© 2008 kvandyke

Can I buy an R?

In my totally biased opinion my son is the funniest two year old ever.

Last night the Husband and I get home from our date. Our sweet babysitter is telling us about the evening when she says, “Ben said the F word- a lot.”

WHAT?!?!?! Not my sweet son. There is no way. Where would he have heard it? Who could have taught him that? I’m embarrassed, I’m mortified, I am one of those mothers you see on COPS. What am I going to do?

Fast forward to bath time this morning. I am dressing E while Ben is happily splashing in the tub.

“F$@!.” He says. I whirled around, almost dropping poor E.

“Ben, what did you just say”? I ask in my mom voice.

“F$@! mama F$@!” he says smiling up at me, holding his new favorite bath toy- a green FROG.

We are working on it. Frog now sounds like focg. Still a little shady, but better. Anyone have some speech therapy ideas on the whole R sound?

  • All I can say is the /r/ can take up to age 7.5 to completely mature. Hopefully, he'll get it way before then or he may get kicked out of children's ministry.

    I tried to call you today to tell you that Montel comes on at 10:00. ;)
  • Brent
    Katie,

    Our little one still wants us to open the front doe so she can go to the stoe. She's nearly foe.
  • kate
    Brent,

    Maybe it has something to do with living in SoKno.
  • Micah Weedman
    As a big fan of the f word, I say let him rip!
  • When Jack was 2, he had trouble saying "thank you" properly and we ran into the same problem you are in right now. At dinner with my parents one night, my dad handed Jack his sippy cup and Jack said, "F&%^ you very much." The looks on everyone's faces at the table were priceless! We almost didn't want to teach it to him properly because the reactions were so funny. But, we worked on it and he's no longer offending people with his "thank yous." Now he just offends people in other ways, along with his sisters :)
  • tvd
    Katie,

    I know how you feel. Gideon was telling me the history behind the ratification of the Constitution. I kept thinking he was saying "atification" which isn't even an word. We both had a good laugh.
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