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To be concerned about what my 5YO said

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Airyfairy19 · 30/09/2024 21:42

She is obsessed with talking about poo and farts at the minute and now keeps saying bum. But today she said 'I ate a bum at school today' and was laughing. I said 'A bun? What bun was it?' She said 'No, a bum, bum' I asked her what she meant and she said she was joking. Explained not to joke about things like that. She said someone in her class has been saying it. Should I be concerned?

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Sprinkly · 30/09/2024 21:43

I would put it down it down to a silly comment she found funny. Mine went through a phase like that.

BusMumsHoliday · 30/09/2024 21:44

This sounds like a typical 5 yo thing to say. I wouldn't make a big deal about it.

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Airyfairy19 · 30/09/2024 21:45

Ok, thanks. I was just concerned as she's talking about things like that all the time at the minute. Glad to know its quite normal for this age

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BarbaraHoward · 30/09/2024 21:46

I have two girls aged 6 and 4 and every second word out of their mouths is poo. I doubt your DD's comments would raise any concerns, and a little gentle questioning would reveal she's being silly anyway.

TheKeatingFive · 30/09/2024 21:46

She's 5, I wouldn't worry

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Airyfairy19 · 30/09/2024 21:48

BarbaraHoward · 30/09/2024 21:46

I have two girls aged 6 and 4 and every second word out of their mouths is poo. I doubt your DD's comments would raise any concerns, and a little gentle questioning would reveal she's being silly anyway.

Yes, its constant at the minute!

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Ineedaholidayyyy · 30/09/2024 21:52

My 5 year child finds it hilarious and will say silly things like bum, boobs, nipples, and its all come from school 🙄

I was his dropping him off at school the other day and his friend ran up to him and shouted one of the silly words and they were both giggling. She will have just picked it up from school, I wouldn't be concerned.

StressedQueen · 30/09/2024 21:56

Wouldn't be concerned, it's very normal for kids

LostittoBostik · 30/09/2024 21:57

Nothing to worry about.

Welcome to the toilet humour stage. It's fucking tedious. Eldest is 7 now and it's still a daily irritation.

OiFatArse · 30/09/2024 22:14

There's an extremely similar thread, almost word for word in parenting (I think) at the moment, around 12 pages in so far, maybe that will help for advice?.

AgainandagainandagainSS · 30/09/2024 22:17

LostittoBostik · 30/09/2024 21:57

Nothing to worry about.

Welcome to the toilet humour stage. It's fucking tedious. Eldest is 7 now and it's still a daily irritation.

And then you get a second round of it when they get older.
My husband still laughs at farts!

CookieCrumbles23 · 30/09/2024 22:23

Yep, my nearly 4 year old finds poo, bum and willy hilarious. He often says he eats ‘poo’ and laughs his head off. I wouldn’t worry OP. This sort of humour is lost on me but I smile and nod along whilst he tells me his 100th poo joke of the day.

Didimum · 30/09/2024 22:33

6yr old twins here. The poo, bum, fart talk is constant.

anxioussister · 30/09/2024 22:41

I went on a school trip last week and, because I am a mug, sat at the back of the bus with a row of five year old boys. A snippet of what I heard them say….

  • I’m going to poo on your head and flush it down the loo
  • you’re going to eat all the farts and the poos in the world
  • you like to eat stinky fart bums
  • Liam likes to eat fart cake
  • max only drinks fizzy wee
  • I’m going to get all to poo of all the whales in the sea and tip it on your house when you’re sleeping (personal favourite)

unless there is further contextual info I would suspect it’s just a reflection of the conversational tone of the five year old playground…

doodleschnoodle · 30/09/2024 22:47

Can confirm, DD is 5 and poo and bum chat is a daily fixture of our lives. Some of it is quite imaginative.

ChiffandBipper · 30/09/2024 22:50

Par for the course unfortunately.

bishbashboshjobsagoodun · 30/09/2024 22:52

My twins are 7 and it's still all bum and poo talk I'm afraid Smile they find it hilarious!

CookieCrumbles23 · 30/09/2024 22:54

anxioussister · 30/09/2024 22:41

I went on a school trip last week and, because I am a mug, sat at the back of the bus with a row of five year old boys. A snippet of what I heard them say….

  • I’m going to poo on your head and flush it down the loo
  • you’re going to eat all the farts and the poos in the world
  • you like to eat stinky fart bums
  • Liam likes to eat fart cake
  • max only drinks fizzy wee
  • I’m going to get all to poo of all the whales in the sea and tip it on your house when you’re sleeping (personal favourite)

unless there is further contextual info I would suspect it’s just a reflection of the conversational tone of the five year old playground…

😂😂 My son would love these! Poor you though, I bet that was a long journey.

tolerable · 30/09/2024 22:56

be thankful you dont live in Scotland. with boys
mine absolutely adore the word "JOBBY"(poo)
my mums very english,i m NOT allowed to say that.51yo still go bright red.everytime hear it
that said.i also giggle (like am 5).
let it go

AgainandagainandagainSS · 30/09/2024 23:22

anxioussister · 30/09/2024 22:41

I went on a school trip last week and, because I am a mug, sat at the back of the bus with a row of five year old boys. A snippet of what I heard them say….

  • I’m going to poo on your head and flush it down the loo
  • you’re going to eat all the farts and the poos in the world
  • you like to eat stinky fart bums
  • Liam likes to eat fart cake
  • max only drinks fizzy wee
  • I’m going to get all to poo of all the whales in the sea and tip it on your house when you’re sleeping (personal favourite)

unless there is further contextual info I would suspect it’s just a reflection of the conversational tone of the five year old playground…

A school trip with year 1 kids in the first month back - you are very brave.

My teacher mum was once asked by a child in her class 'Mrs XXX would you prefer to fart glitter out of your bum or burp bubbles out of your mouth?' Kid was 7 I think. I don't know how she didn't burst out laughing. Another child also dedicated his lunchtime to writing 'I am sory I am norty I do like scool' on a piece of loo roll.

Howdidtheydothat · 30/09/2024 23:27

OP, this is such a lovely age, Poo is a funny word and the five years olds equivalency of experimenting with swearing. My DC are now teen/pre teen and we have had to to deal with words and phrases like rapist and bell end. Was also sad to hear (and to need to interject) my DC and their friends using “gay” in a derogatory context (X is so gay, he was scared on the ghost train). Had hoped the next generation had moved on, they pick this crap (excuse pun) from peers and social media. I wouldn’t worry about the whole “poo” thing, it is tedious but simple to deal with. I would just say “no thank you, we don’t need to make jokes about poo, we have done that lots of times. I used to find the word poo when poo funny when I was five (etc, insert any undesirable word or age here!), it gets boring after a while” but beware, the next set of phrases will be worse than the last 😳

iwonderifyouknow · 30/09/2024 23:27

OiFatArse · 30/09/2024 22:17

Came to point out the same. Mumsnet is such a contradictory place.

MrsSkylerWhite · 30/09/2024 23:28

Perfectly normal, it will pass. More quickly if you just ignore it.

Incakewetrust · 30/09/2024 23:30

I have a 5yo and a 6yo and I've been told on many occasions that they're going to bite my bum/ they want poop for dinner/they love farts/ mummy's boobies are funny etc
It's just silly kid talk. It's a stage they all go through as they learn to push social boundaries.