Word of the month in the Driver household is of course POO.
Poo at breakfast, poo for lunch, poo for tea and just a soupçon of poo before bedding down for the night.
All courtesy of the 3 year old. He uses the word to punctuate nearly every sentence.
Me – “Would you like a drink?”
3 year old - “Yes, poo”
Me - “Where is your sister?”
3 year old – “Upstairs in her room, poo”
I would be beginning to think he had an unfortunate speech impediment if he didn’t have an evil grin on his face coupled with a sneaky sideways glance EVERY time he says it.
The evil sideways glance is not dissimilarto his 'peanut stealing' face
He says it so frequently that even the 4 year old chooses not to use it anymore. “It’s boring” she said to him last night in the car. We were playing ‘pretend the 3 year old is not singing pooooooo pooeeeey pooooooo pooeeeey’ and I had to let her in on the rules before she spontaneously combusted in an irritated rage;
1. Pretend he isn’t saying poo
2. Start an animated conversation excluding the person singing the poo song
3. Don’t laugh at him
and the golden rule …
4. Do not, whatever you do, tell him not to say poo
Being 4 and quite bossy she found number 4 quite difficult which compounded the problem. “Stop it, stop saying poo, just STOP IT, stop saying POOOOOO” she yelled across the car at him. We had to listen to the ‘pooooooo pooeeeey pooooooo pooeeeey’ song for 20 minutes instead of the usual 5.
I think maybe we need to change tactics. Perhaps I shall wake up tomorrow morning and become a poo adversary.
I will ask him if he’d like poo with his cereal followed by some rather tasty poo on toast. Would he like to go to the park on his poo bike and feed the poo ducks? It’s a possibility that if the weather is nice he’d like an ice cream cone with a flake poo.
At bedtime I will get him to snuggle down on his poo pillow and bid him a goodnight poo.
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Scope on June 20, 2009
A blame A. A. Milne.
Brit in Bosnia on June 20, 2009
Or Hong Kong Pooooey.
My 4 year old is the same. It is the word du jour. Poo in your hair mummy. Poo in your tea mummy. But as I recently lost a poo from the potty of the 2 year old, I need to take it seriously. Maybe that is where it went. Or maybe the dog ate it?
English Mum on June 21, 2009
Ah, wait til they get older. It’s not poo you have to worry about them saying, that’s for sure.
Victoria on June 21, 2009
What is it that makes that word so entertaining? Also popular in our house are ‘fart’ and ’stupid’. The latter is usually, charmingly, directed at me.
Kat on June 22, 2009
#4 is definitely the most important rule! The more I tell my 3 year old NOT to do something, the more she does it! So infuriating!
Dulwich Divorcee on June 22, 2009
I’m terrible, I say poo all the time. I refer you to Maternal Tales for a poo tale which will leave you scarred for life …http://emilybassin.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-have-poo-on-brainor-is-that-tongue.html xx
Laura McIntyre on June 22, 2009
Is it ok to laugh? My daughters love to pretend to burp …all day long (thanks daddy) , the things young kids find funny
Maternal Tales on June 22, 2009
Aaaaahhhh poo. Don’t you just love it? I’m beginning to think I have a poo fixation…there’s way too much of it in our house. But really, as DD says above – you are just going to have to pop over to mine for a shocker…it will make you happy to sing the poo song for 5 hours…as long as you don’t have to do what I did….come and see! x
Michelle on June 22, 2009
Everyone knows that cereal without poo is just plain, well, cereal.
Laura - AWNTYM on June 23, 2009
… and therefore boring?
Merrily on June 22, 2009
That is jut pooey! I, myself, overuse the word a bit. I ask then if they want poo sandwiches for lunch….
Laura - AWNTYM on June 23, 2009
Do they sometimes take you up on your offer?
A Modern Mother on June 22, 2009
Too funny. We escaped toilet talk here, not sure how that happened.
Laura - AWNTYM on June 23, 2009
All we have is toilet talk. Although he is now alternating between ‘poo; and ’stupid’
Dulwich Divorcee on June 23, 2009
Went past the stables in Dulwich today – big sign outside saying ‘Free Poo Today’. I thought of you! Will take a pic if there’s a traffic jam at school run time xx
Laura - AWNTYM on June 23, 2009
Looking forward to the pic!
clareybabble on June 25, 2009
Haha this post really made me chuckle
Jemma on June 26, 2009
Haha they dont grow out of this my 7 year old often randomly shouts poo! every now and again and adds it to sentences, sometimes followed by ‘bum bum’ or ’smelly bum’. Lol
MGM on July 11, 2009
Ah, so I’m a little behind on my blog-reading. My kids are both in this annoying phase! If it gets real bad, I do exactly as you said and get REALLY obnoxious saying all the obnoxious words about body functions that they are saying as often and as obnoxiously as possible until the start to cry and BEG me to STOP saying those words! I promise to if they promise to. Works every time…even though it only stops them for a few days before they are at it again!