But Can He Do The Entire Alphabet?
By Glinda
Sigh.
I knew it was coming. I mean, I have a son, so I knew that sooner or later a certain sort of humor would begin appealing to him. One that leaves me shaking my head and praying that it will soon pass.
Although I know it won’t.
I’m talking about burping. Yes, burping. The Munchkin has reached the stage where burping is now considered the epitome of entertainment. He gets a kick out of burping while he is in mid-sentence, and lately he will burp just for the sheer, uh, joy of it.
As any parent worth their salt knows, non-reaction is the key to stuff like this. Keep the face completely devoid of emotion. Keep the voice on an even keel, and only remind him to excuse himself in a normal speaking voice. That’s about all I can do. I’m sure he and his friends do it constantly, and part of the fun is seeing if Mommy will have a cow.
I’ve promised myself I won’t give him the satisfaction of having a cow, even as inwardly I roll my eyes and wish for him to find the really bad jokes he would come up with on his own to be the preferred form of comedy again. Even as I find his amusement at the sounds emanating from his mouth completely amusing, I cannot in good conscience condone burping as a valid form of humor.
Times like this, I wish for a girl. Then I would only have to deal with what she wants to wear to school and how I should do her hair.
Right?
Actually, if I’m wrong, I don’t want you to tell me. Let me live in my fantasy world. Please?
August 21st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Oh but you are so right about girls. I am glad it’s not just my son. Last week at the dr’s office, well in the waiting room to be exact, I was talking to the front desk when my son let one out. If he wasn’t standing right next to me I would have sworn it was a grown man burping. I couldn’t believe it and the entire waiting room erupted in laughter. What could I do? I calmly told him, “now what do we say?” He said, “excuse me” and that was that. Can we talk about the farting too? Oh the joy of boys. Our life would be so boring without them my dear Glinda
August 21st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but burping is only the beginning. Before long he’ll be asking everyone in sight to pull his finger.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Did you see the story about the kid in the fart-lighting contest yesterday who decided to hight his fart…while he was standing next to a can of gasoline?
The cops and ambulance attendants agreed, he probably won the contest at least.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am
One can only marvel at the primeval brain…
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 am
My 3yo already thinks burping is hilarious. Every time his father or grandfather burp he makes this weird sound that he thinks is a burp and then laughs at himself. It is really hard not to laugh because he thinks it is so funny, but I try. Most of the time I give up and just laugh and say, “Excuse you!” What are you gonna do?
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Thanks to Guitar Hero exposing him to the classics, my 6 year old son can now burp “Smoke on the Water”. His Dad is so proud….