RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
Once when we were waiting in line at the grocery store on a particularly busy day, so there were dozens of people around, DS #1 (then about 2 years old) looked at me very seriously and asked, in a VERY clear voice with excellent projection,
"Mommy, you have penis?"
When I answered, quietly, "No, I don't have a penis," he thought for a minute and then was happy to tell me, and everyone around us,
"Mommy, you no have penis. You girl. You have BAGINA."
And just yesterday we were (thankfully alone at home) discussing words that rhyme. He was saying real rhyming words (spoon and baboon) and making up words (milk and spilk). So what did he say rhymed with corn? Let's just say I'm glad we weren't having the discussion in line at the grocery, because who wouldn't call Child Protective Services upon learning that the first word my son thinks of to rhyme with corn is PORN?????? Of course, he thought it was a made-up word, but I still nearly spit out my milk (spilk?).
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
A couple of months ago, DD got a nasty case of ringworm on the back of her right hand. On her doc's advice, we bandaged it up whenever she was in public to cut down on the contagion risk, but the bandage attracted lots of attention, and I got tired of the "Ewww!" reaction I got from people when I told them it was ringworm. So I started lying to strangers about it. So one weekend we were out and about and someone looked at us and said, "Oh, did she get a boo-boo?" I replied, "Yes, she got into a fire ant mound." (This is not a complete lie -- she did have some ant bites on her arm, although of course that wasn't the reason for the bandage.) No sooner had I finished saying this than DD pointed to her hand and said, clear as a bell, "Rin'wum!" "Yes, sweetie, I know it itches," I said, hoping no one else had correctly interpreted what she had said, and hurried her away. Whoops! Shame on Mommy for lying!
Ellen
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
Hallie, oh, oh, I'm laughing so hard I can't even see...
Allison
Mommy to Matthew Clayton, who is TWO!
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
The only two I can think of...
The other day he came around the corner and saw me putting on my bra. Ok, we nursed for a year but he's not seen the girls for a year, at least not in the flesh. He says, "mama's peepee?" Uh, no.
The embarass in public one isn't all that bad (heck, not compared to BAGINA, hooeee). He went to his first playgroup (and mine too) in May and the hostess brought all sorts of junk food for the kids and adults--chips, cookies, cupcakes, you name it. There was no way to keep him off the cookies and chips without a straitjacket (what was the woman thinking?).
So, we're heading down the bread aisle at the grocery store the next week and wouldn't you know, right next to bread are cookies, and across from bread is chips. "COOOOKIEEEEES!" he's screaming and pointing. I quietly try to explain that no, we will not be getting any, and he accepts this. Then we pull alongside the chips. "CCCHIIIIIIIPPPSS!" He's hysterical, lunging and pointing. I'm sure all 6 people in the aisle at the time wondered what I feed the boy.
Allison
Mommy to Matthew Clayton, who is TWO!
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
Had a good one last night! One of DH's (childless) coworkers and his wife were over for dinner. After dinner, DS was quietly playing in his room, we were having coffee in the family room. I should have known...quiet is not a good sign. A few minutes pass by with nice, adult conversation. DS calmly walks into the room, smiling hugely, and climbs up on the couch between DH and coworker. SANS PANTS. Ah, to be so comfortable with one's nakedness in public! Good to be three, I guess! I thought the CW was going to spew coffee all over my couch.
RE: Ooh! Ooh! I've got one!!
Eeek! Sorry Jeanne....ROTFLMAO!
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
I made the mistake of going into the womans underthings department...yeah real stupid move with a 4.5yo boy! }( he grabs one of those big padded cupped bra's and comes running with it up to his chest... "look mom, i have boobies!" :o
~Pamela mom to the trio of trouble
2 girls, 9 & 6.5yrs and one boy almost 4.5yrs
RE: So, what has your toddler done to embarrass you?
Well we just went to visit the IL's this last week. My FIL is a very private person and doesn't talk a whole lot - just some background. So at lunch DS asks FIL , "Grandpa, you have a weewee?"... DH and I were trying to repress laughs as DS asks poor grandpa several times. Thank the Lord toddlers are easily distracted ;)!