Little Boys and Potty Talk

I'm still there. My son is 8. They just keep expanding their terms. TRY not to laugh and try to generally ignore it.

its normal he will outgrow it. then he will hit about 8 and everything will be farting. and how comical farting is. and then comes burping on purpose. but they are all phases they out grow.

It is normal but I promise he will outgrow it! I *generally* correct it when I hear it, a nice reminder that I don't like it but nothing too stern...b/c I know that they will outgrow it! My last boy (age 5) is slowly coming to the end of this stage now, fingers crossed!

Karma
Mom/Auntie to 6 boys
Ages 19-5

Good luck. My "little boy" is almost 12 and the potty talk just keeps getting better. I don't really understand why they have such an attraction. Kinda like the gun and car thing. Eveything a little boy gets his hands on becomes a gun, sword or car. When I'd see him, at age 4, turn a brocoli spear into a gun I'd wonder about little cave-boys - did they turn everything in to a weapon too? So i guess littel cave-boys were big on potty talk too - but it was probably called hole in the ground talk then.

Good luck - if I had found a solution I'd post it here - but basically I've told mine that it's not polite to use those kinds of words around girl and grownups and NEVER at school or the dinner table. But I know that doesn't stop them either - it jsut controls the mayhem. ;o)

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I used to correct it, mainly so he wouldn't spout off with "potty" talk in the middle of a store or with other, more, eh, prudish ,adults. He learned the difference between what he could say at home vs in public. Took a little while, but I was persistent and consistent.

With that being said, he is now almost 15, and I find a resurgence in the "potty" talk. Seems early teen boys are just as amused by it as toddlers...go figure. So I am once again reminding him of home vs public speech.

Sometimes, just to surprise and amuse him, I pop out a "poopy head" comment or two.

Ultimately, it will pass, and your son will go on to find yet another inappropriate speech pattern. LOL

Good Luck
God Bless

I'm not here yet as a mom, but as a teacher I've seen that kids really need consistency in their "social training". For example, a child doesn't really understand how/why to use a filter around some people but not others, so if you don't want to hear this talk, I'd try to address it and be consistent. The issue here is not the terms, per se, it's the idea of respecting others. Learning to act respectfully toward others is a life-long skill and that's why the name calling (even if it's fairly innocent now) should be addressed. It's about the habit, the intent, and goal of learning that this type of response to others is not ok.

Good luck! I'll write you in three years when I'm dealing w/this to find out how it worked. lol

they are boys they are going to say gross things every once in a while remind them that they are saying gross things and it isnt really nice but serious discipline is really not necessary

My 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son have both entered this phase recently. I ignored it, explained it's not nice, etc and kept telling them those are potty words and only to be used in the bathroom. But, since they are kids, they haven't listened that well to date. I ended up telling them if it continues I would have to wash their mouths out with soap since their mouths would be dirty if they were saying dirty words. They were amazed and and intrigued with this idea but once I showed them the soap they stopped the talk. We shall see if it works long term. I sooo do not want to actually wash their mouths out but will if it becomes necessary.

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions just wanted to let you know I feel your pain! Our 4 yo discovered the other day how to spell boobs and is constantly asking us what b-o-o-b spells, hopeing we'll say boob!

So this is part where it's not supposed to be funny anymore?
Because my DS (3) actually uses the F-bomb correctly. And I'll admit that I laugh when he does it.
One screening of "Adaptation" at the wrong time = F-bombs galore!

I think you have to treat it like anything else you want him to stop. Correct him whenever you hear it, and if it's a real problem, then time outs (or whatever you do).

We had the same problem with our 3 and 6 year olds. I told them they could say all the potty words they wanted but only when they were in the bathroom. The first few times my 3 year old was in the bathroom it was nonstop poop, poop, butt, butt .. until we left the bathroom. But it worked. They still have to be reminded but hardly ever and sometimes they even remind me!

I know EXACTLY how you feel. As the mother of two boys (8 and 5) and the oldest sister of 4 brothers I hear and have heard potty talk most of my life. Sigh.
I remember my son saying something and me turning around saying, "We do NOT call our brother poop head" and then thinking to myself....I never thought that would EVER come out of my mouth. ("don't let the dog hump you!" is another one that I never thought I would be saying.)
Boys are funny...they think potty humor is funny...even as adults farts and burps are funny. sigh again.
I don't think there's much you can do. Just talk to him about appropriate times and places to have his potty talk. Have fun!!
L.

It's a phase, so I try to ignore it. We do try to talk to our 4 (almost 5) year old about proper behavior in different situations, and that seems to have really helped. He goes to preschool, a babysitter, grandparents houses, etc., so we've talked to him about the fact that rules might be different at different places. Also, we talk about the fact that he has to behave a certain way in church. We apply the same rules to potty talk. It's fine at home, a place where I really want him to feel relaxed and not worry so much about what other people think, as long as it's just us. If we are out or if we have company, we need to stop the potty talk.

We've found that it works for the most part. Also, I do strongly believe that kids need to learn that different places have different rules and there are certain places and times we need to behave more properly. The more we talk about that now, the easier it will be in the future.

I have two stances:

First, as a preschool teacher, I remind the children "you are welcome to use those words in the bathroom". Very rarely, though, because my preschoolers tend to be very polite because I'm Not Mom.

With my son, he has two places to talk like that: his room or the bathroom. At the table or in company, however, he gets one warning and then he's asked to leave. (At dinner, this means you are finished eating for the meal.) We've explained to him that we know HE thinks it's funny, but it's not really pleasant for others to hear, especially when we are with our other grown up friends or eating. "They really don't want to hear about your poop and pee."

If I had an insistent one, I'd just take them to their room when this started. One family I nannied for, the boys would go into the bathroom to call each other poopy-head and all sorts of names they thought were silly. They were following the rules, so I let it go.

Funny thing: when we were talking about the human body at school, and how food is digested, I ended the explanation with "and what's left is the waste, which comes out as poop" and one of the kiddos jumped on me for it. "H.! You aren't supposed to say that!! It's bathroom talk!"