Boy Parts & Girl Parts
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I use to call it that until I met my hubby and that's his sister's nickname. LOLApparently, my daughter refers to it as a "tootie" though I am all for telling kids the correct name, and letting them decide on what word they actually say.
We use the proper names for them with our kids.
I have a friend that calls the girl part a Sally....sally the camel has 2 humps. Nice for a little kid, huh!?0 -
My 7, 4 & 1 year old know that they're called Vagina and Penis. It's not innappropriate to teach your children the proper terms. Giving nicknames to those parts can cause a complex for them later in life as adults. They won't feel comfortable calling them what they are, even to their doctors...
Ha ha...I do not believe this at all. My child knows the appropriate names but prefers to use other terms. I doubt that someone raised learning about pee pees and whoo haws will have a complex as a grown person saying Vagina and Penis. Maybe it is possible to have this complex..but I'm sure it occurs less often than not.0 -
We use the anatomical term for the external female genitalia: "vulva". My husband works for child protective services, so we understand the importance of kids being able to identify their body parts, just in case (heaven forbid) something should ever happen to them. Some people think it's weird or vulgar, but it's just biology really.
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Girl my sister nannied for used Susie and Sammy...
What is she gonna do when she hears someone's named Susie/Sammy. LOL0 -
He does know the correct names penis and vagina but he uses wee wee more frequently. Also, he's three and "vagina" is a bit difficult for him to say.
How often is he going to be saying vagina?
a three year old? A good bit. They love the words.
I've gone with the rule they are "bathroom words" but ths only works so well.0 -
Call them what they are: Penis. Vagina.
That's pretty much what we do with out toddlers. It was a little awkward at first when my daughter first learned that her little brother had a penis and she started excitedly screaming "Nenis! Nenis!" during every diaper change. But that stopped fairly quickly once we stopped trying to get her to stop saying it.
These aren't inappropriate words, they are the anatomically correct words and they are what should be used. There's no need to get squeamish about using the correct words. We don't get weirded out using "arm" or "leg", right?0 -
i think that's cute too.. venus hahha... good one .. privates would do just as well..0
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it is a bit odd
being in public and my son loudly complaining "mommy my penis hurts" and then daughter repeating it.
kids...0 -
it is a bit odd
being in public and my son loudly complaining "mommy my penis hurts" and then daughter repeating it.
kids...
Right. I guess this was my sentiment. He is aware of the terms and he is also aware that we talk about privates at home and not out in public (ie shouting at a store, etc) but that if he needs to tell me something he can use the terms like wee wee or whoo haw, noo noo, lol whatever so that it is a bit more discreet.,..
Thanks for all the suggestions guys!0 -
we use the correct terms
which I really honestly regret at this point.
They are they're favorite words.
My daughter was the same when she learned that her little brother had a penis. She would run around yelling "Nenis! Nenis!" during his diaper changes and the more we tried to get her to stop, the more she'd say it. So we decided to ignore her and she stopped.0 -
it is a bit odd
being in public and my son loudly complaining "mommy my penis hurts" and then daughter repeating it.
kids...
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\it is a bit odd
being in public and my son loudly complaining "mommy my penis hurts" and then daughter repeating it.
kids...
Right. I guess this was my sentiment. He is aware of the terms and he is also aware that we talk about privates at home and not out in public (ie shouting at a store, etc) but that if he needs to tell me something he can use the terms like wee wee or whoo haw, noo noo, lol whatever so that it is a bit more discreet.,..
Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
Whcih is why the term "Bathroom words" is starting to work. I told them that there was no need for people to use those words in daily life, adn that adults do not(for the most part).0 -
I always used the correct terms with my girls... that way they had the right vocabulary should anything "untoward" happen. Tho, my youngest naturally shortend vagina to "gina" because it was easier for her to say. Also, I never wanted them to feel awkward talking about things.0
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it is a bit odd
being in public and my son loudly complaining "mommy my penis hurts" and then daughter repeating it.
kids...
Right. I guess this was my sentiment. He is aware of the terms and he is also aware that we talk about privates at home and not out in public (ie shouting at a store, etc) but that if he needs to tell me something he can use the terms like wee wee or whoo haw, noo noo, lol whatever so that it is a bit more discreet.,..
Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
Who is it a big deal for? Other people, or you? Other people know that kids are kids and that they often yell inappropriate things. It's not really a big deal. My 3 year old LOVES to tell everyone in a store or restaurant about how she just went to the bathroom as she walks back to the table or shopping cart. Sure, it's embarrassing and silly and we try to get her to stop. But, she's a kid and she's proud that she's fully potty trained. It's a huge thing for her. If, at some point, one of my kids yells something about their penis or vagina, so be it. The meaning is the same no matter word they use, it's not like using "pee-pee" or "wee-wee" really makes it any more discreet.0 -
I always used the words "Vagina" and "penis". I hear some words people use and I get confused. I think "What in the world are you talking about?" :laugh:0
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My 2 year old girl call it her tuti. I don't want my baby walking around saying "Mom are you going to wash your vavina"? IJS0
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:laugh: When I was a kid, my aunt told my cousins a girl has a frog & a boy has a turtle. I don't see any reason to have to tell them it is penis & vagina at that age. I didn't get confused & I'm sure other kids don't.0
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We call them "Lady Parts"0
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We say Penis and Vagina. Sometimes Gina if we're being silly. We call breasts, boobies though, only because men and women both have them but, men don't really have 'breasts' (even though they kinda do). So men and women just get lumped into 'boobies'.
When my girls were babies, we called the vagina a Turtle because I heard a funny story once about a friends daughter randomly calling hers a Turtle. But once they were old enough to talk we started to use proper names.
My ex-mother in law who is almost 60 cant say breast or penis. I'm serious. Drives me bonkers.0 -
I taught my daughter with the proper names. . vagina and penis. . . same went for the talk that I had recently regarding her having a menstrual cycle and how men and women produce babies.0
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:laugh: :laugh: When my middle son was 3 he told his grandma that boys have "normal pee-pees" and girls have "line pee-pees" :laugh:0
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:laugh: :laugh: When my middle son was 3 he told his grandma that boys have "normal pee-pees" and girls have "line pee-pees" :laugh:
LOLOLOL line pee-pees0 -
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nobody, not a one, has said what i used to call it - peri (as in katy perry). i have NO FREAKIN IDEA WHY!!! my mom used that with me, i used it with my daughter (who is 10 now and knows vagina and all) but i just about *kitten* my pants whne my daughter came hoem from 1st grade four years ago and was like "i have a new friend. her name is perry" *face palm* her stepdad and i just looked at each ohter and left the room in tears 0
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Call them what they are: Penis. Vagina.
I second this. My daughter is 5 and has a speech impediment - However, she washes her "Regina' every time she bathes.0 -
Call them what they are: Penis. Vagina.
I agree with this. but I also agree with giving the parts a nick name ..I like woo ha0 -
When my girls were small I used to call their parts cooties. When they got a little older, like 5ish maybe we were having a conversation about this boy in my daughters preschool that tried to kiss her on the playground. I said "eew, don't kiss boys, boys have cooties!!" She says, "No mama, girls have cooties and boys have pee pee's!"
ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Now that my girls are 11 & 12, I just say boys are nasty, LOL.
(sorry, I know this was kinda off topic and no help at all)...unless! You wanna tell him girls have cooties and cooties and kill 2 birds with 1 stone! LOL!!
Oh, and now my girls just call it their "area". 0 -
How about calling them Prince Charles and Camilla..0
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I'd just tell him he's too young to be worried about what's going to control his life one day.0
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