Last night, Ava and I were lying in her new double bed, which was delivered yesterday. She said to me, “This would make a great bed for a baby butthead.” (This “butthead” word, which she did NOT learn from us, is her newest linguistic obsession, with which she daily tests our limits. We’ve been repeatedly chastising her for it, but now I think we should just ignore it and hope it goes away.)
Anyway, I said to her, “Ava, we don’t use words like that.” Ignoring my admonishment completely, she sat up in bed, held up her hands, and said, “Hey! You know what, Mom? All those words start with the letter ‘B’: ‘bed,’ ‘baby,’ and ‘butthead!’” I had to smother a smile of disbelief and admiration. She may be a sassy little thing, but at least she’s learning something useful from us that is fit for public consumption! 
Kids say the darndest things
July 22nd, 2008 · by Leah · View Comments
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1 Nathan Pralle // Jul 22, 2008 at 1:21 pm
“Nervous?”
“Shitting bricks.”
“You…shouldn’t use words like that.”
“Sorry — shitting rocks.”
2 writermom // Jul 22, 2008 at 1:44 pm
That Ava is sharp! I agree to ignore the “butthead” remarks. She KNOWS you don’t approve and that she shouldn’t use words like that, which is precisely why she continues to do it. I speak from experience. Kids love to push push push those buttons. I’ve found ignoring works better…if you want to give that a try.
3 map // Jul 22, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I’m with writermom. It’s like when you ask me to take the recycling down to the recycling bin, Leah. I ignore you, and eventually you do it yourself.
“Where do you think you’re gonna put a tree that big?”
“Bend over and I’ll show you.”
“You’ve got a lot of nerve talking to me like that Griswold.”
“I wasn’t talking to you.”
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