Turd is the Word

Yesterday afternoon, Maddie was getting cleaned up after a #2 in her pull-ups, so Jeff requested that Cadie bring him the “wipies”, our nickname for baby wipes. As Cadie brought them to the bathroom, Maddie matter-of-factly declared that they are actually called, “turd wipes”. I don’t what it is with my children and their embracing of the word turd, but this is not the first occasion they have found excuse to use it. I promise it’s not a word I use on a daily basis, but it must have struck a chord with them because they use it with inexplicable fondness. Jeff laughed, then spent the rest of the day calling their pull-ups “turd catchers”. That’s right, not only do we expose our children to words like “turd”, but we also encourage the usage by presenting them with new phrases containing the word. Luckily, it doesn’t look like “turd catchers” has caught on, but it’s becoming more and more clear that we aren’t raising two prim and proper girls. These girls can talk turds with the best of ‘em!