I've wondered lately if Samuel can hear. He talks really loudly and asks, "what? " a lot. But he did pass his hearing test in pre-school just a few months ago, so I shouldn't worry. We probably mumble a lot and try asking him questions when there is already a lot of noise around. But he sure does make me laugh.
Here are some funny mix-ups he's had recently:
the Flay Swatter
Hannah (my SIL): Sammy, where is the fly-swatter?
Samuel: ice-water?
H: No, saying it more clearly, fly-swatter.
S: opens the fridge It's in here, pointing to a cup of water I'm getting it cold.
H: we're all laughing FLY SWATTER, the thing that you hit and kill flies with!
S: Oh, that! a fly swatter. The stickt that swatts flies hitting motion
Philosophy
We were discussing the topic of philosophy...
Samuel: What are you talking about? Officer Flossy? from Richard Scarry's books
Us: No, Phil-o-so-phy
S: confused What's fi-aw-fa-see?
Greek
The kids have been watching a lot of Disney movies that they've never seen before. Last week they saw Pocahontas for the first time. Samuel reeeeally gets into role-playing, and so he and Jocelyn have been running around killing the "savages." Nice, huh? So Tyler and I were discussing other words he could use so he didn't sound racist or something. Tyler suggested saying, "barbarians." He began to explain that the Greeks would call anyone who was not Greek a barbarian. Samuel piped up, "Freak?" . After a little chuckle, we had to explain what Greeks were and that he shouldn't call anyone a freak.
Lastly, our kids have an obsession with body parts and bathroom lingo. It's soooooo frustrating. Pee, poo, bum, butt and potty are their current favorite words and it drives me nuts. Any time they see a bum on TV they mention it, call each other these words, and laught about it incessantly. When I catch them I try to put hot sauce on their tongue, but most of the time I dont' follow through and just put them in time-out or tell them "no" don't use "potty mouth" or "dirty words" . Does anyone have any suggestions to control their mouths? Does anyone else have a problem with this?
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Does he have any drainage problems in his ears? That can make for some hearing problems that come and go. My brother was deaf on and off for the first few years until he had tubes put in.
ReplyDeleteI love hearing how kids hear/say words. Always makes me smile.
No advice on the potty mouth problem. We're not quite there yet.
Laugh it off. It'll pass. It's a phase, don't you remember doing it when you were a kid? Or try telling them it's not something we talk about because our potty should come out of our bums, not our mouths. Of course, that might get the ball rolling in the WRONG direction... lol Sorry, it's just a phase. Don't encourage it, but really, it'll pass on it's own. ;) My kids do it once in a while and once in a while, my husband and I accidentally start it, but as long as we make it clear we don't talk like that, they generally don't. Give them other silly words to use because that's all they use them for, to be silly, right? :) Have fun with it. It's a kid thing.
ReplyDeleteMy SIL tells her kids that potty language is for the bathroom only. I have no advice of my own. Thank goodness my kids haven't hit that phase yet.
ReplyDeletehahaha. I am laughing at Sammy calling people savages and barbarians.
ReplyDeleteI miss you guys!
Using soap once or twice will get the point across...they you can say that they are using dirty language and you will need to clean it out with soap if they don't choose different words...they soap doesn't hurt them because you don't have to use much and they usually spit most of it out. But they will remember how terrible it is!
ReplyDeleteSomething a little less harsh than hot sauce you could try is vinegar. I've used that before and it gets the message across :)
ReplyDeleteSoap. It definitely will change how they talk.
ReplyDeleteNo advice, but enjoyed the stories! I was telling Grandma Stoehr how amazing you blog is today. I wish they had kept that old computer!
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