Tooti

The most frequent word that comes out of my two-year-old's mouth is "toot". Throughout the day he announces, "I tooted!", whether he did or not. Every sentence contains the word "toot" in phrases like these: "I want a tooti bite", "momma, you're a tooti", I want to go for a drive tooti", "there is a tooti spider outside",  "tooti water", etc.

I was appalled at the grocery store the other day when in Nathan's loudest voice, pointed to a grandma-aged lady and said, "You're a tooti!" If you can imagine the look that lady gave me. I felt about five inches tall.

Last Sunday I walked into Nathan's Nursery class and several of the other children were using the same phrase. The children thought it was so funny and tried to use it in every possible way. Evan is one of the teachers in that class and he thought it was funny. Sorry to Brooke and Cali's mom. What can I say? Maybe he is starting a new slang?

He isn't really doing it in a "potty talk" sort of way most of the time. It is almost like a fun sounding word that he uses to be silly or to rhyme with. Almost in the place where you might use the word "cutie". It is kind of strange, but then again we are talking about Nathan here. He is one of those little boys that is a handful, but is going to be the most fun teenager and adult ever. We just have to survive the "tooti" moments (and quite a few other) for now.