You Need to Change What?

What did you say?

My sister, my brother-in-law, and my nephew came to visit us one weekend. After hanging out for a few days and letting the kids play in the backyard pool they headed home. I had to head out of town for business a few days later. I got a call from my wife one evening in the hotel. “You have to hear this story about your daughter. She walked up to me and said “Mommy, I need to change my bitches.  I need some new bitches” Keep in mind my daughter is a soon-to-be three year old. My wife then added “I didn’t think much of it at first. I couldn’t really tell what she was saying. Then a little later I walked into her room when she was playing with her dolls. I overheard her say to her doll “You pooped your pants. We need to change your bitches, you have dirty bitches.” Then my wife figured it out. She was trying to say britches, as in pants. After we thought about it for a minute we arrived at the origin of the slip. When my sister and her family were in town they kept saying “get over here we need to change your britches” to my nephew. Ah-ha! Britches not bitches! My daughter was trying to say the right word and something close kept coming out. I am sure there will come a time when she will want to get some new bitches. As for now, we were just relieved that she was only looking for some clean pants.  Parents –to-be and parents of small children remember this: you should stay away from words that can be misconstrued and mispronounced as much as possible when talking to small children. It could turn out to be a bitch of a situation if you don’t!