A Swearing 1 year old

[melbryan]

He has picked it somewhere and we don't know whether to ignore it or discipline DS for the bad behaviour. He says, Shut up, F*** it and Sh***. I find it embarrassing but am I bringing attention to it by telling him off.

[~Emmylou~]

I think at his age you would be best to ignore - as long as he isn't hearing it regularly he will drop it by next week probably ;)

Emily said f**k on a couple of occasions a few weeks ago. We totally ignored her and made sure no one said it around her and she has forgotten it already. Disciplining and making a big deal just makes them realise that it's a guaranteed means of getting a reaction out of you.

[nemosmum]

Ditto

Your bub is very little so the more attention he gets from using those words the more he will use them.

Just completely ignore it, if you at home just turn you r back to him OR start talking quickly about something else to distract him

If your out and about just talk over the top of him and distract him with a toy.

Any type of attention (good, bad, laughing, frowning etc) will just prolong the foul speak iykwim

MY dh has a really bad potty mouth (although his getting better now that ds is around) BUT luckily for him ds hasnt picked any swear words up so :fingerscrossed: heres hoping he wont either!

[Book The Chook]

My second son often uses profanities. I am certain that he picked it up from sitting in the car with my driving :( .

What continues to amaze me is that it is used in it's proper context.

We chose to ignore.

[Briswegian]

Just ignore it.

My 2.5 year old copied me saying S**T the other week. I said, don't say s**t say gosh.
He proceeded to parrot, No s**t mummy, gosh...over and over and over and over and over.
LOL

[Maghan]

I think ignorance is a good game to play!

[Illusional]

I agree that at 1 year old.. its a little young to be trying to explain why not to say those words.. ignorance is probably the best policy here.

My kids all had their try at swearing at around 2 years.. and I told them "dont say that - its a bad word" and they havent said any of them since.
If they hear me say a word that they dont know now.. they ask "can I say that word?"

[MumofMadd]

Don't stress too much all kids will say the occasional swear word my son (now 2.5) called a truck F*%$ for months i found just correcting him loud enough for people to hear made me feel better and in time it stopped. One day in the car DP told him to shut up as DS was screaming non stop and from that he learnt to repeat and this is one that is slowly disapearing but still happens. If you don't draw too much attention to it they get sick of it and find something new to say.

[reAllytee]

I think ignoring is the the key like everyone has said. We havent hit this stage yet but i know its coming !
Just had to say how my nephew had trouble with forehead which came out as f**khead & my friends little sister couldnt say the Fat Controller from Thomas so called him the F**king - troller. The first few times got a laugh understandably ( is that even a word ? oh wells lol ) but in both cases acting as though they had used the right word but saying it correctly yourself seems to help the situation.
Good luck like all the other bad moments they pass in a flash & you will look back & laugh about it all. :)