When my first child was three years old, she didn't use words like "butthole" or expressions like "Aw, nuts!" Today's three-year-old does. She also begs for cash, pretends her Barbies are in relationships, bosses around her dance classmates, and claims to love "Justin Beaver." Naturally, and much to my dismay, she learned all these things from her older siblings.
But, when she wipes her baby doll's mouth and pats her back with a "dere, dere, Fweetie" or attempts a jigsaw puzzle way behind her ability level or offers to pray for the "poor kids" I know those things came from her sisters and brother, too. I guess I just need to focus on those things... Because I will never enjoy hearing my darling baby utter "butthole," even in a sensible statement such as, "Well, I don't want my butthole to show."
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