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familyman

09-19-2002, 12:22 PM

how important is humor in your parenting style? does D-W/H get mad when you do "gross" things like have your kid pull your finger then flatulate? or have a burping contest? DW often groans at my behavior but admits seeing the kids fall off thier chairs in peals of laughter is one of the many joys of parenting.
sorry if this thread is too flippant, but the polls were getting too serious 4 me.

Irishmommy

09-19-2002, 01:03 PM

As long as we don't have company, stuff like that is fine. You should hear my 8 year old dd when she starts farting - she could take off if she had wings!

DeChRi

09-19-2002, 08:02 PM

I am curious to see how this thread developes. My dd is 3.5 and my dh and 21 yr old dBIL (who lives with us) are huge toilet humor guys.:rolleyes: SOme times it makes me nuts, but dd finds it hysterical. I guess most is okay. HOWEVER, when dd came up to me the other day with her pants around her ankles, bends over, and 'talks' with her butt (seen Ace Ventura Pet Detective? "May I ass you a few questions":rolleyes: ) then I had to put my foot down. God love em all:love

familyman

09-19-2002, 11:06 PM

the thought of that image made me laugh (i have not seen most jim carrey movies), but i too would would say that was crossing over from gentle rank humor to bad taste. one of our fave's is when someone passes some partcularly oderous gas, the whole family starts into the " you did it, no you did it , no mommy did it" till we all get down to saying it was the baby (20 mos) who is so glad to be included that he'll admit to anything.

emmaline

09-20-2002, 02:27 AM

almost-5 yo ds has learned to say "thanks for sharing that" when someone farts - this response has me falling off my chair

really toilet humour pales for me after a while... quite a short while... but remember it's all "fresh" for the kids - as long as they don't do it in front of grandma

e:down

emmaline

09-20-2002, 02:31 AM

oh btw I came on line tonight feeling totally like a PMS dragonwoman, this thread put the smile back on my face - hell yes, any kind of humour will do

e:down

mirlee

09-20-2002, 08:58 AM

Humour is a constant in our house. We are alsways doing silly things, and yes, there are lots of potty jokes. Of course, the level of humour at any given time depends what we are doing or watching. Days when dad has watched a South Park episode, well, it can be pretty bad. ;) It also varies depending on what company we have. Some people are worse than others. And I am certainly no angel :rotflmao

mirlee

09-20-2002, 09:00 AM

Oh, I forgot to mention that all I know I learned from my dad who learned from his dad. I think it is genetic.

MamaOui

09-20-2002, 09:47 AM

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

3boysmom

09-20-2002, 01:26 PM

Believe me, with three sons ages 5-11 (and their friends who seem to always be around our house;) ) we have more than our fair share of gross/bodily function humor. I am actually much worse (better?) about instigating it than my dh is. Dh just rolls his eyes at us most of the time. I guess I was destined for sons!

grandmasgirl

10-05-2002, 07:14 AM

Humor is a (especially fart jokes) BIG part of our house. My stepkids learned sarcasm once they met me - along with all the gross bodily function jokes. MY dh has dubbed me Queen of the OBN (odd bodily noise). We have also stressed when is the wrong time to let one rip. (My 12 yo SDS can rip farts like a truck driver - I cant figure out how that much gas gets into one rather petite girl!)

I think that humor can be a very important tool also in the home. We use that humor as a way to open conversations with the kids and lets them know that we are open to talking about "embarassing" (as they would term it) stuff. As ours have gotten older (now 12 yo girl and 15 yo boy) and the potty humor and the kids have matured (if potty humor can mature?) it helps us open conversations into topics (like drugs, sex, mestruation, etc) that could be a little odd to bring up out of the blue. (remember those "Son/Daughter, I want to have a talk with you" conversations?) I think too becuase they can laugh about so many bodily functions and other situations that the feel far more at ease discussing it with us (and seriously discussing this topics - not only jokes).

I have to say I fell off my chair reading these posts - emmaline I love your ds response!

So keep up the potty/bodily function humor! Everyone needs a good laugh!

flutemandolin

10-05-2002, 10:57 PM

Oh please don't get me started......:D

Before dh and I were married he and my future stepkids used to get the biggest laughs at my dad, who farted shamelessly. Of course I grew up with that and as a teen it grossed me out big time, so it took me a while to get to the point where I could laugh about it.

So now I have a dd (age 3) who announces proudly "I farted!" when she lets one rip. Dh encourages this sort of behavior, and our family joke is "There goes an SR71 Blackbird!" after ds's favorite military airplane video. After dh passes gas, of course. My reply is that I'm more of a Stealth bomber...:rolleyes:

Liz

10-07-2002, 11:34 AM

I saw one of those hidden video shows once that had some tape of guys sweeping. Every single one stuck the broom between his legs and did a little "thrusting" dance. Irresistible apparently. I was reminded of this this past weekend when my 27 mo son stuck one of those foam pool noodles between his legs and proudly said, "PENIS!" :LOL Was it my imagination or was there a little pelvic thrust with that? I swear he didn't learn that at home, he was born that way.

myrrhmaid

10-07-2002, 02:53 PM

Thanks for starting this thread! What a crack up! Ah, the barking spiders! As long as they don't have bad breath-we're fine! I was just teasing dh last night that when he farts he imbeds them into the mattress whereas when I poot, I raise my bum into the air to be enjoyed by all! We teased that he embeds his for later enjoyment!:D! And then there are the cornback rattlers that he leaves in the pot! And the boneless peanut speckled trout we sometimes find! :D SPOOKY!:eek ;) TOO FUNNY! My dh is the king of stink! He says I'm playing my love trumpet when he hears me belt out a tune & always comments on the tone! What a weirdo!:p This kind of humor is so important! We never miss a moment to surprise each other! FIRE IN THE HOLE! If you don't know what that means, if your are here, you figure it out real soon!:huh :LOL :rotflmao :bgbounce :bouncy :blush :jammin :rolleyes:

flutemandolin

10-07-2002, 04:34 PM

cornback rattlers?!
boneless peanut speckled trout?!

:rotflmao :rotflmao :rotflmao :LOL :LOL :bgbounce :bgbounce

Thanks, I needed that laugh today!

justme

10-08-2002, 12:09 AM

I think its an important part of my role as a father for my kids to see humor in things like that.My daughter is 2 and when she toots she says......poop,and then laughs so hard I think she is going to pee!I think its cute.I think its in the privacy of your own home is fine.

Megs Mom

10-08-2002, 10:37 PM

DH and I have recently decided we need to stop yelling, "Good fart!" whenever DD lets a particularly loud one. She's ten months old and we didn't want her to pick up the habit. But now I'm reconsidering....:D

familyman

10-09-2002, 02:12 AM

if you have ever coached gas out of your little one by pumping their legs against the stomache you may dig the song i made up that still cracks ds up when he hears it

(in tempo to the leg pumps).

fart and fart and fart all day
we love to fart our gas away
farting is our greatest joy
'cause we're a gasssy little boy

grandmasgirl

10-09-2002, 06:38 AM

Familyman - ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!:D

Is that sung to "Camptown Races" or the "Can-Can Song"? I love it! :thumb

El Casey S

10-09-2002, 07:40 AM

We are always trying t get our son to say in English or in German, "Excuse Me" when he belches/burps. One day things were particularly intense at home, so I taught DS a substitute phrase - but only for use at home. The next time DS burped, his father said on cue, "What do you say . . . . ???" To which DS responded absolutely perfectly with great poise and flair - arms out in Shakseperean dramatic stance, "'Tis better to belch the belch and bear the shame, than to squelch the belch and bear the pain!"

DH - :jaw

It was perfect!!! Laughter is what gives life it's true joy!! And God gave us such funny things to laugh about - farts and belches are natural humbling jokes!

:hippie :love :D ;) :p

familyman

10-09-2002, 10:29 PM

g-ma's grl, whatever tune you need to "mine that methane"

BAU3

10-22-2002, 04:09 PM

All farts in our house are blamed on the dog.

(did I mention that dog died over a year ago? )

PuppyFluffer

10-25-2002, 10:18 PM

I'll never forget my 3 year old nephew letting out a good fart shamelessly and then getting this serious look on his face, looking up to his mother and saying "Uh oh Mommy, I hiney burped!" and laughing like crazy! In their house they call them "hiney burps". How cute is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

susan61

10-26-2002, 12:34 AM

OMG I cannot believe I am laughing so much right now I'm crying. I guess farts never go out of style. They are bum burps here sometimes, funny enough the dog wasn't farting too much yet except for today. Dd 3.5 says 'what's that smell' and she loves her dog so much and is practically glued to him, when I say it's him she denies it! 'No it's not!' like I'm just crazy. She, on the other hand, has learned much from her big bro and sis and proudly announces every foof that comes out.

Humour (with a u in Canada) is sooooo important in our family. I can bring my sometimes moody 15 year old right out of it. Today, in fact, was a classic example: she often wears a bright orange bra (don't tell her I told you), and she was wearing bright orange gloves today. Orange is her favourite colour (there's those u's again). I was driving down the road, reached beside me and touched her on the fuzzy orange glove, except I kinda freaked 'cause I suddenly thought I touched her booby! So throughout the day, and oh yes, it will continue, I said "remember that time I touched your glove?". Sure hope this transpires the same in writing as it did IRL!

gurumama

11-05-2002, 06:31 PM

I'm the momma and I have the potty humor.

I'm not very good at getting on the floor and playing baby games, but when DS1 was 2 he had a little farm set. I made all the sheep, goats, cows, etc. ride in the wheelbarrow while the farmer pushed them around. We pretended they ate LOTS of oats that day and they'd let these killer farts rip that sent the farmer flying across the room!

My dh would walk into the room (and dodge the flying farmer), shake his head, and walk out smiling.

I also taught my son the "when you're sliding into third and you feel and juicy turd, diarrhea--plll, plll (insert gross sound)--diarrhea."

Let me tell you, though, when I was pregnant I taught my son FAR MORE about farts than any daddy could!

:)

Mel

StarMama

11-05-2002, 08:06 PM

Oh geez! :rotflmao :rotflmao :bgbounce We don't even have kids yet and I KNOW my DH is going to be the jokester! Fart jokes, scaring mom, anything that is remotely humourous he goes for. He has shared pranks he pulled on him mom that I have made him SWEAR he will never teach or tell our kids about. Like bringing mom her hot tea, but its really an empty cup and 'tripping' and 'spilling' on him mom and she freaks out (thinking its HOT water but then its empty!)

Or taking a knife, tucking it under his arm and covering himself in ketchup, and sitting slumped over in a chair. Or how about puttin on one of those scream masks and jumping out at his mom in her closet late at night where she thinks he is a thief and starts beating the crap out of him until his sister yells loud enough "MOM THAT'S MATT!!!!!!!'" :jaw

I am SO going to have my hands full.

Oh yeah, and me and my high school buds used to make an entire 3am dennys go silent and look at us like we were freaks when we had burping contests and we were LOUD. And my DH farts in front of fans so it will PURPOSEFULLY smell me out.

And you know what? Even after all of this I'm so looking forward to jokes and giggles and pranks. :love

Rocker

12-06-2002, 10:49 PM

This thread is a great one!
No better place to post than on a spot where humor is prevelant!
Having said that I've got two stories. Both of which my dw would never tell the public.
My dd at age of two started saying after every toot "thats my bummy." with a guilty little grin on her face, to which I would reply :thumb Well time passed and as all things go that kind of got old. So to put a little spark in her game she had to change it so that any time any one let one go she would jump right on it "thats my bummy" try playing that game the next time company is over to see how funny it can be.
Second; My little brother (who shared a room with me growing up) tells me that I am the king of night time gas, and my dw agrees with him whole heartedly (heaven help her)(I mean is it really a curse not to have a sense of smell at a time like this?)
Anyway one morning in the wee hours my ds and dd came climbing into bed with us. well my ds was just laying on top of the covers shivering. My dw says to him "why dont you climb under the covers with your dad so your not freezing any more?" Well he looks at her with his little declaritive face and says "no I'll just go get my own cause I dont stink and farp in mine." Talk about a way to start the morning.

carmen veranda

02-01-2003, 11:21 AM

:rotflmao :rotflmao :rotflmao :rotflmao
I am at work laughing out loud to you jokers. This morning, i picked up dd #3 claire, age 2 3/4. She gave a me huge squeeze and I *sparkled* (passing gas at our house is lovely!!!:hippie )
Oh my she got such a hoot out of that. She told her sister, "I squeezed a sparkle out of mommy!!! She told our lovely care giver, Janel at daycare, "I squeezed mommy real hard and a BIG BIG sparkle came out!!!!"