SNAP!! i was gonna post this same question!

This morning i dropped a can of corn on the ground while in woolworths and said S**T! (as u know u shouldnt but do) as then had to listen to Jenaya saying S**T, S**T, S**T all the way down the aisle. Seemed the more i told her no, the more she said it and wider her smile went! All i can say is, lucky i was there early and nobody was out shopping then. I reckon im gonna try the aloe vera one written below. Thanx for that!

cheers, jo

hi

I have always been told to ignore them which i have done and its worked for me if they say it don't react because you reacting then they no that its a bad word my 3 year old at the moment is saying B^%$H and i have been ignoring it it went from few times a day to once a week so he is begining to forget about it i hope but i no it works

My son is 20 months and has gone trough this phase twice. The first time we ignored it and it stopped. The second time this didn't really work so we started saying "truck? Where's the truck?". This worked a treatand he hasn't said it since! Good luck

oh boy the naughty words  , well gone though it   at frist i didn't pay  attend to it  when they were young , but when they got older (like 5&6 )  well i took toys or they were in there room for part of the day ,when they got 7&8   if they say  a naughty word and if they can't tell me what its means , I get then  sit down and write  out the meaning form the dictoary  a 100 times .

 This stop them swearing  after a few times of saying naughty words  , as what kid love writting a 100 lines when they can be out doing something elses

Well, I have two teens, so unfortunately, my little guy has picked up a few naughty words.

I remember the first time he swore; it was actually quite funny.  The two older kids were yelling at each other over lord only knows what, and Justin said "F-you Chloe!"

Then, my lovely little-man danced arround the house singing, "F-you, Chloe, F-you, Chloe!"

Oh Lord, it made the kids stop fighting and everyone started laughing.  Sure did a good job of breaking the tension in the house.  But it did make it difficult to explain that wasn't a good thing to say, as he really enjoys being the clown.

But so far, ignoring it and not making a fuss has worked pretty well.  I also explained that people didn't want to play with someone being unpleasant, and saying those words is unpleasant.  That seems to work well with my son.  He doesn't want to do anything that will keep anyone from playing with him.

My oldest  is almost 3yo and she said it and it started about 2 and a half i ignored her and it went away. Now my youngest 19 months old came out with it on friday because she herd it down the stables with all the men. So i have told her three times it bad to say that word but she still did it every 5 mins so i ignored it and during the day it has got less and less. It seems to work but every child is different

good luck and hope what u try works for you

Tee

Hi Mel

When Ollie first said F--k!! I coud not believe my ears.  My cousin was around at them time and I said "did he say what I thought he just said"  How funny!!! you cant help but laugh as they are so young.  I agree just ignore him he will soon get fed up.  You are also right we do slip up from time to time and say things we should not but hey "none of us is perfect" 

Kastol

Mell first i want to ask you how old he is?

under th e age of about 3 to 4 yrs i just ignor it and it will stop, while he is gettin your attention for saying it he will say it more.

over that age well out comes the soap, i did that to my oldest and only had to do it once.some dont like the soap but i had it when i was a kid and it never did me any harm. I swar i would not do that to my kids but have with only 1 and he never said it again

other then that htere ia always peper or mustard (these two i would not use but mum did on my brother and it was not nice.)

good luck hunni hope he lets the word go really soon for ya