Out of the Mouths of Babes- - Kew Gardens,NY

Several years ago, we were at the in-laws. The kids kept coming in from outside and not closing the door. After they were told several times I said "close the damn door". When they came in and left it open, my 3 year old son said "close the damn door". Yeah, I'm THAT mom!! =)

Needless to say, I changed the way I spoke in front of the kiddos.

We drive under a freeway overpass every day on the way to day care. My nearly 3 year old and I always yell going under to "scare away the trolls." A couple of weeks ago, I yelled going under but he didn't. On the other side I said "Oh no, now the trolls will follow us home and tie knots in our hair while we sleep!" Because that is how you get knots in your hair, in case you didn't know. So he giggled, and I started saying "oh no! oh no! Troll knots!!" He stopped laughing, gave me a serious look and said "Calm down, mom. It wasn't that funny."
Argh! When did my baby turn into a teenager!

My nephew used to love Miranda Lambert's song White Liar.
His favorite line was:
"Slips off your tongue like turkey time"
I'm sure Miranda didnt know about the re-wright because she kept singing it TURPENTINE!

We were at my moms last night for dinner. I was trying to get my son to talk about school etc.. I said to him Tell everyone how your teacher is rocken!.. he looks at me and says " No mom she does not go back n forth back n forth.. " .. Point taken child. Point taken.

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Husband was home with kids Saturday night. Our Two year old wanted to stay up.. My hubbys says okay but this is my time for TV- he wanted to watch the Suzie orman show.. After about 10 mins, our daughter looked at him and said "turn it off, daddy".. he siad no, this or you go to bed.. She went to bed.

I love the way kids interrupt things.

My husband is a retired sailor. There's a reason the expression "swear like a sailor" exists in English.

When our daughter was 2, she picked up on EVERYTHING. He was quite good at minding his language when he could see her. He was not good at minding it while driving in heavy traffic. On evening he had been out with her in the backseat and someone cut him off. I knew it was gong to be interesting when he came in the house and started apologizing before he even explained what he was apologizing for. Then around the corner comes my darling baby girl, singing at the top of her toddler voice - "Dammit, dammit, dammit... dammit, dammit. dammit..." to the tune of Jingle Bells. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe!

Given the options from the sailor vocabulary, I was just grateful that "dammit" was all she learned that evening.

That's hilarious - well sort of!! lol!!

This is perfect timing for this question - today is my nephew's 32nd birthday and waaaaaay back when he was about four, apparently he had heard me say my favorite phrase too many times. I don't even remember exactly what we were doing or what happened, but it was just the two of us and "out of the mouths of babes" I suddenly hear: "What the hell?"

I didn't make a big deal about it because I knew that would make it worse. I just simply asked him not to say that again because it would get both of us in trouble from his mom (my sister)!! As far as I know he didn't say it again - at least not as a small child.

Fun question!!

My husband has a problem with watching his language around our kids. I try to monitor it, but that is impossible all of the time! A few weeks ago my 6 yr old daughter wanted to wear a particular shirt. My husband couldn't find it anywhere and she started getting upset because of it. She refused to wear anything else. I was at work at the time, and he called me out of frustration. I talked to her for a few minutes and she calmed down. I come home from work that evening and my 4 yr old son comes into the kitchen with a huge grin on his face. He said "Mommy, my sister couldn't find her damn watermelon shirt!" I knew he heard this about a million times that morning! Ha!