to expect a 5 yr old not to fart in front of me

[moogster1a]

my 5 year old mindee has taken to doing truly revolting farts. I keep telling him to leave the room if he needs to do one and keep reminding him that someone who smells of poo won't be popular.
Accordng to him and his sister their dad does it all the time at home and they seem nonplussed that I don't want to sit in a shitty smelling fug in my own home.
Should a 5 year old be able to restrain himself ( bearing in mind he seems to have been able to for the last 4 and a half years ).
There's been no change of diet by the way, i think he's just changing into a mini version of farting dad.

Has nobody said,
'Whoever smelt it, dealt it' yet?

'You said the rhyme, you did the crime'

tthp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xUGgs-PeA

I dread to think what a shock the non farters will have in years to come when they get older and their bodies just let rip without prior knowledge. My dm is prime candidate for it - can't bend over, giggle or anything without something bottom orientated happening. . Dd thinks that is hilarious too.

I am so glad I have a dd who thinks farting is hilarious - imho people prefer those with a jolly sense of humour to those with a stick up their non farty bottoms!

I think farts are funny.
DH thinks farts are funny.
We laughed so hard we couldn't breathe at

Enjoy

Is anyone else starting to feel like you do when the person sitting next to you has just started yawning and you just can't stop yourself doing the same?

Did you leave the forum to fart moogie?

YABU and a bit weird/controllling, he is 5, a child...

I'm sitting here at this thread on soooo many levels.

People fart; if in company they excuse themselves (some by smiling demurely and blushing; others (my DH for example) by grinning widely and shouting "Ou est le canard?" at the top of his voice)

I don't think I have ever felt that it was socially unacceptable to do it, but was taught that it was the social norm to excuse onesself.

But as a coeliac, if I even get a whiff of something with gluten in my bowels go into overdrive and I really have no control over when and where I fart, or how smelly they are. I'm actually quite envious of those that can!

And as for the OP belittling her mindee . shameful, just shameful.

Unwanted 'behaviour'?

YABU.

I saw a documentary called 'Southpark' and it was proven that if you hold it in, then one day you'll spontaneiously combust. But I honestly love having a good fart and feel sorry for folk who are so shocked and horrified by it, bit like the pooing outside the home thread.

I posted hours ago about a medical thing making me windy. Since then I've eaten some gluten - a small amount, clearly, as I have not been ill - and I have been farting all evening. It's not in my control and I can not hold it in.

I can't take seriously anyone who complains about farting. These days I just assume they are either ignorant or stupid, and find nicer people to hang out with.

It's descended/ascended into a great thread, thankfully.

Nearly PML at IslandMooses lovely DD, bless her cottons

When you say pooing outside the home you dont mean literally going out onto the lawn for a crap do you begonyabampot
Cos that WOULD just be wrong

It's better than smelling of elderberries.....

See, I am a bit erm, uptight, about farting myself. And DH always gets a stern look if he farts in my general direction.

But the kids... thay can fart if they want to, and we usually joke about it, although they do sometimes usually say pardon.

IME kids can't keep secrets, and they can't hold in farts

seeker- was your mother a hamster??

our house is an open farting house, will bust a gut trying to hold it in outside when with other people and get stomach cramps. Remember having chronic wind (probably nerves) when sitting my o levels, couldn't concentrate and couldn't leave the hall!

gn sooooooooooo funy lmao

LOL @ OP!

He's 5y. He probably thinks it is hilarious.

I work in a y1 class - try having 30y 5 and 6 year olds for a day!

'Any childminder who punished my 5 yo child for farting would lose my business.

Same if they told my child that nobody would like them if they smelled of poo.'

Same here. YABVU - this is your problem. It is actually quite bad for people to hold farts in and you are going to damage the way he feels about himself. Crikey is this all you have to worry about?? I wouldn't want you minding my children.

I wouldnt want to sniff someones fart either , and i dont think its shaming behaviour to ask a five year old to leave the room to do it. At the very least he should be saying excuse me or something.

It sounds like hes doing it on purpose and id have said exactly the same.

right, I'll ask again, where did I say I punished him for farting?

• can't believe anyone would be remotely bothered by a 5 year old's farts tbh. And any child minder who doesn't want to smell farts in their pristine home is possibly not in the right career! Children are messy - it comes with the territory.

Asking him to leave the room sounds a bit punishing - like time out.