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.

Plop is much worse than poo!

She was being unreasonable. My 3 and 5 year old spotted a rather large man wandering past the swings with no shirt on. One said "That man's naked" and the other replied "Euugh, he's got his belly out". Now that's rude but also quite funny

Personally I wouldn't have liked it but wouldn't have said anything. But then I wouldn't teach mine to say they need a poo. None of my 4 have ever said it like that. Reminds me of the boy that came up to my baby and loudly went "has she done a poo in Her nappy" I was a bit . She hadn't and I thought it was a bit rude.

Photos or it didn’t happen

Huh?

Pfft, I would call that helpful not rude. I mean a child says to you 'i need changing' you then have to wonder are they a tiny bit wet, is there poo about to explode down their legs, or anything in between.

Working with small children actually I would much prefer children knew to say poo or wee or wet/dirty, rather than just i need changing, because then I know what I am dealing with.

Poo is surely the euphemism anyway, who has the energy to find it offensive.

The other day it was really wet and I went outside and said ‘eugh, there’s slugs everywhere’ so my 2 year old now shouts ‘SLUTS! SLUTS EVERYWHERE!’ at random intervals.

@BustopherJones

Oh dear! 😂😂

I was shopping in town last week and suddenly needed the toilet. I told my 3 year old to hurry up, she shouted all over Boots (we are working on volume control) "MUMMY ARE YOUR WEEWEES GOING TO COME OUT BY THEMSELVES?"

Bloody hell.
Its perfectly normal, acceptable and sensible to use months before a child gets to two.
Referring to a child as 22 months is not the same as talking about a 57month old

My 22 month old DD says 'I do poo' when she's going/gone, I find it good she tells me. Bodes well they know the urge to go surely?

She was being ridiculous about what a 22 month old was saying!

Teach him to say “Mother dearest, I greatly fear that I have shat in my pantaloons”.

What an utter twat! I mean her, not you!

*06/06/2018 15:57 HumpHumpWhale

Wow, your kid is talking well for 22 months!

I agree with you. She was rude. He was being a toddler. A helpful, articulate one, at that.*

Really? You think that "I done a poo" is advanced for 22 months?!?
It's not - it's average - if yours can't say that I'd look into why not tbh!

What a muppet!
No your DS was not being rude at all.

It's not - it's average - if yours can't say that I'd look into why not tbh!

harsh.

You do know all children develop at different rates? DD2 was toilet trained at 20 months and so was asking to go to the toilet and talking in full sentences by then. DD1 didn’t talk in sentences until long after she was 2 (and now at 4 is extremely articulate and can read fluently despite not having started school yet).

My 2 year old once shouted at the top of her voice "mum I did a poo!" across a crowded hospital waiting room of about 50 people. She was toilet training and DH had just taken her to the loos.
Your lady probably would have passed out in horror. Most of the waiting room giggled.
It is perfectly normal for children to say what they have done, just like "I fell over", "I ate an apple" etc. Nothing rude about it at all.
Your 22 month old is doing great and sounds ready to soon start toilet training.

Ahhh - now I have to do all that maths and figure out how old everyone is (I simply cannot leave it be)

My 3 year old said about a man's dinner (eating some kind of a curry on the bus): "Mama, that looks like baby George's poo" (fortunately he said it in German and I was spared the actual embarrassment). I have to admit that I enjoy the stories in this thread.

Also, I need to teach my son to say: "Dearest Mother, I need to go to have my nose powdered.."

Ds (2) had a group of elderly ladies at the garden centre in stitches as he ran shouting 'oh no! I need a poo! I think it's sticking out!' I then said 'can you hold on until we get to the loo?' And he yelled scornfully 'of course I can!'

It is not rude but really OP if your 22 month old knows when he has done a poo he could be potty trained.

Bless the old Dear...she comes from a completely different generation and it was rude in her day to say such things. My poor old gran got belted as a 5 year old for saying the word belly button. She didn’t know it was rude but apparently it was considered so back in the 1920s.
I would just ignore and get on with my day. Maybe announcing your toileting is not exactly polite, but neither is it rude when the person in question is a toddler.
The lady being rude doesn’t excuse anyone else being rude in return so I’m glad you didn’t say anything too horrible to her.

Not rude at all - children shouldn't be embarrassed about their bodies and they need to tell adults when they require help, and why.

When DS was about 2 and a half or 3, he shouted at his dad who was walking back to our restaurant table, having been to the loo "Dad! Did you do a Poo?"

No idea why but it did make the other diners laugh.

Woman on bus had no sense of humour.

My 5 year old (who has had continence problems and special needs) has got into the habit of yelling really loudly in triumph when she's got one on target "I... DONE... A... POO!" Believe me after the problems we've had - we share the triumph to be honest.

Middle of the royal wedding, just literally as it got to the "if anyone knows any reason this pair shouldn't get hitched speak now" bit we get, with perfect timing from upstairs, "I DONE A POO!"