Sassy

Ever wonder where your little darlings come up with some of the stuff they say?

Because they are little repeaters and all that sass they give you is learned....from YOU!

They grasp the word "NO" so quickly because you continuously say "no".  To them to the other kids to other people.  Lots and lots of "no" flying around every day.  We tried stop instead and well the result was "stop" or "you stop it."  Yup that goes around a lot.  Everyday we do something that ticks Evangeline off and we get a finger point and "You stop that!"  "Stop it (insert name)"

The second you laugh at something they've done is a sure way to encourage them to continue that behavior.  Be careful what you giggle at....potty humor is great, who doesn't enjoy good laughs at it, but when your toddler gets up next to you and points her butt at you and makes fart noises with her mouth and collapses in giggles and repeat and repeat.... when your older children have taught your toddler how to moon you.  How are you supposed to react to that...yes it's funny...yes its inappropriate...punishment (yes no maybe so).

What about bad words?  We've all said them, we've all heard them come from our toddler's mouths. And it is funny....in a shocking kind of way.  Nothing like a two year old wandering around the house saying.  "F*@K, or S@!T."  Or a 4 year old copying your road rage words while playing with cars.  :)

What's worse is that they adopt your tone of voice too.  SO when someone else is watching your child and that person receives a scolding from a toddler the reaction isn't going to go over well.  Or when your toddler or older children try to be "bossy" to kids younger, older, same age. 
I guess you are supposed to respect your children, since they copy everything you do good and bad, maybe they will learn to respect.

By no means am I a model parent. Trust me when I say my girls are SASSY (examples above and in other blogs).  The older two it has tempered well because you can be reasonable with them and they have a better grasp on situations,  they will use phrases like; that was completely inappropriate.  Its nice cause they can police themselves now. 

That leaves me with one.....completely out of control, sassy mouthed toddler who can aggravate and then surprise with in seconds.  Nothing like telling your toddler "wow you were singing very nicely" and in response you get "Oh thank you mommy."

So they do get more than just sass from you.  :)