Names for privates?
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Topic: Names for privates?
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Names for privates?
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 6:48pm
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Help me out here, until now Hannah has basically had a "front bottom" and a "back bottom". Now DH wants to take her to the next step but he's teaching her that the front is called the vagina. I don't want her to start coming out with random "touching my vagina" comments that could get taken the wrong way! What do you teach your girls to call their "front bottoms"? -------------  |
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 6:55pm
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We call different body parts by their names, vagina and penis included.
Michaela isn't saying much of anything yet but when my niece was almost 3 yo I was getting ready for a wedding at her house and she wandered into the room and announced "Aunty Jo you're a girl" I said "how do you know?" to which she responded "because you have a vegona". I PMSL! It was sooooo cute! -------------  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 6:57pm
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So do you call all of the front pelvis the vagina? Bearing in mind that the vagina is only a small (and invisible) part of that? ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 6:57pm
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It is good to let her know the "technical" names (althou it is vulva - vagina will be fine) so that she does actually know them. My friends daughter knows its her fanny. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 6:59pm
| "fanny" and "diddle" |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:05pm
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vulva! that's the word I was looking for before - I faltered and tried labia instead.
EDIT: Funny story - Hannah says to me, what's the 'handbag' that your wees goes in? (this carries on from a convo where all the organs are other body parts inside were likened to handbags with things in them) and I said the bladder and pointed on my body where it is. Then I said to her, the place your poos waits in is called the bowel. And she laughed and said "I can bow!" and proceeded to do a full sweeping bow down to the floor!   ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:19pm
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It's still a front bottom here, she knows the real names but it seems a bit clinical to call them that in conversation.
Not like we have conversations about them or anything lol... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:21pm
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DH agrees. And this post is written by him while T is downstairs. ------------- |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:23pm
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I'm just trying to imagine a conversation where I would have to distinguish the different parts, I haven't crossed that bridge yet (not even with my niece who's now almost 8). No doubt you'll all here about it if/when I do. -------------
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:24pm
Fanny in our house hehe ------------- 
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:31pm
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only got a boy so its a woodle here but he doesnt talk yet so we haven't really had to think about it yet -------------   
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Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:33pm
| There is a new programme being introduced into creches, daycares kindies etc. Can't remember the exact name but part of it is that you need to refer to 'bits' by there correct name. We refer to penis as peanut but have now started using the correct name |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:35pm
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yep fanny and bottom here. although, we have been reading the folk of the faraway tree lately and when we first began reading it paris was near in hysterics when i said what the kids names were because of courses there is a girl named fanny to which she said "why would her mum call her THAT?!" it was quite funny.
We don't have big conversations, but i feel with her reaching school age, and going to a big school in the middle of town, that i need to be teaching her a bit more about keeping herself safe, there used to be the great programme that went round kindys.. they haven't come to our daycare. So we have always talked about good surprises, ie- ones that make you feel nice and happy etc, like birthdays, those are ones that are ok to keep. but secrets, or bad secrets that make her feel yucky are not ok to keep etc.. and we have gone through just in passing conversations about good touch and bad touch. I definately think there comes a stage where they need to learn that not all people out there are good, and that they need to be able to keep themselves safe and know the difference between what's ok and what's not, and that may just extend to some silly kid showing their privates at school, or to something more icky.. but very important i think. So the girls known the technical terms, but they just use the slang. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:54pm
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It's called 'lady parts' here (and boys have a doodle), just because that's the terminology that I use. But I'll teach Ella the correct names when she's older, but I imagine still use slang to refer to them in conversation, so long as she knows what the actual names of them refer to. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:27pm
he he - lady parts!!  SOrry that just made me giggle. Front bottom here too. Will teach her proper names when she is a bit older, as I can just see her talking about it at the most embarrassing time now - like on the weekend at the Warehouse waiting in line I said we had some peas to plant in our garden, to which she replied very loudly "beans make you fart aye mum?!"   Yeah thanks for teaching her that dad! Sorry a bit OT there...------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:33pm
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girlie bits.
used to call it a fanny, but then i went to the states and they call bumbags, fanny packs.. got a giggle out of me. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:44pm
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Ella calls vaginas 'giney' and penises are 'doodle' or just penis.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:52pm
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That programme is a preschool version of kepping ourselves safe. Andrew's preschool brought it in late last year. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:55pm
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"Bum" for her backside and "gina" for her front - that's 'gEYEna' (like eyeball) rather than the girls name! ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 9:22pm
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Botty, bottom, bum, Diddle, front bottom, and I actually said Vagina to Charly the other day, then said 'gina. Will probably say that. Don't like fanny or fu fu, and can't imaigne saying vulva etc, lol. Will say penis to Jake one day... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 9:27pm
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Andrew calls his a peepee. Last night I had a bath with them and he was looking at me and asked when my peepee was?? I had to explain that boys have a peepee like daddy does but mummy's don't. He was happy with that. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 9:48pm
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we call a penis a penis cause it is an easy word to say was goign to use willy except Alan's middle name is william so it just felt wrong and I can't stand dooddle. for girls' bit tho I think we will do the fanny thing cause the word vagina is quite hard to say for some kid's or maybe it is jsut me. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 9:54pm
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bum or bottom and diddle or doddle lol but hes knows the right names he jaust cant say them yet ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 10:17pm
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Yah Zaara calls front bottom pee pee and back bottom Bum Bum!!
I think I will wait till she is a few years older untill I explain what are the real names for those body parts!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: JPP
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 10:46pm
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Fanny and diddle here. The boys know the real name for vagina, testicles, penis etc but that came a bit later on as they got a bit older. Just use fanny and diddle for 'everyday use' though, vagina always sounds weird to me lol I've always called it a fanny
I found it quite funny when my boys discovered mummy was different down below. I remember my youngest Brayden walked into the toilet when he was a toddler and saw my bits and got upset because my diddle had fallen off and he wanted me to get up off the loo so we could look for it, PMSL ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://daisypath.com">
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 1:46am
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Penis and Vagina here- I used to find it a bit embarrassing to say but we've got over that now. I don't want her thinking they are anything to be embarrassed about so I'm trying not to pass on my own issues! I know technically we should be saying vulva as we're usually talking about the outside not the inside (ie when in the shower we tell her to clean her vagina) but we started with vagina so it might be confusing for her to change it now. She shortens it to 'gina on her own sometimes. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 8:18am
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I have a boy here and we have always called it his penis.
We have also recently done he good touch/bad touch talk. And have explained what boys private areas are, versus girls private areas. To reinforce this, we now no longer shower/appear nude around him. I also dont appear naked before him as I dont want to get talked about at school! (Funny story: A while ago I was getting ready to go in the shower, this was before he started school. Ethan was in the room. Ha started giggling.... He was giggling at my bottom!!!!! He thought it was funny cos his was small and mine was big! ROFL !!!! Gee thanks!!!!) ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 9:15am
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we use 'penis' and 'gina' like g-eye-na. jack also has 'bollocks'
*funny story* i'm sitting on the computer (yes again!) and jack comes running in 'mummy here they are, my bollocks are under my penis!'......i nearly choked on my toast
*funny story#2* DH was having a shower and jack came into the bathroom 'awww daddy got a big penis, mine is small eh mum' 'that's alright son, your's will be big one day too'  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 9:23am
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Lol Jadey at your boy looking for your penis in the toilet!! That is so cute!!
Well we'll probably call boy bits penis/willy (interchange the 2) and not sure about girl bits. Probably vagina/fanny. Not a big fan of doodle or vulva. I just could never say vulva ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 10:12am
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We call the front 'bits' and her bottom is 'bum'.
At 2 I dont see a need to call them anything else just yet. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 10:24am
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Talking about funny stories....
#1) DH showers in the afternoon before work and often Michaela hangs out in the bathroom while he does. One week she started noticing his penis but was wathcing it from a distance with a pensive confused look on her face (meanwhile DH is trying to dry and dress as quick as possible) anyway one afternoon he climbed out of the shower and she spotted his penis and started swinging her arm like a trunk and making elephant noises. #2) My friends son calls freckles "prick" and he has a freckle on his penis. When it appeared his mum and dad made a small fuss 'look DH, DS has a freckle on his penis'. Then one day she was having coffee group at her house, she was busy in the kitchen when she heard "LOOK I HAVE A PRICK" sure enough her 3 yo had pulled his pants down to show the coffee group ladies the freckle. -------------
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 May 2008 at 11:03am
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hehehe. these stories are great!
Jake is forever playing with himself and gets erections frequently. once he came running in "mummy, i made it big. i'm a good boy!" "aaah, yees....well done?" |