what do you do when your 20 Month old learns how to...

[*babygirl*]

SWEAR:eek:

the other day i thought i heard her say a word that sounded ALOT like duck:(

then all she has done today when she saw something broken, made a mess etc she has been saying. " Ooooooooooooh %$#@":(

she is only 20 months old and talks ALOT but i just didnt expect to deal with this yet.... i didnt realise we said it alot:o:gloomy: and i dont know how to DISCOURAGE her from using words when we are encouraging her so much to speak:dizzy: and being so young she doesn't understand that its a 'bad word'.

i need help on this one!

[mum2bubba]

Not sure, maybe just ignore her and not give her a reaction and hope she'll stop.

I thought I heard Skye say the f word today too. Shes also 20 months.

[*babygirl*]

we're trying the ignore thing but as the day has gone on, like all new words its just increasing!:(

[misskittyfantastico]

At that age, we'd just ignore...hard I know, but try not to react at all, she'll get over it. With my 3 year old, if she drops the F-bomb, I just say, that's not a very good world it it? Lets say a better one, like fiddlesticks or fiddledeedee - we have a shouting comp with the other words and she forgets about saying ****.

[Sammy76]

:laughing: I had this a few months ago also with my son. I was so shocked I reacted with 'what??? NO, don't say that!!' and of course he kept on saying it. As soon as I realised that I shouldn't have responded that way, I just started saying to him 'truck' hoping that he would say that instead.

I don't know if that was the right thing to do. He hasn't said it again tho. Oh, and I have since realised he is a parrot, and instead of saying the F word, I say 'oh no' or 'oopsie daisy' thinking of replacing it might be better - but it sounds funny from a boys mouth!! :laughing:

[iamLilysmummy]

lol i no it can be funny... DONT laugh..

i was at my cousins yesterday n her 11yrold son was being a #### head.. so my cuz yelled out go to ur F###### room..

next thing we hear was "go to ur F##### room mum said" my 3 yr old cousin thinks shes smart..:)

my 17 month old says duck... haha.. weird

[quaver]

ignore it and like someone else says- dont laugh! take it out out of your vocab and see what happens. i would give it two weeks and then see what happens. tackle having to say no if it is becoming a habbit.

[UmmInayah]

DD says the F word. She also thinks it is absolutely hilarious. Usually happens when we are in the car because DH and I tend to get a little road rage, I suppose :o

Anyway, she says it often even if we ignore it. The other day she was just sitting on the couch going "F***, f***! f***ing!!" And screaming it at that.

We have now changed the subject. When she says it, we say "Truck? Did you see a truck darling? Where?!" and she usually goes "Yeah!" and we just encourage her by saying "It's TRuck.. can you say TRuck?" and she says truck now.

It's amazing how they pick up words like that as hard as you try not to say it. It's like they already know it's not a nice word.

[JATS]

My DS learned F*** at about the same age (thanks sis!) but I ignored it, we don't say it, and he doesn't say it any more. He learned cr@p (sounds like fwap when he says it!) and sh** at about the same time and still occasionally says these. :o

Cr@p is probably my fault, sh** is more DH's expletive of choice. So he does hear those when we slip up which I guess is why he still uses them.

He uses them rarely and in context (sh** if he hurts himself or fwap referring to something on tv he wants turned off), so we're giving him alternatives to say, trying not to slip up ourselves but we don't make a big deal out of it.