to hate the word fart?

[JetSetWilly]

DS (nearly 3) is at a childminder's house two days a week. CM has two young girls under 10 along with the other children she looks after.

Previously DS used to say 'I done a boom boom boom' silly I know and no idea where he got it from. DS now says 'I just done a FART' - I said who says that? - he says one of the CM's daughter says it. It really irritates me - he's not even three. and it's the way he says it as well

I don't think I can stop him saying it now but it really irrtates me.

Is this just something that happens when children are with other children and do I just need to get over it?

Yes, you probably need to get over it. Fart is actually the correct term, if that's any comfort (probably not, I'm guessing!).

Fart is infinitely better then pump, trump, boom, fluff, puff or any of the other sickeningly twee variations I have heard.

A fart is a fart. I'd say get over it.

Oh you are soooooooooooooooooo NBU. I hate it too. However I come from a family where they said 'passed wind' if they actually had to refer to it at all.

My two say 'trump' which I can cope with but having two DSs for whom the whole 'trump' thing is the height of hilarity it's difficult to get away from in our house!!

yy you're right aren't you

you see I was quite happy with him continuing with his silly term boom boom boom

but then he can't continue that until he's 11 can he

and I'm not into making up silly inaccurate names

and all those sort of passing wind terms are a bit long WINDED if you ask me !!!

oppps sorry lots of crossed posts

YANBU I don't like it either,especially not from a 3yo! In our house if we have to talk about it at all (and it does get talked about - I have 3 boys and a windfilled DH) we talk about having trumped

If my DCs come out with something I don't like I just say I'd rather they used this word instead and as long as you keep to that, he might stop using the word fart - a gentle word to the CM might help too as I wouldn't want my youngest to be saying that at that age either!

x-post with post about trumping being twee

Everyone farts. The word fart is just a sound which we use to denote this occurance. I think it is not the word fart you are objecting to but the act which it describes. Therefore whatever word society would choose to use instead of fart would become unpalatable to you so therefore YABU. And people fart - even the queen -get your head round it lady!!

yes you see, that is what is grating me - he's not even three

now, when he says it in front of somebody else, he will say 'i've done a FART' it's the way he says it as well that irritates me. I do realise that is what it just grates

No fart is not the correct term. The correct term is actually 'flatulence'.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word comes from the Old English 'feortan' meaning to 'break wind'. However the work 'fart' is 'not in decent use'.

If you don't want to have him talking about farts, you can introduce the word 'private'. This worked well with my DS when he was younger. He quickly grasped the idea that some things (usually toilet related) are private and therefore not to be talked about/shown in public.

lol at shakingmyfattybumbum

but parp, trump, boom fluff puff all those twee words don't grate me, I just think they sound stupid

fart grates me, especially when I hear little DS saying it

granted he is my PFB

Love 'feortan'. Could her DS say 'Mummy I done a feort' then?

Children will pick things up from other children, that's what happens if you put them in childcare or take them to toddler group/gymboree/soft play/general socialising.

I agree JetSet. I don't like the word fart -not really sure why, it just sounds naff and sounds too adult a term for a 3yo to use IMHO.
I don't mind the act of breaking wind,or if other people do it too but if my DCs are going to talk about it I can think of other words I'd prefer to "fart".
DS3 who is 2 often says he's done a pop which for that age group is fine - nothing wrong with a twee term when you're a preschooler!

YABU

And farty.

YANBU.
I hate it too. Infact to me that is the real F word.

When I was wee, my parents had us saying that we did 'bops' ??????????

I guess if you made up your own word then no one would know what he was talking about!

that's interesting GT
so then some people would think it a bit crass DS saying fart?

I grew up in a family that never mentions he unmentionable - well 'wind' was as far as was permissable - and married into one that positively glories in it .

The more you try and find alternative words for things the more bizaare they start to sound.

It is what it is. All my dc say 'fart' now (but not in front of grandma)

Personally I'd be more upset at him saying 'I done' instead of 'I did' but we are a family of pedants...

parp
pop
trump

they all sound quite sweet and inoffensive

fart
guff

they sound harsh and nasty and make you want to leave the room asap

lol at shaking 'mummy I done a feort' !!!

i find trump twee

but i think I could live with pop or bops for some reason

that's why i liked his boom boom boom because noone knew really what he meant!

I think it's true though isn't it I guess I'm just going to have to cope with him picking up these things from other children if he mixes with them!

shaking I thought that too!

"I done" makes me shudder.

We use the term 'pop'. Was funny when my sister burped though and my DD1 exclaimed "You popped out of your mouth!"

My mum actually told us that 'fart' was the f-word when we were kids. We looked right idiots when we bragged about knowing the f-word at primary school. And personally I've only just forgiven her for the humiliation.