I originally published this last year around the same time, and it’s amazing how my son’s vocabulary has changed. He’s three now, and there are no more “mogatoos” or “z cups.” But there are “super herioes” and I’m not correcting that one just yet. It’s what he calls The Incredibles. It rhymes with Cheerios and is just too cute. My toddler has a pretty big vocabulary. He has a name for everything, and often I think his names are way better. I know you’re supposed to teach them the right words and correct them, but sometimes their words are just more…
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Yesterday while driving a car cut me off and I yelled “Shit!”Immediately from the backseat I hear “Shit! Shit! Mommy Shit!” Shouted with great enthusiasm.Silently, I think: Shit. Shit. Shit. Now I’m perplexed. What AM I supposed to yell if “shit” is off the table, along with all its other 4 letter cousins? So I started try to come up with new things I could curse with. Sugar! Shitzu! Shizoozle! Snootchie Bootchies! None of these seem quite as satisfying. I have no idea how I’m going to retrain myself. It’s just an automatic thing. But I’m going to have to…
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My toddler has a pretty big baby talk vocabulary. He has a name for everything, and often I think his names are way better than the real thing. I know you’re supposed to teach them the right words and correct them, but sometimes their words are just more fun! Mogatoos and Other Things My son calls motorcycles “mogatoos.” So every time I see one I want to shout “Mogatoo!” It’s more fun to say, so I find it hard to correct him. But I don’t want him to show up the first day of kindergarten and tell everyone he wants…