What do you tell LO the names of private parts?

MissLauraQ · August 2010

I find it interesting that we told Alex growing up that his private parts - are the actually names (Pen*s etc)

But with Willow we don't use the V word we say it's a "Who Who" - I really don't like the V word and prefer this. But now I feel a bit bad that we aren't teaching her the true word.

Maybe I'm over thinking it - I'm sure she'll find out when she gets old enough

KNemo · August 2010

I don't know about the "V" word (because I don't have a girl), but we call the private parts by their actual name...well sort of! We call his pen!s by its actual name, or we call it his "pintu" which is the Portugese pet name. (We are not Portugese. It comes from a movie.) But we call his bottom his "butt butt."

babyaustin725 · August 2010

Wiener, Nards, Cooter, Butt, and Boobies. Smile

Edit: I have never said cooter to Tillman, but that's what James and I call it.

xosheenaox · August 2010

When DS was born DD was always watching change diapers and one day she asked about his stuff and DH told her it's her brother's 'junk' LOL so DD always says her brother has 'junk'

With her we use the V word

tfarabians · August 2010

We call it his bottom and his potty or his penis. I'm not real fond of little kids saying "butt" "fart" or words like that. Sounds too much like swear words to me so we use bottom and stinker.

CDMay2006 · August 2010

I think vagina is appropriate, but so many people use it to refer to the entire "region" and that bugs me. As such, a cutesy made up name is appropriate, since you'll rarely be talking about her actual vagina. When she's old enough to get it you can tell her, "this is what it's called, but you can call it ---- instead."

babyaustin725 · August 2010

tfarabians:
We call it his bottom and his potty or his penis. I'm not real fond of little kids saying "butt" "fart" or words like that. Sounds too much like swear words to me so we use bottom and stinker.

Tiff, I totally agree with you on this. Tillman is not allowed to say fart. We say pass gas or when he was younger we said, "poo-poo gas" so that is used periodically. I don't know how he started saying butt. He does only say it, though, when he's talking about his actual bottom. He is not allowed to say any potty words to be funny or just because. I would like to try to get him to say bottom instead. It sounds so much nicer.

braveangel2 · August 2010

My mom called it my personality - thought it was a cute joke. On the other hand, she gave me the basics of the sex talk when I was about five. I never had an issue with what the body parts were called though, although I personally don't care for the medical terms...more so vagina than penis.

For us, we just call it her pee-wee. It's nice to have a word we can use out in public and feel comfortable about. She'll get the same early talk when we feel she's ready (and when I'm ready Stick out tongue ), but I'm sure medical terms will come up before then, just not in a big deal kind of way.

Mama_v2.0 · August 2010

pee-pee and bum-bum, we don't call boy and girl parts by a different name.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2010

I call the boy part the "pee pee"... I feel like it's close enough. I should probably teach him the real word though.

I do not like the v word for girl parts though. It's NOT the right word. They are not looking at their vagina when they want to know what part it is. They're looking at their labia. And they're really just talking about where pee comes out, which is the urethra. WHich boys have too.

So if I had a girl, I don't know what I'd call it. I'd probably say "private parts".

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2010

Oh and we say bottom not butt. Which is weird b/c I never had a problem with butt until I started hearing little kids say it and I think it sounds like a bad word from little kids. We weren't allowed to say it when we were little either. Not sure what the 'butt' hang up is. But I have it.

We say "toot" for farts. Again, same issue. Fart seems like a fine word until a 2 year old says it.

Oh and Ben calls his testicles his "onions" because Steve called it that when they were doing baths... "don't forget to wash your onions" - so that has stuck. Ben informed me the other day that there's a little ball in there that helps him pee. And then he showed me. Boys are fun.

sommerrayne · August 2010

We didn't always call them their proper name - her whole "diaper area" is considered her "dupa" (polish word) but now that I'm PG, we've been very clear that babies grow in the tummy and when they're big enough they come out of the vagina.

I personally think there's value in knowing what things are - calling them something else has always (for me) struck me as "shameful" as to what they really are. Calling a vagina something "cutesy" - I just don't get the purpose. I think its systematic (meaning likely our parents and their parents all did the same thing because they were embarassed or shameful of the names).

Do you call an Elbow a "pointy" because you don't like the name elbow? I guess I don't see the difference. But that's just me - I'm rather blunt as things go in general.

jen_and_tom · August 2010

We say vagina and bottom. I try to be really direct about things too.

stacylu · August 2010

Seattle_JiLLn:
Oh and Ben calls his testicles his "onions" because Steve called it that when they were doing baths... "don't forget to wash your onions" - so that has stuck. Ben informed me the other day that there's a little ball in there that helps him pee. And then he showed me. Boys are fun.

I am dying. Onions are hilarious. We usually say private parts and bottom. And she says toot. When she's a little older we'll do the real names.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2010

sommerrayne:
I personally think there's value in knowing what things are - calling them something else has always (for me) struck me as "shameful" as to what they really are. Calling a vagina something "cutesy" - I just don't get the purpose. I think its systematic (meaning likely our parents and their parents all did the same thing because they were embarassed or shameful of the names). .

But it's NOT the vagina that they're talking about unless you are showing her the REAL place a baby comes out of. That's the thing that bugs me about vagina. Vagina is the sex part. They are not using that part at all in their lives. They don't even know that part exists on their bodies. I think that's were a lot of the confusion comes from with naming.

I'm all for being "correct" but then be correct. Call it their labia.

preston18 · August 2010

We say penis or boy bits. And tushie or bottom. His dad taught him nipples, but otherwise (for men and women) its just chest. If he ever asks about why I don?t have a penis, I think I?ll just that girl parts are called a vagina. No need to get into the vulva and labia distinction at this point.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2010

preston18:

We say penis or boy bits. And tushie or bottom. His dad taught him nipples, but otherwise (for men and women) its just chest. If he ever asks about why I don?t have a penis, I think I?ll just that girl parts are called a vagina. No need to get into the vulva and labia distinction at this point.

Yeah, to be clear, I actually don't think you should get into all of those nitpicky parts at this age. I just think it's ridiculous that everyone says "vagina" because they're all uppity about using the "real words" but they're actually NOT using the right words, so I dont' see why you can't just say "private parts" or "who ha" or "girl bits" or whatever. Those are no more "corect" than "vagina" unless you're actually teaching them about sex.

BethS2006 · August 2010

Gabe started calling his pen*s his 'Nakie" probably from them running around all "nakie nakie or nakie wakie" all the time. So they they both call them their Nakies. which i am fine with for now. we refer to gabe's by its name, but yeah, Im with jill on this one... when she's old enough she can lear the V word and that its where babies come out...

we say bottom or tushie and toot not fart becuse that just sounds nasty coming out of a 2 year olds mouth. and not to judge but I HATE caca... its right up there with the word moist... yuick.

on a funny note, I have NO privacy in this house and often have onlookers when I go potty. they both looked at me the other day and said "mommy... nakie... yuk.. eeeewwwww "

scarletii · August 2010

I try to use the real words. I feel like not using the correct terms gives them the impression that their body parts are something to feel shameful about. But sometimes I do call Gavin's "junk" his "little guy". LOL

Alli923 · August 2010

I always call Lucy's little butt her "fanny." And right now, I use the term girl bits. When she's old enough to talk about it, we'll probably call it her "private parts." The boys will use "pee-pee" or "private parts."

When I was in high school I babysat a little girl who's parents had taught her more technical terminology and it always made me uncomfortable when she'd say something like "My Bagina is itchy!" She couldn't even actually say vagina.

I guess for me, I think some of the terms are just too grown up for my little munchkin and I don't see the rush to have her saying vagina.

ChubbyCheekiesMom · August 2010

We tell Tristen it's his Penis, Pee pee or wiener. Once he is older we will teach him vagina. He also says boobies, bum bum, and butt.

WatchPot · August 2010

BethS2006:
on a funny note, I have NO privacy in this house and often have onlookers when I go potty. they both looked at me the other day and said "mommy... nakie... yuk.. eeeewwwww "

This too, and I love when I'm in a professional setting and say potty. It's hard when those lines get crossed sometimes.

Walter wispers "penis" when he has to say it but we call in private in public. And he says bottom , but is allowed to say "butt" in the bathroom only and only when refering to the body part, not in fun or jokes. My mom once asked him if he passed gas and he said "no, I farted", so we should probably work on that one.

tfarabians · August 2010

Too funny Cruz calls he and daddy's nipples "daddy buttons" I made the mistake of saying boob to him once and he was quick to catch on and use that word for me (I do not like that)

When I was little I always called my vagina my potty which I have told Cruz its mommy's potty when he asks.

N.CarolinaGirl · August 2010

I usually use chest for both men and women, crotch, between your legs (as in, let's wash between your legs), butt (she doesn't see anything funny about the word), bottom, fanny. She actually calls her vagina her belly. I'm not sure what to call it, actually. I don't want to go cutesy, but I also want to give her words she can say without stumbling over. We're getting closer to being able to use the word vagina, but I'm like Jill in that i know it's not really the word we're looking for and yet I don't want to have to get into such great detail about which parts are what and do what.

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