Soooo…yeah. This happened. Emma Vance and Cricket were wrestling around our bed after bath time (like usual), and E.V. put a pillow over Cricket’s face. I pulled it away and reprimanded her, and E.V. got mad.
Me: E.V.! NO! Don’t put a pillow on Cricket’s face. You’ll suffocate her!
E.V.: NO! STOP IT, DAMMIT!
Uh…
I scooped her up, took her to time out for being unruly and told her never to say that word again. She broke down in tears and I went back and forth between trying not to laugh and being really sad for her. Even though she had been snarky, she didn’t know that she was saying a bad word. She was clearly just repeating something she heard. Ahem. The big question now, of course, is where did she learn it?! :/ I’m not perfectly spoken, but that particular phrase isn’t one I use much if at all, so…who wants to fess up?
My innocent toddler ballerina…