It is very exciting when your child says their first few words, but as they learn to put those sentences together there are those moments when we wish they’d never learned to talk at all:

No Excuses. My two-year old was at the library pushing her way by some people. I said, “Roxie, say excuse me.” And she replied,
“Excuse me, Mommy tooted.” – Royal Oak, MI

Singing Hymns. While attending a new church my youngest daughter was reading a book during the sacrament hymn. We were sitting just two benches away from the pulpit, right in direct view of our congregation’s leadership. I whispered to my daughter suggesting that she should sing along since she had a beautiful voice. She looked up from her book and in a very “matter of fact” way told me “I know Mom, I just don’t like singing from the hyman book.” Needless to say I couldn’t hold back and within a matter of seconds our entire family, with the exclusion of my husband, started laughing uncontrollably. I’m sure the church leaders wondered what we were finding so funny during such a reverent time. – West Jordan, UT

Say Truck. My two year old is still learning the proper way to say words. He likes to point out different things he sees, and one day I was walking with him up to the newspaper stand, and he pointed at a truck and said his favorite word: “Cock.” He now knows how to say “Truck,” but we still think the former is rather cute. – Martinsburg, WV

Good Housekeeping. I had someone come over to fix my desktop computer in our home. While the guy was working on the computer, my 3-year-old daughter asks me in front of him: “Why did we have to clean up the mess before someone came to our house?” – Guangzhou Guangdong, China

There is a certain kind of embarrassment that only a Mom can truly understand. Our MomMoments column is filled with these war stories of motherhood. We’d love to hear your stories so please share with us!