boobies and pee pees and butts, oh my!

[houseelf]

My four year old has discovered the charm of potty humor. He goes around chanting "boobies", "pee pee", or "butt" while shaking the respective part or giggling. Mmmmm...make mommy proud.

Honestly, I have to confess that initially my inner frat boy thought that this was, well, slightly funny. Or at least I did find humor in his anatomical discovery before he chanted it four thousand times in the most embarrassing of social situations. Now the little guy gets a reaction which seemingly spurs him on because he also is in the midst of his defiant stage. Can anyone help me to restore my sweet little Winnie-the-Pooh loving, sailor outfit dressed, cooing baby boy from his pre-Eminem state?

Help?

Kelly

Kelly

[PrincessFiona]

All I can say is...welcome to age 4! I hear it gets better in about....oh, NEVER! Do you think those frat boys just suddenly find humor in these things

As to ideas.....I would say give it NO attention at all negative or positive...ignore it....this is what really worked the best for me with all three of my older children....that being said, Amanda's little friend is in Kindergarten and now finds this stuff highly amusing...which has led to Amanda returning to conversation about the potty stuff...I didn't ignore it because she is old enough to know better...I basically told her that if I heard it out of her mouth again she would not be going to the birthday party on Saturday..and it shut her up...but she is older.

Have fun and write all this stuff down in his memory book....someday you will all laugh about this.

kris

We say that is bathroom talk and you can talk about it all you want....in the bathroom. By yourself.
That usually takes care of it!
Good luck!

(btw, this will lead to the occasional chanting of such words during bathtime because, hey, you are in the bathroom! Small price to pay, IMO).

Just wait until he discovers the different sounds some of his parts can make and what joy it is to replicate them. Oh and don't forget, once he figures out the different forms his "pee pee" can take, he'll be occupied for hours.

Good luck with that one!

[PrincessFiona]

ThuVan....have you thought about going into stand-up comedy???

kris

[mommax3]

Gut reaction response......

Next time he starts chanting his repertoire, take him aside (if in public) and tell him in no uncertain terms that those are not polite words and he must not use them. Tell him that he will lose privileges (and tell him what he will lose....make it something he loves and does fairly often, like a video or something) for using inappropriate language starting now.....and then follow through. Following through will be the hard part!

You could also set up a reward deal that if he doesn't say anything inappropriate for x number of days, he will get some special reward, but personally I try not to reward kids for exhibiting socially appropriate behavior.....if they go above and beyond, yeah, but I don't want them to have the expectation that life is full of rewards if you do what you are expected to do. (Potty training, however is an exception! )

You know this is normal for his age.....don't make a huge deal about it, just be matter of fact that it isn't okay, and hopefully it will resolve very soon.

Sally

[SueC]

I have used Nellie's advice and it works well for us. If they feel the need to use "bathroom humor" they have to go into the bathroom to say it. Now that my 2 year old is discovering the humor in running around shouting about peeing, pooping, etc., I even catch my 4 year old correcting her by telling her she needs to go in the bathroom to say that.

[PrincessFiona]

Just wait until he discovers the different sounds some of his parts can make and what joy it is to replicate them.

Which reminds me...my 9 year old now calls some of those noises "unfortunate bursts of air"

kris