what do you call your private bits?

Teresa, I've gone along the track that the child can touch, but it's their business and therefore should be kept private. They have to keep their hands out of the way while I'm changing their nappy (and I use the word "messy" rather than "dirty" to avoid the connotations of it being wrong) and I wipe/wash their hands if they have grabbed at themselves during the change (regardless of whether it was a pooey nappy or not), and I've taught Kiya to wash her hands after touching herself.

Josiah's not quite beyond only touching at nappy changes or in the bath yet, but Kiya is. I've tried to teach her that any touching she does there is private, so to stay in her room! She's got into the habit of holding her crotch recently because she had an itch, and now that the itch has gone she still grabs. Nat and I gently remind her to move her hand for the first few minutes then we get strict.

you should see my boys when they have no clothes on... i swear somthimes they are trying to pull them off. gabriel can almost makes his penis do tricks. i tell them not to touch when changing but only cause like you becca i dont want them to get dirty, its funny tho cause sometimes they want to help putting the powder on or wiping themselves with the flannel. i dont discourage them touching at all...at this age i think it is important not to put boundary on that sort of thing... when gabriel gets a bit older we might talk about doing it at appropriate times or places but at the mo i dont mind.

Hey, Roksana, maybe Zaara thinking it is called "dont touch" will be handy for when she is a teenager....

I justr try to discourage "public touching" - Honestly, sometimes he reminds me of Al Bundy in the supermarket.

LOL, good topic! I have been wondering about "names" lately too.

I call Joeys bum "popo" (german word) and say either penis or "pimmel" (german word, like diddle or willy I guess). hehehehe sounds funny when I see i written down

Joey is always playing with himself - just like Lizzie said with th Al Bundy comment, lolol He seems to find comfort in just standing with his hand(s) in his pants, the only time he really plays with his penis is in the bath. He often goes for it while I am changing his nappy, and usually when it is a pooey nappy of course, I guess telling him off is wrong because he will get the wrong idea and I don't want him to get "dirty" ideas about touching himself either. Might try the messy comment like Becca

I thought this might make you all laugh:

Josiah went into my room the other day and got the curash powder. He then walked around with it (closed) and would stop, pull out his waistband and shake the container at his nappy before smiling and walking around some more!

Roksana, Cailin does the same, and with with sunblock too, one of the few "good" habbits she has picked up

McKayla just loves her cream. You must see her rub it into her tummy. She brings the bottle to you and you must just pour.

On the subject of touching. McKayla doenst really play as such but she does touch now and then. I dont say nor do anything about it.

I see is as harmless exploration and all kids do it. If she is going to start playing ect I will teach her that that stuff happens in private with no one around. I dont want her to think that it is dirty or perverted.

But right now I think she thinks it is part of her body like her nose.