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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
when naming your ds's body parts
do you teach him to call his penis, a penis or some other word?
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Re: when naming your ds's body parts
We say weenie.
there is much debate about this here.
We call it a pee-pee.
your ds says skotum. that is really funny
Just today our oldest said something about girls having penises and I said no they don't. He said "Well what do they have?" I said "Vagina's" and he said it back and it was quite funny b/c it didn't come out sounding completely like vagina.
With our youngest we'll start saying penis, etc starting around age 2 1/2, etc. When he's pottying we switch up between saying privates and penis.
I feel it's very important just in case (heaven forbid) anything ever happens and he has to explain what exactly is his penis, etc in court.
Obviously I don't have a boy, but we're torn about this. I nannied a little girl who knew every part of a vagina by the time she was 3 (and I mean EVERY part and would point out all the parts on her little sister when I changed her diaper). It was, um, weird.
that is extremely weird
My SS calls it his 'churo', which is a cutesy greek word for penis. Same with DD, we call her vagina a 'pulaki', which is the greek word for a little birdy but also widely used in that manner... strange I know, but that is all I know! Normal for us....
we're not fan of the cutesy names, but this is why i want dd to know that her vagina is a vagina.
vulva people. It's vulva for girls. They cannot see their vaginas. The outside bits are called a vulva.
/pet peeve.
i'll teach her vulva too and urethra. i mean, there's way too much going on for girl and it's all hidden - lol. boys have it easy: penis and scrotum.
DH says "junk" too
I say vagina, and when/if I have a little girl, I'll probably tell her it's a vagina. But that's just because it's what I'm used to.
However, I know it's a vulva and I know I'm not using the term correctly. For me, saying vagina is just like saying "hoo-ha" or "lady parts." But it drives me nuts when people act like they're better than anyone else who uses nicknames, and they call it a vagina (and yes, I've seen it on here, and no, I'm not trying to be snarky). [ETA: I'm talking about in previous discussions, not in this thread.] But it's a huge pet peeve when someone gets high and mighty because they're using the correct terms, when really, they're not using the correct terms at all.
Anyway, we say "penis" to DS. Sometimes I'll say weiner when we're being funny. For example, sometimes when he's naked, he'll just stop doing everything and play with himself. So I'll sing, "Stop!.... weinertime" to him ala MC Hammer. But he will know it's a penis.
This reply was longer than I had intended.
A vagina has parts?
This one needs to be pointed out and laughed at!! Now that is funny, I've never heard that one before. Now I want to get pregnant, have a boy and teach him to call it a boytenna.
Bahahahaha
We just call it all privates. He doesn't say it yet:-) Clearly, I'll eventually point out the penis and scrotum and whatnot, but I just don't want my little boy walking around saying penis. Sorry. Not that it's dirty or bad, just odd. And there's something to be sad for, well, privacy!
And, while logically I REFUSE to make decisions based on the absurdly minuscule chance of his being molested, I think everyone is clear on what privates are, so if he talks about them,I think they'll get it (because I'm a mommy and I can't help worrying about things that I know aren't worth worrying about)
I tend to agree. I'll probably get flamed to high hell for this, but we call it all kinds of things...none of them "penis". Weenie, wee-wee, wenis, weiner, weinesaur, and DH's favorite: his Special Purpose (from The Jerk).
Things may change when he can actually say any one of these, and maybe then I'll feel he should use the correct terminology. But I doubt it. We call his butt his "booty" and I don't feel the need to teach him anus, rectum, or any other part in the near future. He'll learn it eventually.
I don't think there's anything wrong with either side of this debate.
This is an interesting thought. Those that clutch their pearls over the proper terms in the front probably don't worry that bum, tooshie, or whatever is used. I doubt many use anus or medical terms.
And I had a wiggy growing up so that is what my daughter has!
I don't teach the correct names because I'm afraid of abuse and court, LOL. I teach the correct anatomical names because it's empowering. So many people in the world are not given the basic imho human right of understanding their bodies and the biology of all their parts, including the reproductive and excretory systems.
I would never call a nose a bodingledong and I don't understand the need to fetishize a body part with a sexual function. I think it does damage in the long run as it sends the message that there is something "not okay" with questioning the function of these body parts.
And I HIGHLY doubt the people who use cutesy names will someday sit down and say "Now son, your wingle wangle is really a penis and here is it's biological function."
My SILs were not told anything about their bodies and suffered in fear because of this. Everyone deserves to be taught about themselves-and I fervently believe that you should start as you mean to continue.