Throughout the day I try and catch the kids using good words. This week we're reading The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, so we made a Gruffalo good words reward chart. I have no clue what to do for the 2.5-year-old though. I think I'm going to start having my 5-year-old pay me for every potty word he uses with his " work pay" money. (like when they teach their 2-year-old cousin to say, "chicken butt"- ugh! □ I am seriously not a terrible mom. Having some sort of set consequence when they do use potty talk. I get less annoyed, they say more good things. Ignoring it and reacting positively to the good words my kids DO use. □ Sometimes I can't help myself though.ġ. They love their rooms and would rather be there when I am grumpy anyway. and it actually just reinforced the behavior. Honestly I have actually done this at my wits end. I do however believe in " time in" so I need to incorporate that somehow.Ĭan't get myself to do it. so this strategy doesn't work for me either. Also, my son almost kicked the bathroom door down when I tried this. Having the kids go into the bathroom to let all their potty words outĪt some point we do have to leave the house. It leads to silly poorly thought out threats and frustration for everyone. They love to push my buttons and see me get angry. Me: "Wow, baby Ryan is using such good language."Įxactly what the kids wanted. Praising the kids that aren't using potty talk What do you do to stop it? What works at your house? Do you hate it too? Or is it just me? If you have a five-year-old, then most likely you know what I am talking about. I am talking about words like poo poo face and chicken butt. The potty talk going on at my house lately is killing me.
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