What will you call your little one's private area??

BrwnEyeGrl

My DH and I are expecting a little girl in early March.  I'm trying to figure out what to call her "girly" parts.  I know you should use the clinically correct term, and I'm not against doing that, I just think it's more difficult for a girl.  Boys seem to be easier in this area.  To me the vagina is more internal.  If I'm telling her to clean herself or asking her if she has a problem I'm not going to say "vagina".  And "labia" doesn't sound right either.

Growing up my Grandma called it a Biscuit, my sisters and I are all a little scarred from this term.  She also called it a Suzy, but my DH's family has a  close friend with the name Suzy so I wouldn't our little one to get confused or make an embarassing remark.

Any suggestions??? 

Parks2Be

I despise 'nicknames' for vagina and penis.?

So, to answer your question, vagina and penis is what we will be using. ?

rease.

we stuck with the tradition peepee or peep for short. once they get bigger they will ask questions and you can tell them the real terms. it was kinda creepy for me to hear a small child say vagina (like at the age of 1 1/2 or 2)

noimnotmarried

i will use the medically correct terms, but we are having a boy.  if i am referring to the entire area, i will use the term "private parts" probably, as in "no one should ever touch your private parts."

lindseyvt

Vagina and penis. I know, a novel idea teaching your children the correct terminology for things...

shari_rngleson

i call it a vagina (because i am a grownup)

Erin Mary Ackerman

Vulva, I think is the word you are searching for.  Vagina, is internal, you are correct.

 

Vulva is the word for the external female genitalia.

Pumpkin111

My brother and his wife call it a  GG with my 3 year old niece. 

The only story I've ever heard from him was that he was taking a shower with her and she asked why his was different and he told her that boys have PP's and girls have GG's.  And she just said, okay!  So.. as long as it won't weird them out for the rest of their lives, I think nicknames for a while are okay! GL!

Pumpkin111

They also call the bottom a bo-bo... hahaha

JillBean78

My mom always told us to call them our "private parts"

I remember when I was like 6 and my sister was 4 my mom told us the correct term of vagina and because my sister was 4 she didn't understand the word vagina and couldn't prounounce it so she came up with her own word for it and called it her lasagna.  We still laugh about that to this day.  She'd say, "I have a lasagna"  

Erin Mary Ackerman

JillBean78:

My mom always told us to call them our "private parts"

I remember when I was like 6 and my sister was 4 my mom told us the correct term of vagina and because my sister was 4 she didn't understand the word vagina and couldn't prounounce it so she came up with her own word for it and called it her lasagna.  We still laugh about that to this day.  She'd say, "I have a lasagna"  

 

Vagina is usually NOT the correct term, FYI.  You cannot see the vagina, and most little girls, when discussing genitalia are not talking internal, kwim?

DD age 4 knows labia, vulva, and vagina and the correct locations of each.  It is much more comfortable to use the proper terms for body parts than a made up term, in my experience.  Although lasagna is VERY cute

pinkbubbles

we will use the correct terms. penis and vagina. i see nothing wrong with them knowing the correct names for them.?

sweetfrogy

It's a vagina and a penis.  I don't make up funny names for my eyes, nose, etc, why would I make something up for those parts?

luckyluvr

If I heard a 3 year old refer to her vulva, I'd choke. I don't care how others approach it, but while I may be adult, I'm dealing with a very young child, so I use children's terms. My son knows where his peepee (sometimes wee-wee) is, and my dd will know where her peepee is. When they get older, I'm sure it won't cause mental distress to teach them the correct terms.

Pumpkin111

luckyluvr:

If I heard a 3 year old refer to her vulva, I'd choke. I don't care how others approach it, but while I may be adult, I'm dealing with a very young child, so I use children's terms. My son knows where his peepee (sometimes wee-wee) is, and my dd will know where her peepee is. When they get older, I'm sure it won't cause mental distress to teach them the correct terms.

Completely agree.

ActiveMama

We use the correct terms with our son and will do the same with our next child. I was a public health major in college and there is something that doesn't sit well with me when calling a penis or a vagina by a nickname/baby name. ?As other people said, you wouldn't call your nose, mouth, etc. something else - why rename vagina/vulva or penis? ?There is no shame in teaching/using the real terms. It is a body part and we all have them. ??

?Just my opinion. ??

JessiRaye

My mom is a nurse so everything was always the technical term. DS has always known his stuff has his penis and his scrotum. (Although hearing my 3 year old say it makes me giggle.) Anyway, he sometimes calls it his pee pee which is fine with me too.

faygojumper

shari_rngleson:

i call it a vagina (because i am a grownup)

The funny thing is, etiquette wise, it's YOU being the child. There is nothing wrong with adults using those words, though preferrably not in the company of strangers. Kids, however, would be improper and rude to refer to it as such. Do you think they're going to be as mature about it as you are? Of course not.

I wouldn't want my daughter to come running up to a stranger and saying " I have a labia, do you?" or " Mommy, aren't you proud? I wiped my vagina."

hannacooper

To each their own, I guess. I don't refrain from using the word penis with my son but we do call it a wiener or similar. I think we've told him girls have vaginas, but he does really use that word. We often just leave it at 'girls don't have wieners'. I don't know what we'll call girls parts if we have a girl. I assume she'll know the word vagina but we'll use other other terms more I'm sure.

sweetfrogy

faygojumper:

shari_rngleson:

i call it a vagina (because i am a grownup)

The funny thing is, etiquette wise, it's YOU being the child. There is nothing wrong with adults using those words, though preferrably not in the company of strangers. Kids, however, would be improper and rude to refer to it as such. Do you think they're going to be as mature about it as you are? Of course not.

I wouldn't want my daughter to come running up to a stranger and saying " I have a labia, do you?" or " Mommy, aren't you proud? I wiped my vagina."

 

Seriously?!?!  Wow.