God Dammit

Yes - my 3 year old is saying "God Dammit" - I was hoping it would go away. But it hasn't and it's totally worth a blog post because even though I wish he'd stop saying it - it's funny how clever he is about it.

So - I may have said God Dammit at him a time or two. Especially during the pooping drama when I was at the end of my rope. I wanted to let out a string of curse words- trust me. But I haven't uttered these words recently.

On Friday morning I'm cutting up a pineapple in the kitchen. When I go to take the cutting board to the sink I manage to get pineapple juice all over the floor and I say "arg!" and Justin chimes in with "God Dammit."  Well at least he understands the context. So I say - Justin - we don't need to say that word. It's not nice. And I move on.

He says it again when we're getting in the car. Now I know it's just because I told him not to say it and I wish I had just ignored it the first time. So I just ignore it this time and pretend like I didn't even hear it.

He said it once or twice after that over the weekend and I just ignored it.  Then last night he finishes dinner and goes to the living area. He gets my attention with  "Mommy" and then whispers "God Dammit" and I say "I'm sorry buddy but I can't hear you. You're going to have to talk louder." This happens 3 times. Then I say "I still can't hear you. You are going to have to come in the kitchen if you want to talk to me."

He walks in the kitchen and I say "Did you have something to tell me?"

He stops and says "Nothing."

Then this morning when he wakes up - he gets in bed with me and we're laying there for a minute and he whispers again "God Dammit"

I again just act like I didn't hear anything.

So..my kid is the one at the church daycare- likely uttering God Dammit all day. Teachers haven't mentioned anything yet..so maybe he's reserving this fun just for me.

I don't want to make it a big deal - but I can't ignore it forever. Let's hope it just goes away this week!

No nap leads to sleepy boy..