Toddler saying words that Sound Like ...?

Question

I have an almost 2 year old daughter. I get a little squeemish in public or in her kiddie classes because i find that when she is trying to say other words they sound like things which arent so pleasant. For example ... Book sounds like "F.U.C.K", Watch sounds like "C.O.C.K", and dance sounds like that auful "C" word that rhymes with punt. I dont know what to do, i dont think she is saying these word deliberatly, she may be for all i know but i need to teach her that these are bad words. How do you teach a almost 2 year old not to say these words?

Answer 1

duct tape....

Answer 2

Clearly she is trying to say another word, it is a pronounciation issue not an issue of saying bad words. Anyone working in kiddie classes, daycares and play groups know that and are not going to think you are swearing around her. It is common at her age and older to not be able to pronouce words. Don't get mad at her or even mention those words it sounds like she is saying becuse she has no idea what they are. When she does "Book" wrong just pronounce it properlly for her. Keep doing that with all her words seh gets wrong and as she gets better at moving her mouth and tongue to form sounds the words will get clearer.

My brother (and now my son) says f.u.c.k for truck, my brother grew out of it and so is my son. everyone knows he is little and pays no attention they go straight for his command, if he says I want the f**k they get him his toy truck and say here is your truck.

Answer 3

Well when she says those words and you know what she is referring to.  You just need to say the correct word that goes to what she is saying.  For example my son use to say another word for truck.  (Starts with the letter F).  When he would say it I just say the correct word.  

Answer 4

I don't think she is saying it on purpose. When my daughter was that age my mom said Dadgumit and when my daughter repeated it it sounded like (D A M N I T). When my mom would say Britches (pants) my daughter would say it and it would come out (B I T C H E S). The only thing you can try and do is work with her on her Annunciation. Sorry. Another thing is not to let anyone laugh when they sound that way because she will just keep repeating the work over and over. Good luck! :)

Answer 5

you can try getting her to say the first letter a bit first eg B B B Book

put your face in front of her, so she can see you making the shape with your mouth.

B B B Boots

B B B Bed

use any words se already knows.

when my sister was small, we walked past a house with a parrot in the garden.

every day, she would point to it and say "carrot"

so my dad did the P P P thing.

next time we walked past, we got P P P P Carrot

when my son was potty training, he had a small plastic potty with a picture of a fish on. he struggled with the F in fish.

it always came out as pish. we had to explain that one to nursery, before they thought he said something else instead of weewee

Answer 6

LOL it's probably nothing...my three year old said i want my bear the other day and i thought she said  i want a beer. It was kinda scary till she showed me what she wanted and then i felt really stupid. Don't worry about it too much. You can sound things out better for her. For example when she's trying to say clock show it to her and sound it out really clear.  

Answer 7

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Answer 8

All you can do is repeat the word correctly while she is staring at your mouth.  Tell her to look at you and say the word, then have her repeat it.  Eventually she will get it right.  All kids say curse words without meaning it.  On a funnier note - my son calls lasagna - pi-on-yos?   We never correct him because it is funny and cute.  Now we just all call it that. They say all kinds of funny things, just laugh and enjoy it.  

Answer 9

hahaha, whatevber you do dont make a big deal out of it two year olds love to know they got something as easy as a word to wind you up and get lots of attention!

ust repeat the correct way to say the word and leave it, itll be alright.

they're so cute

Answer 10

LOL When my oldest daughter was about 16 mos. old she kept walking around saying 'T*ts! T*ts!' Now I know she might have heard some other words from her father during home improvement projects that weren't going well but 't*ts' was not one of them. FINALLY we caught her shoving her teddy bear in her highchair saying, "T*ts!" and realized she was trying to say 'Sit!'

The best thing you can do is figure out the word she's trying to convey and correct it each time you hear it. She has no idea that those words are socially unacceptable and is trying out her new language the best she understands it. When you hear her say the word incorrectly point to the object or show the action and say the word correctly. She'll get it with enough repetition and correction.

Best of luck to you!!

Answer 11

I miss this stage! I think it is so fun when they are learning all these words.  My son used to try to say frog and it would come out fu**.  Your daughter is using sounds that she knows and substituting them for the sounds she can't yet pronounce.  She will get there just be patient and in the meantime write it all down cause that way you won't forget it and it will be terribly fun for her to hear all this when she gets a lot older (it will make a good speech at her wedding)!

Answer 12

My younger sisters used to to that to. We had to tell them that it was wrong. What we didn't know was they were acctually saying something else. Finally one of them just stopped talking all together. So the best you can do is try to figure out what there saying and say that word the right way. and get them to say it that way as well. Work with them, or you get a speech teacher for her.