Oh The Funny Things We Hear Ourselves Say...

[CraftyMom]

What are some things you hear yourself say that if not in a daycare setting would sound really odd?

Today I've said

"We don't touch our friends' tongues"
"Please keep your fork out of your hair"

and of course a couple of weeks ago "poop is not paint!"

[CraftyMom]

I can add
"If you want to play with your friends you have to at least have underwear on!"

(my son who wants to be naked all the time)

[SunshineMama]

Books are for reading, not for eating.

Point it down (taking boys to the potty)

We are gentle with our friends (probably creepy outside a daycare setting)

[BumbleBee]

"Please don't use the same piece of toilet paper for your penis and your nose."

"Please stop licking the bottom of your friends shoes."

[MarinaVanessa]

Sometimes it isn't what I say that's funny, it's my reaction to what the kids say that surprises/shocks parents (and other people) because I may know what the kids are saying but the other adult may not. For example:

Child comes running up and very excitedly says "I hit some big crack hoes with my stick Mrs V!!! I hit some big crack hoes!!"
Me: "You did?! Oh my goodness, you've been working hard on that all day haven't you?!" and child runs off again.
Parent I was talking to face goes

I just smiled and asked the parent to come outside and see then I explained "See Billy playing in the dirt with the stick over there? When the dirt dried after it rained the dirt cracked a bit and became brittle. He's been using the stick to crack big holes in the ground"

parent: :confused:::

[NightOwl]

I heard this coming from the nursery at my center a few years ago and still laugh when I think about it:

No, no! We don't lick our friends!!"

[taylorw1210]

Sometimes it isn't what I say that's funny, it's my reaction to what the kids say that surprises/shocks parents (and other people) because I may know what the kids are saying but the other adult may not. For example:

Child comes running up and very excitedly says "I hit some big crack hoes with my stick Mrs V!!! I hit some big crack hoes!!"
Me: "You did?! Oh my goodness, you've been working hard on that all day haven't you?!" and child runs off again.
Parent I was talking to face goes

I just smiled and asked the parent to come outside and see then I explained "See Billy playing in the dirt with the stick over there? When the dirt dried after it rained the dirt cracked a bit and became brittle. He's been using the stick to crack big holes in the ground"

parent: :confused:::

:::: So funny!

[Laurel]

I've said "Friends don't sit on friends. "

[KiddieCahoots]

I've said "Friends don't sit on friends. "

"Oh no, we don't ride on our friends like a horse."

[Wubby]

" Boys, we don't wear dresses at the table."

[Tdhmom]

"How did you pee on yourself? More importantly, WHY didn't you tell me???"

[CraftyMom]

I can also add (after lunch today) Ranch dip is not lotion! Why are you rubbing it all over your arms?!

[SignMeUp]

Ranch dip is not lotion!

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[llpa]

"Did you just lick her cheek?"
"We don't eat playdough"
" No, we do not eat playdough off your friends' shoes"
"Are you making that face because you ate sand?"
"I can't trust you to play in shaving cream today"
"Are you not eating lunch because you ate everything else today that you shouldn't have?"

ALL of these were the same 2.5 yr old boy!! ALL before lunch ::

[ihop]

I just said this to dcg, 3, "dcg please don't lick my couch" immediately after "dcg don't lick my feet either". Her response was "im feet hungry"