Inspired by yesterday’s UOs. I cuss around my kids. Not as much as when I’m not around them, but I’m not going to begrudge myself a “fuck!” when I drop something on my foot. They know coffee and alcohol are grown up drinks, and guess what, there are grown up words too. We do not permit them to use those words, but they know they exist.
our 3yo stood in the middle of my mom's kitchen a couple weeks ago and said "motherfucker" clear as day. not in any context at all. i will admit to swearing in front of my kids (see @DunkinDecaf 's post above...thank you) but honestly can not think of a time when DH or i have used this particular term. seriously. clearly he heard it somewhere! (or he said something else and it was just an extremely unfortunate pronunciation...but wow).
@DunkinDecaf DH is known to have quite the potty mouth. One day when SD was 4 she accomplished something, took a step back to admire her work and said "fuuucking shit" To this day we think it's the funniest thing she's ever done. But I'm also team "there are some things for adults".
Yeah, I try not to swear in front of the kids, but having worked in the construction industry for years, it's pretty much impossible not to sometimes. DS learned "dammit" from me about a year ago, and I was simultaneously proud of his ability to use it correctly in context and also a little horrified he'd learned it. He saw a cat turd had escaped the litter box and said "Aw dammit, there's kitty poo!" Thankfully we convinced him that he was saying darn it wrong, and he hasn't said it much since.
@DunkinDecaf I swear in front of E. I know he swears, he’s 17 and there’s not much I can do about it now. I’m trying to get better about swearing in front of Z.
My confession: I agreed to pick up a shift today, but I was so tired this morning that I seriously considered saying my sitter bailed. They don’t even need me, I’m glad some of it is OT or I’d be mad they wasted my time.
This is also related ha ha. After I put my two year old to bed I shut the door and give her the middle finger through the door for giving me hell for the day. It makes me happy so I will continue this tradition.
BFP 2/11/15 (EDD 10/13/15). MMC 3/30/15 D&C 4/3/15 "We will always love you"
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
I also swear in front of my kids. And for the most part, they don’t repeat it because we’ve explained so many times that those are grown up words. The other day DD did say “are you fucking kidding me?!” and it took everything in me not to laugh and give her a high five because she used it SO perfectly.
Edited because it keeps eating my second sentence.
I do that all the time to both kids' backs @bntfroggie. If you're going to be assholes kiddos, I'm going to react accordingly.
Also (in case you couldn't tell from above) I call my kids assholes when talking about them (not to their face though). There are times when no other word fits quite as nicely, and I don't feel like tiptoeing around the truth. I'm going to call a spade a spade.
I don’t think I’ll be able to stop myself from swearing in front of my kid sometimes. Appreciate these stories a lot!
My confession...I think I’ve become a hoarder of free baby stuff.! I am on a listserve in my neighborhood where tons of people are offering barely or never used hand me downs every day. I currently have 3 strollers! Why?! I don’t need them. My rationale is we will keep the one that works best for us and donate the rest, but also I live in a small apartment. I know this has to stop.
@rc-cola I feel the same!! I'm taking ALL the free stuff I can get! I've been offered like 5 pumps and I just keep saying Yes! Why do I need 5?! I don't, but maybe I know someone who does and can't afford one or maybe I'll keep the best two and sell the rest. Who knows!! Same for everything else family and friends have been offering me, I just keep taking it.
I do this all the time with orange juice and apple juice in my fridge, and I'm pretty sure it drives my germaphobe husband insane. But he hasn't said anything about it, so I'll just keep on my merry way @jynjer91
I'm so bad about swearing. I try and limit it around SS. He also calls us out when we do It's better than his friend who will say "I know a bad word, do you want to hear it?" If you tell him yes he will say it and tell you that you gave him permission.
My poor best friend has a kid that swears all of the time. He was in time out sitting next to her and she got up to check on her other kid for a second. She ended up getting called into her boss's office with HR the next day because her kid (who's 7) had gotten on her computer, created a post on Sharepoint that said "F-er Bitch". (Although he spelled Bitch wrong). Even though her boss knew it was her kid, because and auditor found it she got a write up.
ODD is allowed to cuss. She's not allowed to cuss in public or around other family members because it offends people but she's allowed to cuss in the privacy of our home. I personally don't think cussing is a big deal.
My confession is that I made ODD throw away dog poop for me. She was more than capable of grabbing a bag and the paper towels, picking up stool, throwing it in the bag, and washing her hands. So I had her do it to avoid throwing up. I think my mom would have had a heart attack if she'd seen.
Ladybug - April 2013 Dandelion - October 2018 Angel "Aurora" - July 2020 Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021 Angel "Maxine" - January 2022 Angel "Violet" - March 2022 Baby Dove due March 2023
@cdepperschmidt I’ve been taking DD twice a week on break. It’s been nice to have a couple of days to recharge, relax, and get stuff around the house done.
@sliztee there are lots of pedicures in my future!
@BabyRobbinsAdventure we have to pay anyways expect for two weeks so I’m sending him every day unless we have a play date or something going on. He will probably end up going 4/5 days a week.
DH has surgery yesterday and he’s already using it to be a big baby. I have zero sympathy for him, and fully expect him to still do most things he has been doing.
Update: I managed to drag myself vertical, convince myself that no one would care if I was wearing a bra, get dressed (sans bra), and go to the party. My friend was involved with another friend, and so didn’t notice I was late and was just glad I showed up. All three of us ended up on a couch in a cuddle pile. There may have been napping.
As a bonus, another friend is still totally down to do a maternity shoot with me! She was thrilled when I told her what I wanted- now I am going to have to find the right clothes!!
Oh I thought of another one even though it’s Saturday now. It’s so funny when little kids mispronounce normal words and turn them into dirty words. DD2 has a couple of those right now. Most prominently, she doesn’t pronounce the “l” in clock, and every time she sees one she points at it and chants “cock! cock! COCK!”
@DunkinDecaf My little cousin’s t’s turned into f’s for a long time. So when her dad got a new truck, she proudly proclaimed to everyone she met that “daddy got a new fuck”.
@DunkinDecaf when DS1 was little we moved, and my dad helped us hang an oversized clock in the main room. DS1 told all sorts of people about how “grandpa put the big cock on the wall”.
He also called blueberries “boobies” and would scream “want boobies!” anytime he saw them in the grocery store.
One of our dog’s name is Pig, but DD calls him P. She also can’t say sit without it sounding like sh*t, so she yells at him, “P sh*t!” I’m sure if anyone heard they’d think we talk about our digestion all day lol
When my boys were younger they couldn’t pronounce the air sound, bear became boar, care was core, etc. I occasionally cut MH’s hair and one day they were talking about it and said “Mommy doesn’t like it when daddy’s hore is on the kitchen floor”
Re: FFFC 6/15
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My confession: I agreed to pick up a shift today, but I was so tired this morning that I seriously considered saying my sitter bailed. They don’t even need me, I’m glad some of it is OT or I’d be mad they wasted my time.
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
Edited because it keeps eating my second sentence.
Also (in case you couldn't tell from above) I call my kids assholes when talking about them (not to their face though). There are times when no other word fits quite as nicely, and I don't feel like tiptoeing around the truth. I'm going to call a spade a spade.
My confession...I think I’ve become a hoarder of free baby stuff.! I am on a listserve in my neighborhood where tons of people are offering barely or never used hand me downs every day. I currently have 3 strollers! Why?! I don’t need them. My rationale is we will keep the one that works best for us and donate the rest, but also I live in a small apartment. I know this has to stop.
My poor best friend has a kid that swears all of the time. He was in time out sitting next to her and she got up to check on her other kid for a second. She ended up getting called into her boss's office with HR the next day because her kid (who's 7) had gotten on her computer, created a post on Sharepoint that said "F-er Bitch". (Although he spelled Bitch wrong). Even though her boss knew it was her kid, because and auditor found it she got a write up.
My confession is that I made ODD throw away dog poop for me. She was more than capable of grabbing a bag and the paper towels, picking up stool, throwing it in the bag, and washing her hands. So I had her do it to avoid throwing up. I think my mom would have had a heart attack if she'd seen.
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
My FFC I am send DS to daycare this summer and Not working (teacher) and I am so excited! I’m going to clean, organize, purge and nest!
Yup! Those are from me... I laughed way too hard at these!
DD 3/15/12
DD 6/3/14
#4 Due 10/26/18!
@BabyRobbinsAdventure we have to pay anyways expect for two weeks so I’m sending him every day unless we have a play date or something going on. He will probably end up going 4/5 days a week.
Guess that will be 9ish? It’s a party; he’s got other people there anyway....
As a bonus, another friend is still totally down to do a maternity shoot with me! She was thrilled when I told her what I wanted- now I am going to have to find the right clothes!!
He also called blueberries “boobies” and would scream “want boobies!” anytime he saw them in the grocery store.