So for those of you who used to cuss like a sailor (to use the cheesy saying :) ) what did you do to stop the foul language before your kids were born? I know it sounds kind of old fashioned but I am trying really hard to clean up my language before the baby gets here just because of all the cussing that I grew up around. But after growing up with it I am at a loss for stopping myself! Any suggestions?

Good Luck with that.
We still cuss up a storm in this house and thankfully so far none of the kids have picked it up :whew

But when I am babysitting I try to replace words so other kids don't have to hear it.

Cuss like a sailor in our house too. I've never had any major issues w the kids having potty mouths

I still cuss like a sailor. I try really hard not to say stuff in front of our kids, so I replace words. I say barnacle a lot. :lol
You just have to be more aware of what you say. Get other people to help you IE everytime you say a cuss word they let you know ( making a cuss word jar might help you as well you pay every time you say a word.)

LOL I only cussed around my friends, like a LOT... I still do a little but way less than before.

I would never cuss around Dh when I 1st met him, and neither did he (that's really what helped me stop)... So as I spent more and more time with him, I just didn't cuss anymore :)
I don't feel comfortable cussing in front of people who dont do it in front of me :P I guess thats just my inner rule about it.


Good luck trying to stop it :) I think that if you truly put your mind to it you can do it!!!

have you seen "the life aquatic"? she turns all her f-bombs into just the letter F as in "what the eff are you doing here?" :lol

You really can;t curb it. I still swear with my sister and my BIL who actually IS a sailor, but we usually tell the girls don't say that it's an adult word! We don't say its a bad word because then if it's bad then why do we say it?? So it's an adult word. If you grew up with people saying it as I def did, my dad has the worst mouth! then I've found the more you try to not say it the more you end up using it.
And besides you got a while before the baby can pick up anything anyhow lol

my mom just replaces the cuss words...like she used to replace the f-word with the word fudge or the sh-word with shoot...cheesy but it was effective for my brother and i...until highschool anyway =]

We cuss all the time and haven't really changed that. The kids have said a few words here or there but you can teach them not to just like other things they aren't supposed to do. Shelby has been the biggest offender, never really had any issues with Jaxon. She knows she isn't supposed to though :lol

My DH is a bigger cusser then me. I do when I'm really upset. We just watch each other and try not to do it around the children.

When other people are around, we just ask them to watch their language.

I say Phooey instead of the f word, shishkabobs instead or shoot instead of the s word, witch instead of the b word, and i say "crap" way too much!

I still cuss just as much as I did before. It's just words. My kids dont' really say much but if they hurt themselves you'll hear a tiny voice say SHIT. All I can say is at least they use it in the right context..LOL

well for me personally I would prefer my DS not to hear those words but I know thats not possible but what is possible is for us not to say them and I have had to get on my DH a few times for cussing in front of our DS because I really dont want him using those words like at school or something. You can use other words to replace the bad ones. Barnacles is a good substitute. LOL

We both cuss terrible and still do. Our kids all know they are "bad words" and don't say them.

I try not to cuss around kids, especially other people's kids. DH is worse than I am, especially after he's been gone a couple of weeks. I try to replace my expletives with other words. Sometimes cuss words get out, but I don't beat myself up over it.

we've adopted other words so our kids don't swear. I have never really been one to swear that much though.......once in awhile however they come out and I'm just not a fan. DH only really swears alot when he first comes home after being gone for such a long time.

I stopped cursing around DD because I noticed she picked up phrases of Sh.. F'n Aye..from DH. If I heard her say it, I'd tell her that's bad don't say it... When she turned 2, and whenever DH started cursing, she basically told him, "Don't say that Daddy." :D

We've tried so hard to cut out the cussing, but I can't say we've been successful :blush I cuss more when John is around because HE does it so much :no I am constantly reminding myself to replace certain words when Taylor is in the room, and I get on to him for dropping the F-bomb!

Thankfully Taylor hasn't picked it up, and even tells us on a regular basis to "not say that word!!!!!" :lol She knows they are bad words and not to say them.

I try not to cuss around kids, especially other people's kids. DH is worse than I am, especially after he's been gone a couple of weeks. I try to replace my expletives with other words. Sometimes cuss words get out, but I don't beat myself up over it.


I watch my mouth around other peoples kids :)