Seth's Weblog

Savannah and Seth think adding the word “stinky” to objects is hilarious. I’ll say. “Wash your hands in the sink.” And Seth will respond, “You mean the STINKY sink?” Then he laughs big and loud.

Now, he does the same thing Savannah tried a few months ago. He says it when he’s mad. If he doesn’t get what he wants or gets in trouble for meanness, although he has to get pretty mad, his expletive is, “Stinky!” I told Savannah several times not to say it, reminding her whenever I heard it. It didn’t take her long to quit. Of course she was a lot older then he is now. Interestingly, I haven’t yet told him not to say stinky when he’s mad. I realized that wasn’t fair to her and the words they’ll hear growing up will be much worse. Then once I decided to correct him on it I haven’t heard him say it again when he’s mad. But I’m still a “Stinky Mama” when he’s happy. Baaaaa ha ha ha ha ha!