HELP!! how to stop 2 year old saying "FFS"; don't know where he picked it up[blush]

[peasoup]

Two days ago he started saying "FFS" when he dropped something or couldn't do a bit of a jigsaw or couldn't get two bits of lego together and now two days later he is saying it SOOO often!! I can't stand it; don't know where he heard it and have no idea what tactics to use to get him to stop saying it. Got to stop him before my Mum hears; she'll hit the roof. And the nanny heard him and she was pretty shocked .
I've tried to say "oh for God's sake" whenever he comes out with "FFS" in the hope that he'll start saying that instead which would not be great but would be a darn sight better than the current situation. He says it SOOO clearly!! And he seems to be enjoying saying it over and over again!!! I've tried ignoring it but he seems to have sensed that he shouldn't be saying it which is why he's enjoying saying it so much. We haven't been out much but I'm dreading him coming out with it at Mum and Toddlers Groups, etc. He already said it in the canteen of my friends work today in front of eight of her work mates and everyone looked aghast! It sounds so horrible coming from a 2 year old. Please give me any advice you have on how to nip this in the bud. Before Grandma visits on saturday preferably!!!! Obviously i have already decided me and DH need to totally watch what we say from now on- it's just that he started learing to talk so quickly he kind of caught us unawares, just two months ago he could only say "juice" and now he can say almost everything! Including FFS....

When you've stubbed your toe how do you manage to remember to say "corrugated iron"?

It's called self control

Hmmm.. I wonder how I get some of that...

Dd1 said 'bloody hell' to my mum, mum said 'you must not say those words darling, dd1 'no and i must not say piss off either'

Ds used to mutter "fucksake". Needless to say I now have impeccable language when he's around!

He only ever used swearwords in the house, obviously copying me, but we were on a bus one time and he kept shouting out "One car! One car" and yes, it sounded like "wanker". I kept saying very loudly, "Yes dear, that is ONE CAR".

Nooo! don't tell him it's a nasty word! he'll use it as a weapon.
Just ignore ignore and ignore. If he puts it right in your face, then say ' I don't know what you mean...that doesn't make sense...it isn't a word'

he'll forget it after a while

I'll just have to quarantine him from Grandma till it all blows over

Peasoup - the amazing thing is I can say "corrugated iron" with such a satisfying tone that it sounds like real swearing. I don;t normally use swear words starting with C though.
A while ago my DS says "Mummy is F* a naughty word?" "Er yes"
"So why is it written on Daddy's sunglasses?"

An even better one, (I didn't realise he was looking at the crossword at the time, "Mummy, what four letter word goes something H something T"
The clue was "something small"

DS1 picked up F* it!" while on holiday last year, age 2, I blame DH!
I was also mortified (and have to admit mildly amused), esp when he said it in public and people started raising their eyebrows!!
We ignored it totally and after a week or two he stopped saying it.
did have to drill my DH to swear less though!
I'd just ignore it as the more reaction they get, the more they will do it.

He's said it less yesterday than the day before so hopefully it's subsiding...He has also said "god's sake" once or twice which is what I've been trying to get him to replace it with (Granny's not religious so that would be acceptable). Oh my God he's just said it (FFS) now as I type this!!! Because the cat jumped on his jigsaw puzzle. And we're off to Grandma's this afternoon. My Mum doesn't have a sense of humour about these things. I'll pretend he learnt it off the neighbours. Nanny arrived yesterday and said loudly "is he still saying it?" so i think he kind of knows there's an issue about the words so he'll probably kee it up to see us get wound up. Am trying to ignore or else say For God's sake so he thinks he's mispronounced it and switches to FGS. At the mo he's saying Dog's Sake which I'm happy with but every now and then FFS creeps in

This is a great thread and has cheered me up no end after a tricky day!

I love the flat willy story - was LOL.

When ds's speech wasn't so great he miraculously could say swear words perfectly bless him!

Had to start watching my language sharpish.

I had almost exactly the same problem when dd was almost 2. The worst thing was she would only ever say F--k in context e.g. if she dropped something out of the buggy, in a shop etc and always at the top of her voice. Problem was dh found it hilarious at first so she got a great reaction, then I told her off - also a reaction.
Her nanny told us we had to completely ignore it - give it absolutely no response whatsoever. It was so difficult - especially when she was still saying it - but she stopped within two days.

fortyplus your last post was hilarious!least his spelling is good!

dd used to miss the l out of clock and yell it whenever we saw a clock.i just reapeted clock each time.

moljam my DS used to say cock all the time too, always in his very loudes voice and nearly always in public!!

I do empathise - ds has started saying 'bastard' and 'selfish bastard' quite a lot. Guess I should stop abusing dh

My DD tells me to Piss off!! It is really embarrasing, especially as she usually starts with go away, and the piss off is hot on the tail!! She did it in a cafe full of what looked like the WI last week, i was with my mother, i pretended i needed a wee!

The other day i was looking for a mop head in the shop, i was sying to DD, mummy needs a mop head, lets find a mop head. Her speech is not so clear just lately - she was walking around the shop calling for the NOB heads!!

DS also saus "cock" instead of "clock" and "cock" instead of "Crocs", his Croc shoes.Unfortunately DH also has Crocs (I don't!). So all summer DS would point to his shoes and say "My cock" proudly, then look wistfully (he worships Daddy) and say "Daddy's Cock"

peasoup you and your DS are hilarious, was splitting my sides reading through this thread again last night.
How's the "FFS" habit coming along now?

A little update for you. Fairly disasterous day out. Had to get a cab uptown to deliver some stuff with DS in his buggy. He said it REALLY loud and clear when I dropped my bag getting out of the taxi. Taxi driver and various passing office workers gave me such bad looks-like I was the lowest scummy mother. Told him off, even though my policy is supposedly to ignore it, cos i couldn't face them thinking me such a bad mother that I don't even tell him off for saying it!
Then lunch with a childless friend. DS said it LOUD and CLEAR when he dropped raisons on the floor. Whole cafe goes silent, stops and stares. Couldn't look up to see their expressions; just grabbed him and again told him off due to everyone watching me, etc. etc. Not good.

My late dh's name was Frank, one afternoon a friends son who was then 3 was being wheeled past on his way to pick up his brother from school, on seeing my late dh in the garden he shouted acroos the road at the top of his voice "HELLO W...K"!!!
MY friend was so embarassed! My late dh thought it most amusing!!

Managed to get through a isit to my MU's without him saying it. Pretty miraculous but I don't hink my luck can hold; she wants to come over later in the week. I had a such a sweet DS till this started!

That was supposed to say "visit to my Mum's" not "isit to my MU's" and "I don't think" not "I don't hink", but you get the general idea..