Potty talk - can we stop it?

[fridayschild]

DS1 thinks it is very funny to use Really Rude words atm - he is 3.5. DS2 is 2 and therefore copies him faithfully.

Any clues on how themstop him calling people a poophead and a weewee? The plan so far has been reduced to waiting until they are teeenagers, and won't speak to us at all

ignore it, they only want attention

tried ignoring them for about 2 months now

they have only extended their vocabulary of rudeness

Where are they getting it from?

Fridayschild, have you tried telling ds1 that he shouldn't say those things? I know I'm pretty lucky with my dc, but I've always been able to just tell them that "poophead" isn't a great thing to say so please don't say it. I've also in the past given them both the right to remind me/"tell me off" if I say anything inappropriate in front of them - this seems to be something they quite like the responsibility of!!

we have said that we don't think that's a nice thing to say and have suggested alternatives - along the lines of no, mummmy is a yummy mummy (as if!)

they make them up actually and some are quite funny. I have no special objection to being called a hedgehog. Maybe it's the lack of reaction to the hedgehog-name that gives poophead its continued attraction...