The time has come. You know the time when your child's vocabulary has expanded to include bodily functions. For some reason, when you're under the age of 3, poop is a very fun word to say...over and over and over. In fact, if you ask a 2-year old they will tell you that it is the most versatile word in the English language. Poop is a verb, adjective, adverb, noun, preposition, etc.
The poop thing gets really old after a while. We've tried various ways to curtail poop's inclusion into every sentence, but to no avail. After trying multiple strategies, we have now elected to try to let it flame out. The 2-year old can now saw it with no reaction from us. We are doing our best not to react to this stinky behavior.
Here are some of the novel ways poop can be integrated into one of the 2-year old's conversations.
We are reading from the childrens' classic "Good*NIght*Moon". Runner Boy gets to the part about, "and there were 3 little bears sitting on chairs..." child then interjects "poopy". So, it's "3 little bears sitting on chairs POOPY!"
The 2-year old was jumping up and down singing, "This is 'da way we poop our pants, poop our pants, poop our pants!" (To the tune of the song "This is the way we go to bed, go to bed, go to bed..."
And, the ultimate was when poop was used to replace "amen" at the end of our evening prayers.
Now, I have no desire to rush my children through the different stages of life, but it's okay if this stage passes...unless he starts using something worse than poop. That would really stink!
1 comment:
Something I tried for a while was having them go say the potty word into the potty, leaning over it. "This is where poop belongs, so if you want to say it, you need to stand right here over the potty." They quickly tire of standing in the bathroom alone. Just a thought... good luck! :-)
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