
I like to call things what they are when possible, rather than using euphemisms. Things like "potty" and "tinkle" and "toot" just sound too cutesy and weird to me ... but again, that's just me. I'd rather say "use the restroom," etc.

However, it's obviously up to every mama to make the call she feels best.
post #49 of 56
10/1/07 at 6:07pm
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I like to call things what they are when possible, rather than using euphemisms. I'd rather say "use the restroom," etc.
haha, one of my pet peeves (though i would never try to change the way people say it) is when people say a baby 'went to the restroom' in their diaper. that and when people say there is a baby in someone's stomach.

we let our kids use the language they feel is appropriate to express themselves.

i wouldn't try to stop my kids from using the word sh!t.
post #50 of 56
10/1/07 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by To-Fu View Post
I like to call things what they are when possible, rather than using euphemisms. Things like "potty" and "tinkle" and "toot" just sound too cutesy and weird to me ... but again, that's just me. I'd rather say "use the restroom," etc.

However, it's obviously up to every mama to make the call she feels best.
But "use the restroom" is a euphemism as well.
post #51 of 56
10/1/07 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by kidspiration View Post
but i could see how it could get annoying if people are deliberately undermining your word choices. i mean, i absolutely draw the line at mil calling dd's yoni her "hoo-ha".
I wanted to teach our dd "yoni", but dh thought it was too hippie-dippy. I personally think "vagina" is an icky-sounding word, plus a.) the Classics major in me knows that it means "sheath" and I find that grotesque and disturbing, and b.) it is inaccurate, as it only refers to one part of the "girl parts" and most people take it as a blanket term for the whole vulval area. So we decided on Ayun Halliday's "bukiluki" (boo kee loo kee). ...I know there's probably another thread for this; sorry to go off-topic.

But then, I kind of like the cutesy terms. We say "toot" and "bottom", though are not at all offended by other terms. (I tend to think that babies have bottoms and grownups have butts or asses--the cuteness of the word is proportional to the cuteness of the subject.) We even have a little toot song. It goes: "She made a little toot, she made a little toot! She made a little toot in her pants! (In her pants!)" Repeat ad nauseum...

We're just big kids, really.
post #52 of 56
10/2/07 at 1:38am
My stepmother's word is bahonkus. I have no idea where she got that.
post #53 of 56
10/2/07 at 3:13pm
My DD was very bothered by my choice of "bottom" so we changed it to bum or dunkas. Now with DD2 I use bum or tushie and sometimes just butt. We also use "poopy", "pee-pee", (or "potty" to cover both) and "gas".
DD1 used to call gas "butt smoke" and DS called it "butt burps". Colleen is so cute saying "gas". LOL
post #54 of 56
10/2/07 at 5:48pm
I bet she'd be just as cute saying "faut" and "sit!".
post #55 of 56
10/3/07 at 1:28pm
Maybe, but "fart" is just way to embarrassing for me. I can hardly say it. lol Same thing with "zit". Yes, I'm weird.
post #56 of 56
10/3/07 at 4:10pm
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I bet she'd be just as cute saying "faut" and "sit!".
i agree. the few times jet has come out with trying to say a "curse" word it has been pretty damn cute.
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