2yo DD keeps saying 'fuck'...

[LittlePickleHead]

Was going to namechange but decided against it, though I am really about it

Around Christmas time, either me or DP (can't remember which) said 'fuck' by accident (probably because we dropped something). DD repeated it, which was a wake up call, as although we obviously try not to swear in front of her, I think we were doing it without even realising. I don't think that was the only time it had slipped out, but was the first time DD had repeated it.

We have been really good at not saying it since then (unless DP says it when I'm not around, though I doubt it).

DD is still saying it though! And she says it in context, e.g. she drops something, or something gets stuck. It's really clear, and HUGELY embarrassing. Our CM brought it up, so she is also doing it when we are not there.

I've been dealing with it by not reacting at all, on then saying 'oh dear' or 'whoopsie' when something happens, but it's not working, she is still saying it! Happened today at playgroup when her paintbrush got stuck in the pot, and the look another mum gave me :( I just brazened it out and said 'stuck, oh dear lets get it out' but it was so clearly the f word...

Will she stop saying it eventually if we keep on ignoring? Or do you think she is still hearing it somewhere?

My DD too. I dropped a lamp stand over Christmas and said "F* it!" and lo and behold DD (2.5) started saying it to whenever she dropped something. I quickly changed it to "pocket" - ie Oh no, DD, you've dropped it, pocket and soon she was saying pocket. Now, after a month she doesn't say either. Phew!

A friends little one got into saying "fucking hell!" After the reaction she got it became her buzz words. My friend got round it by saying "don't say Panama Canal" every time her dd said it, it soon cuaght on as the preferred profanity of choice in their house.

My youngest went through a stage of "bloody shit". I really couldn't think where it had come from until I was having a nervous breakdown one day and said to the kids/dh/the world in general "I'm fed up of having bloody shit all over the house." Ooops!

My ds's first proper sentence was 'woah duckin hell, I nearly fell owva then!'
as he slipped off the hearth .

His failure word was 'crap' which was acutally quite sweet and not nearly as offensive as fuck!

I changed the words too. I do remember taking DS1 when he was 4 to get some new shoes. Now, he was a gorgeous little boy and very polite and was being much admired by a couple of old ladies. DH was with us and was messing about (I say he's my 5th child) and I jokingly sent him out of the shop. DS1 then piped up "Well, that fucked him off, didn't it, Mummy!" I managed to keep a straight face and explain that you don't use that language. The old dears weren't quite so enamored of him then. Oh, and my CM was sacked not long after!

When I was working one weekend dh apparently called another driver a "Big Dick" and the dds asked me what it was!?

dd2 when she was 2 heard the word "fucking" but dh or someone obviously told her not to say it.

So being a clever little thing she had a conversation with me that went something like this "x said fucking but I didn't say fucking. I don't say fucking because I'm not allowed to say fucking but x said fucking and fucking is a bad word"

Eventually she forgot (I hope)

I swear all the time in front of the kids without realising. Particularly when driving. We have had a couple of instances when the boy has said fuck in public......but generally they are very good and dont use bad language. Thank fuck.

I have gone about it by really apologising whenever I do catch myself saying anything in front of them. Now they tell me off and tell me I am not allowed to use that word.

p.s. sorry for the terrible language

My son and daughter use the occasional naughty word, picked up from their dad's house I'm assuming.

I don't swear much - it doesn't really sound right coming out of my mouth for some reason - but they are very good at chastising me for using the word "bloomin". I say "but that's not swearing" - and feel about 10 years old.

They'd be horrified if I said anything worse