Girls will be girls. Or something like that.
Last night, the girls were taking a bath, and I noticed the tell-tale bubbles coming up from the water. M laughed hysterically. I try not to call attention to farting, passing gas…whatever you call it. It’s a fact of life, but I don’t need them lifting their legs or shouting it at the top of their lungs. Too bad for me. They have Daddy to let them know that the louder or funnier, the better.
M proceeded to let me know, with immense pride, that she had, in fact, farted in the tub. With her mini Boston accent, she happily proclaimed, “I faaaaahted! Did you see the bubbles?”
“Yes, M. I did.” Change the subject. “Let’s wash up.”
Not a chance.
Abs wanted in on the fun, and though she did not make any bubbles of her own, she also claimed, “I faaaaht, too. Abby faaaaht, too.”
Then they fought for the rest of the bath. M was furious that her little sister wanted to claim credit. “No, Abs, that was me. I made the bubbles. You didn’t.”
“No, I faaaht, too.” “Abs, no you DIDN’T!!”
And so the rest of the bath went.
This shouldn’t surprise me, coming from the girl who sought out the nearest person in the bookstore to inform them that, though silent, she just farted in the kids’ section.
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April 8, 2010
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Welcome to my world. With two boys you would call this behaviour polite. Seriously.
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LZ replied:
April 8th, 2010
I’m sure! Personally, I think it’s hilarious, but certainly don’t need M bragging about her stinky bum to her teacher
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April 8, 2010
Yep, w/ an older brother, the Princess, thinks its the best thing in the world to burb & fart. I’ve had to caution her though about school & places when we’re out. Sheesh! I though w/ a boy it would be bad but she’s worse because Hubby & the Prince egg her on!! And yes, I do find it pretty funny sometimes except when we have to open the windows…..
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April 8, 2010
LOL She was PROUD of it!
I’m just glad to hear it’s not just boys who do this stuff!
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April 8, 2010
One of my favorite Christmas card photos of my two girls is of their two little angelic faces wet and soapy in the bath together. What is not apparent in the photo is that the joy on their faces is due to the fact that they had both managed to make huge bath farts at the same time, and just as I framed my shot. They are 8 and 10 now, but fart jokes never get old.
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April 8, 2010
I corrected Nate when he said “fahted”! I said, “It’s tooted and if you can’t get that then at least include the r!!”
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LZ replied:
April 8th, 2010
I think the accent is what makes it worse. I don’t really have one, and Joe definitely doesn’t, but both of them are growing up with a pretty strong aversion to ‘R.’ I almost fainted when M started asking for stickahs.
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April 8, 2010
Hysterical! For my boys it’s not the bath tub, it’s the wooden chairs and the bench for meals. When they really get going it’s like the woodwind section at the Boston Pops. Luckily they usually stop pretty quickly and we haven’t had any embarrassing public moments (yet) but I have managed to institute the rule of saying “excuse me” when they do it – that is pretty much all I can muster up between all of our giggles.
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April 8, 2010
OMG – that is hilarious!!! This is, by far, my very favorite post to date! Tears are coming out of my eyes from laughing so hard! LZ you have the cutest lil monkeys!
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April 8, 2010
Fighting for fart rights. Love that!
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April 9, 2010
yeah, same here with my 2 boys & hubby….they both love to announce ‘out loud’ when it happens, wherever we may be…sooo much fun!!
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April 10, 2010
Ah, so there is NO difference between a boy house and girl house! Good to know!
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April 11, 2010
Ahh, what a relief to know it’s not just at my house. I consider myself successful if I can keep this topic only in the bathroom. My kids know that it’s forbidden in the kitchen and at the dining room table. If only my husband (and mother-in-law!) didn’t think it was so funny!
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April 11, 2010
well this is fantastic!!! Tommy came up to me at a store once, a nice pretty post baby boutique sort of place, and quite loudly announced to both myself and the woman trying to help me “Mommy I did 2 farts!!” I could do little more than commend him on his counting skills and move on (oh…and by her gasp and surprised reaction it was quite clear that this clerk did not have kids!!)
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April 13, 2010
Now this could 100 percent be a conversation in my house although it sounds like you have little girls which makes it much more hysterical than mine who are, nine and six. I think it is fair to say farting never gets old.
Sadie at heyMamas.com
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April 14, 2010
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Haha! My kids call them toots. The recently trained 3 y/o likes to inform me, “Don’t worry, Mommy. I didn’t poop; it was just a toot.” No matter what you call them, kids think they’re hilarious.
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April 14, 2010
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Toots and FAWTS are very big in our home too. Nothing is funnier to them.
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