I'll let you deduce what the latest word my 3-year-old is obsessed with...
Christian: (singing while laughing hysterically) abcdef POOP! hijklmno POOP! qrstuvwxy and POOP! Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you _______ (you can probably figure the rest out!)
Christian: (with panic) "Mom, I have to go poop in my underwear!"
Mom: "Hurry buddy, hurry buddy - run up to the toilet before you have an accident!"
Christian: (giggling with a mischievous look on his face) "I don't have to go poop!"
Camryn: "Good night Christian" (they share a room)
Christian: (laughing hysterically) "Good night poo head!"
Christian: (with a grin) "I want to play with Katelyn..... Alex..... Asher..... and............................ POOP today!"
Now where oh where did my little angel get addicted to this lovely noun? Well, Christian has the most contagious and adorable guffaw so I try to do what I can to hear it. I have learned how to make up really silly, nonsensical songs from my very own madre. As a result, I sing songs like this to my kids...
Sung to the tune "We Are a Happy Family:"
I love Christian, he loves "Spiderman" (instead of "me")
We love Mommy, she loves "Widerman" (instead of "yes siree")
She loves us and so you see,
We are a happy "Superhero Family" (instead of family)
He chuckles a bit - which just isn't the laugh I want to hear! So I let him decide what the last word of the song is going to be. Can you guess what his choice might be???
I love Christian, he loves POOP!
(hmmm, I couldn't see that one coming...)
We love Mommy, she loves POOP!
(he's laughing uncontrollably by now...)
She loves us and so you POOP!
(can hardly breathe...)
We are a happy POO-POO HEAD!
(how can you not laugh with this kind of reaction???)
All of those are just a few of the "poop" encounters we have in a single day. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's embarrassing, and sometimes I forget that I'm the mom and join in. I'm probably creating a little "situation" here, but I so don't care, I just like hearing Christian laugh. This is probably not the ideal way to parent a 3-year-old!
I actually wrote the portion above a few days ago and things have gotten MUCH worse! So I guess somewhere there is a parenting book that has a chapter on how not to encourage "naughty" behavior. Uh, my cliff notes version skipped that part because apparently I did create a little "situation." So things have gone from bad to worse. Christian turned into this little stinker using "poop" for every other word in his vocabulary! To top it off, he heard someone use the term "fat face" and decided to add that to his repertoire. Thanks strange and annoying person responsible for that! So what once used to be a funny little joke has morphed into a full-fledged problem here! Ahhhh, how do I parent a 3-year-old?
Getting mad hasn't solved it. Ignoring it hasn't worked. My only recourse was to take away the two things that he seems to adore right now...popsicles and Capri Sun drinks. I informed him that if he used the words "poop" or "fat face," he'd lose his popsicle and capri sun for the day. He acknowledged me by saying, "Okay poop." Nice. The thing is that he says it with the cutest smile! Man, he's killing me!
We've had progress though because today he proudly declared, "I didn't say poop or fat today! Can I have a Capri Sun?"
I think he's coming around.
Christian: (singing while laughing hysterically) abcdef POOP! hijklmno POOP! qrstuvwxy and POOP! Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you _______ (you can probably figure the rest out!)Christian: (with panic) "Mom, I have to go poop in my underwear!"
Mom: "Hurry buddy, hurry buddy - run up to the toilet before you have an accident!"
Christian: (giggling with a mischievous look on his face) "I don't have to go poop!"
Camryn: "Good night Christian" (they share a room)
Christian: (laughing hysterically) "Good night poo head!"
Christian: (with a grin) "I want to play with Katelyn..... Alex..... Asher..... and............................ POOP today!"Now where oh where did my little angel get addicted to this lovely noun? Well, Christian has the most contagious and adorable guffaw so I try to do what I can to hear it. I have learned how to make up really silly, nonsensical songs from my very own madre. As a result, I sing songs like this to my kids...
Sung to the tune "We Are a Happy Family:"
I love Christian, he loves "Spiderman" (instead of "me")
We love Mommy, she loves "Widerman" (instead of "yes siree")
She loves us and so you see,
We are a happy "Superhero Family" (instead of family)
He chuckles a bit - which just isn't the laugh I want to hear! So I let him decide what the last word of the song is going to be. Can you guess what his choice might be???
I love Christian, he loves POOP!(hmmm, I couldn't see that one coming...)
We love Mommy, she loves POOP!
(he's laughing uncontrollably by now...)
She loves us and so you POOP!
(can hardly breathe...)
We are a happy POO-POO HEAD!
(how can you not laugh with this kind of reaction???)
All of those are just a few of the "poop" encounters we have in a single day. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's embarrassing, and sometimes I forget that I'm the mom and join in. I'm probably creating a little "situation" here, but I so don't care, I just like hearing Christian laugh. This is probably not the ideal way to parent a 3-year-old!
Okay, time for an update....
I actually wrote the portion above a few days ago and things have gotten MUCH worse! So I guess somewhere there is a parenting book that has a chapter on how not to encourage "naughty" behavior. Uh, my cliff notes version skipped that part because apparently I did create a little "situation." So things have gone from bad to worse. Christian turned into this little stinker using "poop" for every other word in his vocabulary! To top it off, he heard someone use the term "fat face" and decided to add that to his repertoire. Thanks strange and annoying person responsible for that! So what once used to be a funny little joke has morphed into a full-fledged problem here! Ahhhh, how do I parent a 3-year-old?
Getting mad hasn't solved it. Ignoring it hasn't worked. My only recourse was to take away the two things that he seems to adore right now...popsicles and Capri Sun drinks. I informed him that if he used the words "poop" or "fat face," he'd lose his popsicle and capri sun for the day. He acknowledged me by saying, "Okay poop." Nice. The thing is that he says it with the cutest smile! Man, he's killing me!
We've had progress though because today he proudly declared, "I didn't say poop or fat today! Can I have a Capri Sun?"
I think he's coming around.
10 comments:
I would be no help...I'm laughing out loud hysterically at this post! hahaha I'm sure I'd only feed the problem if we were around you guys!
Who can stay mad at that hilarious little munchkin? I say just enjoy all the poop :)
Oh man Christian and Alex need to get together they can just get it all out of their system! LOL we have the same poop going on over here. I'm with you sometimes I don't care just as long as he's getting along with alyssa but at the restraunt that's another story. :)
Ha! I love it Heather! That is great...poop. Nicolas went through that, and still will say things like 'poo poo head" and so forth depending on who he is playing with. I say just go with what you are doing, threaten to take things away etc. Other than that, I am sure he will get over it once he realizes nobody thinks he is funny anymore...right??? Nicolas attatches "head" to everything. For example if Drew is reading, she is called a "book head", or if he is playing with a friend at the park it can be anything from "ball head, grass head, or bum bum diaper head". Love it. Boys are sooo great and I am at the point where I just roll with it. He is called "in trouble head" at our house all the time!!
Life's a party. Have fun with that one!!
Wow, David and Christian really are buddies. We are having the same story here at our house. I imagine if we still lived in Northwood they would build off of each other. The other day I heard Madeline and David in another room and David said to Madeline, "say pee, say poo" then uncontrollable laughter. Goodl uck parenting your three year old!
Heather: Kind of reminds me of when you were that age. What goes around-comes around! Glad you are enjoying the little ones. They grow up too quickly. Saw little "Hairy" William yesterday. Sure growing. Mike's family, and I, leave Friday for Vancouver and an Alaskan cruise. Wasn't this your trip? Oh well, can't let school get in the way. Happy graduation to Joel!! See you around the end of June.
I am going to be no good when my kids are that age, I still think potty humor is hilarious! Christian is so dang cute! What a sense of humor, I laughed and laughed while reading this.
My kids were laughing hysterically when they read your blog. He is such a funny kid. We love him. We are excited that you are going to be near us soon. Let us know what we can do.
Ahh, Christian is one funny kiddo! I can't wait for you guys to move closer. He'll grow out of it, you just have to not react in a positive way when he says those things, the works well too (take things away). I agree with Cristie, just enjoy it, they become teenagers and you have to struggle to enjoy their behavior... Little people are much more fun. Poop! (couldn't resist)
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