What did she just say?
What did she just say?
My precious 18 month old Little Miss has taught me how much she really does hear and pick up. One day, a few weeks ago, Little Miss dropped something. It doesn’t matter what it was, what matters was her reaction. She dropped said item, looked down at it and said “Cap!”. Translation = CRAP! You see, Mummy has a little residual American left in her and readily says “Crap” whenever something goes wrong. Now, Little Miss has joined the Potty Mouth Brigade!
I know that in the grand scheme of things, saying “Crap” (or Cap) isn’t the worst thing she could say but I feel ever so guilty. I thought I could get away with it as well. Obviously, as I’m here for 100% of Little Miss’ waking moments, I thought maybe her Daddy might not catch on. He’s not as well versed in Little Miss speak. I couldn’t get away with it, though. One morning when Hubby got up with Little Miss she dropped something again. “Cap!” she shouted. Daddy knew just what she was saying. “Mummmeeeeee!” is all I heard. Oh. Crap Dear.
We are now attempting to recondition Little Miss’ vocabulary. When we hear “Cap”, we say, “No, Little Miss, Oopsie Daisy!” She readily repeats, “Oopsie Daisy”. I have heard less and less “Cap” and more and more “Oopsie Daisy”. We might be winning. I was mortified to have been outed to my Mother-in-Law as well. She is a genteel Englishwoman (well, sort of) and words like “Crap” are considered inappropriate. You should have seen her face when I mentioned something about “sheep shagging”…oh god! I hoped that we could just glide by this little glitch in Little Miss’ word choice. Alas…at the first opportunity, hubby turned me in. He claimed it was so that they would know how to deal with it if they heard Little Miss say “Cap”. I’m not so sure. Thankfully, my Mother-in-Law laughed! I’m not on her list for now.
What sort of gems have come out of your precious child’s mouth? I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us! How do you handle it? Any advice (and horror stories) are more than welcome.
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I think we’ve been quite lucky with the boy although he did go through a stage of dropping the f-bomb quite a bit. Luckily I know precisely which kid he learnt that off, and was glad it wasn’t me.
I know its not funny really, but it did make me laugh. We say oopses daisy too. MiniMad now always goes For Pitys Sake Mummy
Well, it did make me laugh as well…and then shake my head. It’s so hard to censor yourself!
Thank goodness it wasn’t you! I’d be mortified if she picked that one up from me! Crikey…gonna say that one a lot more. Safer!
Loving the new look around here !
So far we’ve been lucky but I’m really hoping that it stays that way… not convinced it will though
Thanks Mrs…needed a makeover. As I am not brilliant at censoring myself, I have a feeling this is only the beginning!
Lol – I remember when J was 3, he called his dad a ‘nob-head’ for braking suddenly in the car on the route to Disney. That was all my ‘fault’!!!!
You have to ignore them and stifle that giggle though eh!??!!
xxx
Yes, it is tricky to not laugh…I must say, I did laugh quite a bit to hear an 18 month old saying “Crap!”. Oh dear…;)
we get a lot ‘bum holes’ at my house becuase i tend to say that instead of ‘arse hole’ but unfortunately when someone upsets 4year old she calls them a ‘bum hole’ whoops!!!
Hee hee! That makes me laugh…is that wrong?
K is nowhere near talking yet but I should really tone down my language (especially when I’m driving!)
I love your photo of little miss – I take it she isn’t saying ‘Cap’ there?!
Yes, driving…I really need to be more aware there especially. The language! Must be the brilliant British drivers that bring it out of me! Thanks for stopping by to comment
I know this is a bit of an aside – but thought it might make you laugh…my daughter spent at least a year saying “c**khead” instead of “chocolate”….so even the best laid plans…