To wish ds hadn't said his first word

[ariane5]

Ds2 (13mths) has been very slow with talking. Babbles a bit mama/dada but NOTHING else, won't say bye bye or wave. Nothing.

I have been trying so hard to encourage him to talk and say his first proper word.

Today he did and it was....... "Arse"

Over and over again. All day

The poor little thing is trying to say "yes" we worked out as if we say "yes" he copies it with "arse" and he's so pleased with himself.

I was desperate for him to say his first word and now I wish he hadn't (or at least that it had been something else)

AiBU

It will be hilarious on his wedding day -

:o that's hilarious! You'll laugh about it soon enough.

He'll be swearing like a navvy before the week's out.

Too funny. My cousin's first word was "merde." Not a mispronuncation either!

, will he be like Father Jack, from the programme Father Ted. Arse, girls, feck, drink!

Its sad because he is so pleased with himself but he kept repeating it all day EVERYWHERE we went. "Arse" is not a word we use but I know people will assume he is just copying swearing!!

It is strange as he is almost saying it in an irish accent too (we are not irish) which dh thinks makes it even more hilarious.

Now you just need to add "drink, feck, girls" to that and he's away!*

*Father Ted reference, not mere flippancy, honest.

unfortunately it gets worse my 2 1/2 year old spent ages singing
fuckinell fuckenell over and over smiling at me because she knows it is wrong.

have no idea where she got it from (odds on her dad when he though she couldn't hear him).

that's another thing you will discover if they are not supposed to hear it they have ears like bats
call their name or ask them to do something you may as well be on another planet the notice they take.

all part of the fun

Could be worse.
My DD's first word was 'clock' with a silent L

Its just so odd, he's such a tiny thing as is small for his age and looks all angelic in his babygro and suddenly he comes out with "arse" loud and clear.

I thought I'd be so pleased when he finally started talking now I'm thinking how can I keep him quiet when I take dd to nursery tomorrow !

Lots of children struggle to get their tongues round a 'tr' sound, it's something they master quite late and in the meantime they often say 'f' instead.

So make sure you teach your children to say 'lorry' and not 'truck'.

My first word was a swear word (a proper one, not just sounds like) and tbh I think it's hilarious. I love telling people!

Don't stress, once they start they learn a new word almost every day, this will soon be nothing but an anecdote.

Oh, yes we had the 'cock' too. DD used to point out the very 'big cock' in the supermarket.
She also kept saying 'Mummy, me want a piss' (she was asking for a kiss).

Too funny, I have visions of the old guy from Father Ted now :)

One of my DDs earlier words was "fuckit" - she used to toddle around the playground shouting it over & over again - we realised after a while she was trying to say bucket

My first word was apparently "bugger" announced loudly for the first time to a bus full of pensioners, much to my very orudish DMs embarrassment - no explanation of it meant to be something else - apparently I'd got it from my Granda :)

We've had "Daddy's cock" recently which apparently means watch

Trying out my first link here but a friend has a brilliant tumblr collection of photos on a similar theme. Only a couple of them came from DS

wordsmykidssay.tumblr.com/

DD2 was another one who pronounced clock without the l...until we had overemphasized the 'l' sound so much that she would, very loudly, declare, "le cock!"

Oh, that is so NSFW btw!

My DSis's first sentence was "I am a little bugger".
DMum swore she was saying buggy. I have my doubts.

I just almost wee'd reading that !!

I think I can beat that. DS (22 months) has about 5 words, no mummy or daddy or anything, but he can say 'jizz' and 'ohshit' (both attempts at something else)

look at it this way, it is better a kid that says yes first than one that says no.

and when he says arse you just say "that's right 'yes'."

and laugh about it later.

DS said shit for sit for ages.

Lots of 'I shit, I shitting'. I think people thought we taught him that instead of poo.

One announced very loudly at a play barn 'oh, oh, look, cowshit!' It was a seat with a picture of a cow on it but I doubt anyone believed me.

My dd (3) has just started picking up swear words. The other day she came out with "bloody rabbit" which was me when I almost stepped on him the other day. She's said sh.t a couple of times too. We don't swear much so it's particularly embarrassing. Hoping none come out at church!

DD1 wasn't one for talk when very small.

Didn't stop her stomping up and down the harder merrily shouting bugger, bugger, bugger

We'd just moved house and just stuffed things in a heap in the shed, said heap had just fallen on my foot.

Lesson one of parenthood "even if your DC steadfastly refuses to learn any word you try to teach them, do not swear in the same countie for they will copy you".