The Funniest Things Our Kids Have Said
Readers share funny quotes from their children
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Assume the position

I was squatting in the store looking at stuff on the bottom shelf, and my 2-year-old yelled, “Mommy, are you making poop?!”
Submitted by Jessica
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Say your prayers
Jesus, please let me have some more ice cream. Amen."
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Time to recharge
I tell my 2-year-old that his ears must be tired because theyre not listening, and he responds, Umm no, theyre not tired. I think their batteries died.
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Outnumbered
I'm currently 7-months pregnant. I have a 9-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl. When I found out I was having a boy, I told my daughter, and she said, “Why does God keep giving me brothers?” Submitted by Jacqueline
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Diagnosis
6-year-old: "Mom, I had a great day. I got lunch — wow, look at those birds — I had pizza."
Mom (laughing): "I think you are ADD."
6-year-old: "ADD? Whats that? Does that mean Im pregnant?"
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Just stating the facts
My 3-year-old went up to a family friend and said, Hey, youre always brown, and Im always white. All we could do was laugh. He doesnt know. He just knows his colors.
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Parents first
At the age of 3, when being coaxed to give her great aunt a kiss, Maggie said, "YOU kiss her!"
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Thats what commas are for
Mom: "Shes a baby. All she does is sleep, eat, poop."
Little Boy: "Mommmm, thats disgusting! Why does she eat poop?"
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Is that what theyre called?
"Mommy, I dont want to wear shorts. I want to wear my LONG-SLEEVED PANTS!"
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Hygiene is key
Sometimes I wear my hair crunchy when I don't feel like straightening it. My 4-year-old son announced very loudly in public, Its okay if you forgot to brush your hair today, Mommy, as long as you remembered to brush your teeth!
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When, indeed?
3-year-old Meaghan: "When do I get to have a penis?"
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Copycat
I was breastfeeding my newest addition, and my 2-year-old said he wanted to eat, too, so I explained that I was breastfeeding. He yelled and said, "Me eat boobies, too!"
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Got Bud Light?
When my son was four, his very NON-DRINKING, CHURCH-GOING grandparents took him to the grocery store, where he pointed to the beer and insisted they not forget "Daddys favorite drink."
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A small misunderstanding
We had just explained camping to our two-year-old when I walked into his room and heard his cat crying from his play tent. He said, Its okay, Mom. Im just crapping with the cat. Turns out we needed to work on how camping was pronounced.
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Priorities, priorities
My 3-year-old told the doctor, “Will you please stop talking? I can't hear my game.” Submitted by Jennifer
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Pregnancy confusion, part I
I am pregnant with baby number three right now, and my 3-year-old asked if I ate the baby that is growing in my belly. LOL!
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Grass has feelings too
When our neighbor was mowing the grass, my 4-year-old told me, Mommy, the mans are hurting the grass. Tell them to stop!
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Hey, big spender
I was at the bank with my 2-year-old, and the teller asked her how she was doing. She said, I need some monies.
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No idea where he learned that one ...
One of our daycare kids came up to me holding his head and said, “I have a headache. It’s a bad one. It’s pissin’ me off.” I had to turn my head real quick and giggle. He's 3. Submitted by Elizabeth
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Mr. Fix It
While in the potty-training process, my 3-year-old was standing at the potty for about 5 minutes. I said, Go potty, Jayvion, and he said, I cant. My wee-wees broken. I need a screwdriver and hammer to fix it.
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The most wonderful time of the year
A week before Easter, my 6-year-old asked, Is it Peep season?
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Assume the position
When my daughter was about 2 years old, she pooped on the floor in her room. She asked me to come see. I walked in her room and asked her what had happened. She said to me, I don't know, it just fell out! Of course I had to laugh at that!
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Potty mouth
My sisters young son came home from preschool, and he used the word damn. My sister informed him that was a bad word, and he couldn't use it. He said, Damn isn't a bad word. F--- is a bad word!
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Pregnancy confusion, part II
I'm pregnant right now, and a few months ago while babysitting my 5-year-old niece, I was about to drink a glass of lemonade, and she yelled at me saying the lemonade was going to burn the baby's eyes.
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Returning the favor
When I was preparing my 4-year-old nephews bath once, he said So you bought this bubble bath for me? I replied, Yes, just for you! and he said, Thank you! I'm gonna have to buy you some bubble shower!
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Actually – my husband STILL calls them that!
This would be so much more pleasant to read if it were a list, rather than 25 stock photos one has to click through….
My boyfriend’s niece thought the same thing. I was saying something happened back when she was in her mommy’s tummy and she goes, “My mom ate me?!”
About a year ago my daughter asked me “Daddy does Lady Gaga stick her finger up her butt?”
my little boy noticed a small bit of oil that’d leaked onto our carport after it rained one day. he came inside in quite a panic, Mom! Mom! Theres a dead rainbow in the driveway!!! makes me smile with the thought everytime.
When I started kindergarten my little brother who was almost 4, looked at me and went. ‘Sissy, why do girls get to go to school and boys have to stay home?” So I replied with a “Well I’m older, and Kindergartens a big kid thing, you’re still a baby” I was five, and my brother started crying before running to my mom. “Mommy Sissy’s going to die, she’s getting older!”
My 6-year-old niece, after discovering that Justin Bieber was in NYC the weekend she was here goes, “Pinch me, I think I’m dead.” This is, of course, after she proclaimed that if she met him she would want to kiss him because he’s “so cute.” She also called Barbie, “hot.” Oh dear.
lol i could see my kids saying that
i asked my son what he wanted to be when he was older and he replied “i want to work in Mcdonalds” I told him are you sure dont you want to aim a little higher so he answered “Ok i will work in Burger King then”
Upon realizing that my daughter was using a half roll of toilet paper during each visit to the potty, I proceeded to tell her that she should only use ‘four squares because she is four years old’. She looks at me, like a light bulb went off in her head, and says “Mommy, that means you use ALL the squares!”
My kindergartener was learning rhymes with the “cat, bat, they both have -at, rhyme time!” song. In line at the grocery store, she loudly started to show this rhyming ability off with glasses and passes. At least everyone was entertained.
Thank you for the laugh. I really needed it! Kids do say the funniest things. My 3-year old daughter knocked the broom over outside. Myself, our cat, Lucy and our 7-year old son, Will were all out there when it happened. My son then proclaims, “be careful Maggie! You just scared the hell out of Lucy!” I had to run inside to laugh, then go back out and tell him not to say that, while hiding my grin.
My best friend’s 3 year son came over for Thanksgiving last year and was looking for my fiance to play with, and I told him that he was in the bathroom and he would be right out. After he came out, the baby asked him “hey, did you go pee pee? I replied with “shh whuile laughing.