I am not sure we here in Colorado have the Cicada problem that is plaguing the east. My problem seems to be that my house is infested with Yabuts. For those of you that don’t know anything of this vermin I should probably share an example of its devastation.
Me: Get in bed!
Her: Yabut I wanted to ask you something.
Me: What?
Her: I have to go potty.
Me: You just went potty.
Her: Yabut I have to go again.
Me: No, go to bed!
Her: Yabut I’m thirsty.
Me: No, go to bed.
Her: Yabut Mommy said I could.
Me: Mommy is not here.
Her: Yabut if she was here I could get a drink.
Me: I’m counting to three!
Her: Yabut can I have a drink first?
How do you fight against these Yabuts? Are they on a cycle of every four years?
Mir is mistaken. I have an 18 year old AND a 21 year old and we STILL have an outbreak of YABUT's. Think they go away when the kids move out.
Maybe Mindy's "lalalalala, I can't hear you!" would help.
Cicadas are a lot better than the Yabuts, they only live 6 weeks and then are gone for 17 years. *waits impatiently for 6 weeks to be over*
Well. "I want to go potty" in my country means "I want to go mental". So if someone said that to me I would be thinking of the nearest nuthouse, not a toilet! ;-)
*sniff*, once you are infested with yabuts, it's permanent. Trust me on this...I've been fighting it for 8 years now....*sigh*
Once you get yours under control can you control mine??
I thought I was the only one hearing those damn things. I find threats work well. I tell her she will loose all things good and pure to her if she says "Yabut" again. It only works about 25% of the time, though.
Their natural predator is the CanIJusts. However, if you're not careful, they procreate and then you have YabutCanIJusts
Personally, I would rather deal with the Cicadas. At least they disappear for a few years. Once the Yabuts infest your home, they are impossible to get rid of.
a close relative of the Yabut is the HeyMom! Much more insidious and relentless. Most active in the five minutes after arriving in the door.
In our house they're called umdaddies, as in, "Umdaaaaaaaady? I needa go potty." "Umdaaaaaaady? You fix me a bottle? DAAAAAADY!!!! You. Fix. Me. Bottle!!!!!!!"
Veda has a bad infestation, and they flare up badly at bedtime.
LOL...my house has it bad with ohmanmom's syndrome
"ohmanmom! Why can't I just..." , "ohmanmom, so n so can why can't I??"
I found that threatening to take their favorite things away works very well. Oh grounding them from doing something they love to do. That's why I allow them to have what they really like so I can threaten them with it later...hehehehe...works great!