to not want my child to say 'fart'?

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or am I a prude?

I was never allowed to use this word as a child and used 'trump' instead.

I still don't like the word and would prefer my DH not to say it around my little dd as I don't want her to pick it up. DH thinks I'm silly.

Silly I'm afraid. Is it really worth making a big issue about a word? It's hardly a 'turn the air blue' kind of a thing is it?

i agree with your dh

i cannot stand trump, or pump. they both sound ridiculous.

YANBU. I am the same.

However, Ds1 is now 9 and says fart due to his peers saying it. Which as a result, DS3, 3, now says fart as well.

I hate it, but we did last 9 years before Ds1 said it.

Ha! She will pick it up elsewhere anyway! V soon

How old is she?

You are being silly. It is what it is.

Why do you need to say fart ot thump?

Farting or thrumping is just something everyone does. You dont really need to discuss it or anounce to the world I need a fart or i have just farted and if one does slip out in company a simple excuse me will do.

aw, have you only got the 2 words for fart then?

not got to 'airbiscuit' 'botty burp' 'arse trumpet' 'flaring up a warning shot' 'stinky noise' 'pop' 'poop alarm' yet?

believe me, by the time your DD is big enough to float her own at will you'll eb glad of the word 'fart'

YABU, it's just a word. Trump and pump are silly!

Trump is worse imo!

We call it windy bottom, but my DD(5) has picked up from school its called 'fort'.

I'm not correcting her as its quite sweet, but when she works it out properly I won't stop her using the word fart.

Of course you have to use the words! How can my children blame their dad/each other/the cat/the dog when one of them farts

What word do you use then?

YANBU I hate the word fart and my children call it 'popped' . I just hate the word fart xx

DH can think you are silly, that's not the point. When there are two conflicting standards in a household, you need to get it sorted out, ideally by reaching a negotiated settlement. In the meantime, and generally as a default, it's better to go for the option generally considered less offensive especially whilst the children are small. They'll all learn the words in the playground soon enough, and also learning there are different registers of what language is appropriate where is a useful lesson in itself.

I'm sure my DM got through the entire child-rearing years without ever referring to flatulence at all

We dont tend to discuss other peoples farts so it has never been an issue

My children called them "barbs" and I never corrected them. Gave a whole new meaning to "Barbie Doll" and "Barbie Girl" though.....

Yes, I think YABU. It's just a word, and you are being a bit silly.

Your children would get in trouble for saying the word 'fart'?

Christ on a bike.

Yabvu to want anybody to say 'trump', and unless you can come up with a better alternative should save your disapproval for people who think it's ok to actually fart all over the place.

It is not a word I like either so yanbu. Ds1 (6) has come home from school using it and has been told not to, in the same way a the words shut up and stupid are words we do not use. Ds2 (3) hasn't quite got that we do not use shut up and stupid yet, but I am working on it!

We refer to having done a 'fartybum'. My attempt to soften it a bit.

Don't like trump or any of the others.

OP - that's nothing - just this morning my ds decided to tell our guests (from overseas) that mummy is a major farter - thank goodness they didn't understand english.

But it's a word for a bodily function at the end of the day. It's not that bad at all.