why did he have to learn this word?

[ruty]

Ok, mortified about this and realise its totally my fault, but a couple of days ago i dropped something whilst holding 18 month old ds and I said 'bugger'. We have tried hard not to swear since he came along, but as my dh suggested, as i said this involuntarily I may have said it before. Anyway, so now ALL ds wil say is 'bugger.' All the time. In the park, in the supermarket, to his grandpa. i feel terrible. I try to ignore him when he says it, but as he only has about ten words anyway, and there are so many he understands but won't/can't say yet, why did he have to pick up this one? I haven't said it that often, i'm sure! Any advice on how to handle it?

when ds was about 18 mos I did the same thing except it was f&*k it.

He used to say it at really "appropriate" times ie'when the nice church lady was helping him paint and he dropped the brush.Kept having to make the excuse that he was saying bucket.

I ignored it and he eventually stopped saying it.

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

Thanks dtg!

My lovely DS2 (2.5) overheard me calling dh an arsehole the other week, DS was in the other room and I only said it quietly but he picked it up. The funny thing is he uses it in the right context. His dad was winding him up the other day, deliberately annoying him and ds came running up to me, when asked what was up he said 'Daddy aahole'. We try to ignore him but on that occassion i couldnt help but laugh, he said it so seriously.

Normally we avoid swearing in front of the kids but even that doesnt help as everywhere we go you hear people swearing. Luckily though Ds2's bad language is limited to arsehole (at the moment anyway)

Ah thank you for the enlightenment! It's amazing that my mummy lets me out on my own really, I'm so naive

Me too Miaou, I spent a minute or so wondering what it was as well!
My dh sometimes says 'bugger' and pronounces it 'booger', as if that makes it better :) DD hasn't repeated it so far though!

some great stories here - makes me feel much better, thankyou! Ds has turned it around to 'gubber' this morning, so I'm hoping that sticks. And I've got to be very good now...

ds once told me there was some "slit" outside. What's that?
"That word daddy said when he fell out of the tree".
And there was too.

SO, he either instinctively knew what it was (possible, he is a male) or else he had learnt the word and meaning from someone else...

tis thread reminds me of my neice who was 2 1/2 at the time. her older brother had been asked several times to bring his washing down stairs and noticing the frustration of her mum she shouted up the stairs "xxx bloody washin down now or smack arse" made me laugh anyway!!

I remember my two year old brother saying 'buggerbuggerbugger' like a cracked record for weeks....very satisfying sound, plus his two big sisters smirked and giggled every time . My father ended up making up 'swear words' for him, poor lad fell for it - still tease him today 'oh, nosha!'.

I actually do say bother when I drop something, but when DD says it, it sounds just like Bugger!!!! Had to admit, really have had to cut down on swearing since DD came along, and not listening to Emimem since... Or Dr Dre. The wheels on the bus is just not the same.

DS's invisible friend is called Buddah .. which was a quick thinking change to me calling my mother a bugger on the phone .. 'no darling, mummy said buddah' .. this was 3 years ago .. he's 5 now

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