Will the potty talk EVER END???
Posted by: Lizzie“Dinosaur Train!!! pooopoooo!!”
And then Simon covers his mouth and giggles like a stereotypical Asian girl who just heard a penis joke.
Aaaaaaand that’s how the potty talk wars usually begin. They happen at least twice a day. Simon starts babbling to himself and it turns into this:
“Simon, that’s enough potty talk.”
“Ooookayyy. peeepeee buuuuuuttt.”
And it’s not just the words. Simon, when getting into potty talk mode, takes on this tone of voice that’s a cross between the witch on “Dora the Explorer” and the one on “Tom and Jerry.” His voice gets all high and raspy and sing-song-y.
I don’t know what to do!!
I don’t remember the potty talk being this bad with the other boys, but I probably have just blocked it out.
So, um. How do you handle it? I could wash his mouth out with soap, but I don’t want him to go blind. I’ve made him leave the dinner table when it happens during supper. I just don’t know what else we can do. Should I ignore it and hope he grows out of it? Ok, that may be ideal, but the thing is, when Simon gets going on his doo-doo poo-poo tirade, the other boys get all giggly and it escalates into a full-blown fartpooppeepee-fest. Not so easy to ignore.
Please, someone help. Point me in the direction of a non-violent way to handle this craziness. I’m about to loose my stinking, pooping mind.
Tags: parenting, potty talk
September 12th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I got this idea from a friend w/ two boys–when I was in high school and she was a youth group ldr and I thought it was really strange that her boys were so gross w/ the potty talk! But anyway she said she tells them “potty talk goes in the bathroom. close the door and knock yourself out” something like that. for some reason that stuck w/ me, so that’s what I have always done and it helps…. they get it out and I don’t have to listen to it. And they get to choose whether they want to, say, stay at the table and eat or go to the bathroom for potty talk. But now, usually it’s enough just to say “ok, that’s enough for now guys! Go to the bathroom if you want to do that” and they are old enough to either a, take the talk somewhere else, or b, do something different. usually they try c, which is keep doing it to see if I notice/care!
I don’t look fwd to Clementine and Ryan getting into it together. So annoying! I try not to get too worked up about it, and sometimes they make you laugh, you can’t deny it! but then they take it too far and just won’t quit!
Anyway, that’s how we deal w/ it.
And no, I don’t think it EVER ends!! Think about our husbands….. at least mine annoys me w/ the grossness…. oh well!! 
September 12th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I got this idea from a friend w/ two boys–when I was in high school and she was a youth group ldr and I thought it was really strange that her boys were so gross w/ the potty talk! But anyway she said she tells them “potty talk goes in the bathroom. close the door and knock yourself out” something like that. for some reason that stuck w/ me, so that’s what I have always done and it helps…. they get it out and I don’t have to listen to it. And they get to choose whether they want to, say, stay at the table and eat or go to the bathroom for potty talk. But now, usually it’s enough just to say “ok, that’s enough for now guys! Go to the bathroom if you want to do that” and they are old enough to either a, take the talk somewhere else, or b, do something different. usually they try c, which is keep doing it to see if I notice/care!
I don’t look fwd to Clementine and Ryan getting into it together. So annoying! I try not to get too worked up about it, and sometimes they make you laugh, you can’t deny it! but then they take it too far and just won’t quit!
Anyway, that’s how we deal w/ it.