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To wish ds hadn't said his first word

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ariane5 · 14/05/2013 23:28

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 Blush

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

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Startail · 15/05/2013 00:42

Garden Blush

Dawndonna · 15/05/2013 08:31

Ds, now 28, learnt to say 'It's busted'. It came out as 'bastard' everytime for about six months!

silverangel · 15/05/2013 09:15

My mum was talking when they went looking for cock on the beach in France (cockles in French apparently!), we thought DTs were asleep in the car when DT1 (14mo) pipes up very loudly with COCK, COCK, COCK, COCK and continued with it the entire day. Next day was a new word and she hasn't said it since!

Fakebook · 15/05/2013 09:21

My dd used to call chocolate "cocklick" when she was about 18m.

QuietNinjaTardis · 15/05/2013 09:24

You're lucky, last year when ds speech was coming along we had foxes regularly in our garden. "Fuck, fuck, fuck" all day long. He also still says bugger instead of grandma!

QuietNinjaTardis · 15/05/2013 09:25

And no we don't swear in front of him, that's just how he says/said those words.

ryanboy · 15/05/2013 09:32

That's definitely a thing to remember to tell his best man for his wedding speeches!

mouseymummy · 15/05/2013 09:36

My nephews first clear word was "fuck" he's now 16 and thinks its hilarious.

When dd1 was about 3 she was trying to do a jigsaw at nursery and wasn't doing so well, she kept throwing the pieces when they wouldn't fit and saying "oh Fuck it" the nursery nurse had to walk out of the room and compose herself as she thought it was hilarious! She was nearly weeing when she told me that evening. Blush

My niece calls my h "nob head" when you and her where's uncle x. She knows its naughty but finds it hilarious!

BerthaTheBogCleaner · 15/05/2013 09:48

Awww ... My dd did "aaarrrrss" for yes, too. My parents were "Gaga and Gwumpy" for a while which I didn't encourage oh no not at all

Ds2 learnt "you're so busted" from american cartoons but turned that into "Bast'd Mummy!" when he was cross with me. That was interesting, till I worked it out!

GoingUpInTheWorld · 15/05/2013 11:06

My uncle swears alot.

His son (my cousin) aged 18 months used to constantly walk round pointing to the floor saying "dirty dog shit"

That was because my uncle was breading puppies at the time and was always complaining about the dirty dog shit everywhere!

It was very embarassing when i was walking round tesco with my cousin in his pram whilst he was pointing to the floor saying "dirty dog shit, dirty dog shit"

GoingUpInTheWorld · 15/05/2013 11:07

Breeding*

Leather · 15/05/2013 11:14

I know this is a lighthearted thread and I don't want to put a dampener on it but I'm not sure it is correct to describe a 13 month of child as being "very slow with talking".
The amount of babbling/talking you have described is perfectly normal (or even slightly above average) for this age.
I admit to being a bit sensitive on this subject having had a late talker myself but comments like these can really worry people.
Sorry Blush as you were....

littlemrssleepy · 15/05/2013 11:44

We were once called into nursery as my ds was walking round saying 'fuck' continuously. I politely asked if he happened to have a truck in his hand at the time. He did. Thank God. And now we have a dd who tells us to 'shit on that chair'. Nice.

EasilyBored · 15/05/2013 11:49

We have learnt the hard way that toddlers are little sponges who learn when you're not looking; DS dropped something off the table the other week and loudly preclaimed 'oooohhhfuck!' Blush we have been steadily not reacting too it and watching our language and feeling horribly guilty and it's being replaced with 'uh oh!' mostly now.

He also does a hilarious 'CAAAAAT!' ala 'KHAAAAAAN' in the new Star Trek. 'Tis amusing.

Locketjuice · 15/05/2013 11:59

My 15 month old say shit for shoes and sit.. And fuck is duck which is also apparently a dog! Sad

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 15/05/2013 12:03

Yy, Leather - 14 mo DD isn't really saying much of anything. Da da da, ma ma ma, but not directed at DH or me, iyswim. She said 'Woof' once and she cleverly managed to say something that sounded like 'hiya' in front of the HV at 12 mo. The HV said 'oh, she's using language'! I kept v quiet. Blush But she really isn't using language.

NellysKnickers · 15/05/2013 13:47

Ds2 age 2 often comes out with fucks sake, he shouted it nice and loud in the library last week, I responded with "what's that darling, your foot aches?" "No mummy I said fucks sake". I cringe everytime, trouble is DS1 thinks its hilarious Blush

Whatsthatnoise · 15/05/2013 13:56

Nelly My dd used to say fuck sake all the time and always in context so you can't pretend it's something else. She is 4 now and will occasionally still say sake but she stopped the fuck bit about a year ago. Grin

EasilyBored · 15/05/2013 13:56

We have 'shiiiooots' for socks too!

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ariane5 · 15/05/2013 14:52

I think to me his speech is 'slow' as dd1 and dd2 were very advanced with their speech and started talking very early and by 13 months were saying loads.

Ds1 on the other hand was like ds2 and is still having speech therapy age 6, he didn't really babble much and although he said his first word (dog) around 7 mths after that he said nothing else and then around 18 months couldn't make many sounds properly.

I was surprised as all 4 dcs have had the same books read to them, the same nursery rhymes sung to them, played the same little games etc etc yet the boys are very much different to the girls in how their speech has developed.

Ds2 has still been saying "arse" all day! I keep repeating "yes" every time he says it!

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Silverlace · 15/05/2013 15:02

Wait until he starts playing with words and rhyming. I still cringe when I think about the time I was waiting in the queue in the butcher's and DS started "Anky tanky manky wanky, wanky, wanky, wank wank wank!" I didn't know where to look.

loopylou6 · 15/05/2013 15:32

these are hilarious.

not the same context, but when my ds was little, we where on a crowded market, and he was continually shouting ' mummy, my willies hard' Blush

Xiaoxiong · 15/05/2013 15:37

This will out me to anyone that knows me but apparently my first sentence at around 2 years of age was to my parents arguing in the front seat about which bridge to take out of Manhattan. My little voice piped up plaintively from the back seat: "will you just drive the fucking car?"

Speaking of Irish accents, DS (17 months) has started saying "top 'o the morning!" as a greeting. Of course it's a bit more like "tappada mahnin, tappada mahnin" but it's got a very distinctive brogue going on. Neither of us have Irish accents (or have taught him to say this) - nanny is Romanian so it's definitely not coming from her either!

HumphreyCobbler · 15/05/2013 15:40

chocolate was cocktit for ds aged two. He would also bellow COCK whenever he saw a clock (everytime we turned an aisle at the supermarket) and one memorable cafe visit aged twenty months shouted CUNT over and over again. We finally worked out that he wanted his coat.

It was the fact that he bellowed all the time that made it so shameful.

cathpip · 15/05/2013 15:42

My dd (2) spent the whole weekend calling her grandad a wanker, my dh thought it hilarious and kept getting her to repeat it. :)

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