To think a toddler telling me this in public wasn't rude!

[LittleMe03]

Just got off the bus with DC 22months. On the bus, sat in his pushchair he said to me 'I done a poo' I reply 'ok sweetie, we will be getting off the bus and home in a few mins'

Sat quietly again I hear a lady in the seat behind me tut and say to the lady next to her 'why do parents not teach their children to not say such rude disgusting things' I ignored it thinking, surely not talking about us? He's 22 months and it's not rude or disgusting, is it??

She then says 'my nappy needs changing would have done' so this time I know she is obviously talking about us so I turn to her and say 'he's just a little boy, he's not rude, that's ridiculous. Please keep your opinions to yourself'

She stays quiet for the next few minutes but just before we are about to get off the bus I hear her tut. I look at her to give her opportunity to tell me what the problem now was but she doesn't say anything, just stares! The women next to her looked embarrassed.

I also think that your DC is a smart little un.
It is much better to praise him for telling you than it would be for you to tell him off for saying a 'rude' word as he may think that he should not poo this could lead to him becoming constipated.

I'm 476 month old, I think we should all give our age in months, just to watch peoples face as they try to divide by 12 and work it out

@Juells

I was gobsmacked. Kids are kids though op DC was polite in my opinion.

Now that response would be fair if he'd said "I've done a fucking shit mam" but poo is totally acceptable and it's great he can speak so well.

330 months.

Hahah that lady was being so ridiculous! Toddlers and children are known for saying how it is. Nothing wrong with what your DC said at all! Very informative.

I recall when my kid sister shouted "I am doing a pooooooooo" really loud on the tube followed by constant "ma niggas, its ma niggas" - what she was trying to say was "my knickers, its in my knickers". Thankfully everyone just found her adorable, if not a bit smelly!

I work with under 5s it is total normal for them to say/shout i need a poo mummy or point to nappies it isn't rude and he is only being factual. Clearly the woman has no experience or forgot about toddler poo obsession.

It’s normal she’s a weirdo

I am 364 months

@LittleMe03

You are 30 and your birthday is January am I right

"Clearly thou I should have held him out of the window until we reached our stop"
It's a bugger being a cyclist sometimes..................Caught it on me helmet guv!

Birthday is Feb I could have got it wrong, not you, too be fair

@SomeDyke

You wouldn't have wanted that on your head

Mountainsoutofmolehills

Babes??

Pretty gross but the woman was out of order piping up

I recall when my kid sister shouted "I am doing a pooooooooo" really loud on the tube followed by constant "ma niggas, its ma niggas" - what she was trying to say was "my knickers, its in my knickers". Thankfully everyone just found her adorable, if not a bit smelly!

This wins.

struggling to understand

1. how this could be rude
2. how it could be anything to do with her

Sounds like you dealt with it very well and I hope your child did not realise how unpleasant she was being

We had a sweary boy last place I worked he would shout "I need a fucking piss" soo it could be worse

We were at a lovely restaurant for Sunday lunch last weekend, my nearly 4 year old when asks what he wanted as the waiter went round the table said loudly “DADDY I NEED A POO!”. We were actually very happy he’d told us as he has form for holding on and refusing to tell anyone he needs the loo...

She was rude.

My youngest(just turned two) likes to loudly announce “poo in there” pointing at his nappy and then shoved his bum in my face inviting me to “smell it”. I blame my older boys for teaching him that and laughing at him this he now thinks it’s hilarious.

she was rude not your toddler!!

Photos or it didn’t happen.

If I came across a 22 month old saying "My nappy needs changing" I'd probably be signing him up for MENSA.

We had a sweary boy last place I worked he would shout "I need a fucking piss" soo it could be worse

At my kids' school they all had a lecture about toilet words like "poo" and "wee" being for the toilet only. I think the ship had already sailed though, as I've heard "shit" a few times in the cloakroom and once one of the kids taps me on the back, goes "look at this toomuch" and gives me the double middle finger! I laughed as well, which is why I should never work with children...

She was rude but I must admit I hate the word poo, it sounds vulgar and smelly. When I was young the correct term as taught by DM was plop. Passing wind was known as a puffit, which still sounds magical to me to this day 😬

My DPs admittedly were quite uptight about terminology growing up, but I find the public openness these days quite distasteful. I saw someone on an Insta story talking to her 2 year old daughter about her 'hoo ha' (vagina) She (the mother) kept repeating it as if she was the most progressive person ever.

I absolutely love 'long vagina', sounds much more MC and civilised than penis 😂