2006-10-05 15:43:49 · 16 answers · asked by penny k 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My son did the same thing at 3 yrs for months and month after hanging out with a potty-mouth cousin. It finally let up when I disciplined for every occasion, never ignoring it even when it was directed at his baby brother, or the dog. I took it seriously.
They just think these words are hilarious and are totally tickled by it, so take the funny out of it before it becomes an uncontrollable habit. A little guilt worked well, saying "that was not funny, I know that hurt Cole's feelings, it makes people feel sad when you call them rude things" or "I don't think I'd like to hang out with a kid that was always calling me nasty things, do you want Sarah doing that to you? Of course not, she's our friend, we love her" He started to learn empathy from this. Making him apologize was embarrassing, and took the fun out of it. When we were out and about and obnoxious things flew out of his mouth, a little flick on the lips and the Mom Stare straightened things out before they escalated. The key was consistency, and it paid off eventually.
2006-10-05 16:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by e_gladman@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell your child that those are naughty names to call people each time he/she calls somebody a poo poo head. Your child will eventually understand that it is not ok to call people names.
However, it is normal for a young child to experience with words and names at that age, so just try your best. Good luck!
2006-10-05 15:49:37 · answer #2 · answered by Aly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the poo off ur head and the 3 year old will stop
2006-10-05 15:45:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is so funny when you are 3 and 4 years old! The biggest tip is to know they'll outgrow it, it is "age appropriate" behavior. She is developing a sense of humor, and learning how to express her emotions appropriately. Develop a consequence that is not your "big gun" (reserved for dangerous or truely hurtful behavior) and use that consequence every time she uses "bathroom humor or names". Remember to notice shortly afterwards when she uses "nice" words and make a really big deal about it. For example " 'Please' is such a nice word, honey. I like it so much more when I hear you say that than when you use potty words. Thank you for remembering to use your nice words..." Sounds a little hokey, but it really does work, I promise. Your approval is amazingly powerful at this age!
2006-10-05 15:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Robin R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was calling names when he was trying to initiate play. It was awful!!
It took a long time, of removing him from the situation. Isolation from the play or activity taking place and then re-introducing him after he was "going to play nice now"...
believe it or not...
It really paid off! But what a rocky road.. Oh the looks I would get from the other moms' on the play ground thinking I had "taught' this to my child.
2006-10-05 16:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by lesbianmommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is an same way. he's two months faraway from turning 3, and he deosn't favor to poop on the potty. After he poops in his pants, we take him and sit down him on the potty. He cried the first time we tried to positioned him on there yet we in simple terms compelled him, and gave him a lolly pop even as he in simple terms sat there. he's coming round to moving into the lavatory, yet its been like 2 weeks of usually chatting with him and explaining. He nevertheless hasn't lengthy gone poo in the lavatory yet i imagine we are making progression because he will sit down on the lavatory now without throwing a in good structure. in simple terms follow it.
2016-12-04 07:58:22 · answer #6 · answered by bednarz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children repeat what they hear. Keep your language in check and make sure others around you do too. I made the mistake of saying "Dam deer" around a 3 yr. old in regards to eating all my flowers and she called it that for some time. Be careful of what you say....
2006-10-05 15:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by windandwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter does the same thing....first you want to make sure you dont laugh at anything she says(we both know sometimes its funny!) at this point she should be able to understand when you tell her something isnt nice so you should sit her down and explain to her that saying these things hurts people's feelings and so on...definately make her apologize if she says anything.... my daughter is 3 as well i also noticed that she doesnt like to do or say anything "bad" so by telling her certain words are bad she doesnt say them. and of course please dont say them yourself. if talking to her doesnt help for my daughter putting her in time out any time she said something helps....she still says these things sometimes but its a lot better!
2006-10-05 15:47:10 · answer #8 · answered by my101201cutiepie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all kids go through that stage you tell them not to that it is bad but they wont stop but they do grow out of it pretty quickly and they do usually pick it up from some other kid so if you can find the source you may stop the problem
2006-10-05 15:52:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time out works well for us.
2006-10-05 15:46:20 · answer #10 · answered by cldb730 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋