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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion Archive: Archive January 2005: What does your family call it?
When I was growing up, we were taught to call our private areas by their correct names and I always hated calling it a "vagina". I know have two girls and a boy and still don't know what to call everything! LOL My son has a "pee-pee" but my girls just have a "front bottom". My older two do know the correct name for it. I'm just wondering how other families refer to that area, especially for little girls. (Why is EVERYTHING easier with boys?!?!)
The children *know* the anatomically correct names for their body parts, but in general reference we have "privates" and the boys have "winkies"....something the pediatrician always called them, and it kind of stuck
Those are your "personals!"
My kids were taught the proper terms as well, but when they were younger they referred to them as their *privates*.
I taught my boys to use the anatomic word for their genitals. I never believed in cute synonyms.
Well for our guys it has always been "boy bits". If we had had a little girl it probably been "girl bits". I think that I have used "girl bits" in referance to myself to DH as in "not tonight, the girl bits are out of order"
Ditto Bea.
My kids say Privates as well.
I have thought them the correct terms, but i doubt they remember them. We refer to both boy and girl parts as "pee pee" . I just have visions of my ds saying loudly in a store "my penis itches" or something like that! I guess i'd rather hear a kid say "pee pee".
My oldest is three and we have 3 girls so we call it her bottom or front bottom. I think people would be somewhat offended if she said vagina at church or something like that. When she is a little older we will teach her more but like most things it works for right now.
We pretty much use the anatomical words, or refer to them as "privates," especially for dd. As for ds, anything can be used as a name for a penis to an 11-year-old boy! (And he's had some creative ones!LOL) This post reminded me of when I was little, though. My grandma called the vagina your "you-know." As in, make sure to wash your "you-know." I thought it was hysterical as a kid when the game "Uno" came out, because we pronounced it the same as my grandma's word for our vagina!
My dd knows the correct terminology, but prefers to use the words "private parts". Since that's what she is comfortable with, that's what we use with her. My ds, however prefers to use the words "penis" and "testicles" so that's what we use when speaking with him. I prefer the correct terminology because to me the words "penis" or "vagina" are no different than the words "thumb" or "nose". They are simply the names of body parts. I have a friend who cringes when she hears my ds say "penis". She thinks it sounds dirty coming from a child.
My kids learned and have always used the correct names for both sexes. When I was little my mom used "Pee-er" for both. lol
My 3 year old really doesn't talk about her vagina. But when it is bothering her she calls it a Vagina. I have taught her that is what it is, and told her that some people call it different things. My sisters kids call it a hootie (don't ask me why, I do not know). Everyone is different.
Pee-pee
Private parts sounds good to me. A lot of people are uncomfortable with the "correct" medical terms. If you are talking about a problem, you can always say - where you urinate, or where you have a bowel movement (yes, I know, "correct" terms). Personally, I prefer and preferred using the correct terms. I think using terms like "winkie" and other euphemisms may be OK for kids but those terms often continue into adulthood, which is not really OK (imo). At my last job the secretary next to me (a wonderful woman), would say she had to "go peepees" - she's 40 this year, for pete's sake. Why can't she just go to the bathroom?
Ds calls his nutz or doinkie and dd calls it her pee pee. Those are names they came up with.
We all knew the correct terms, but we called them privates. My girl cousins called it a "peach", and if I can remember correctly the boys called it a ding-a-ling. My grandmom calls it a pee-er for boys, funny but I don't know what she calls a vagina! **blushing** Since we've been potty training we've called it a weiner and a hoo-hah. We've told them both the real names, but I'm constantly telling Shane to stop pulling at his, and I really dislike the idea of saying penis 15 times a day!
We use correct terms.
We use the correct terms.
We use Penis and Vagina.......me and my sister called our vaginas...'foo foos'...I am sure my mom made that up...she was never very comfy talking about stuff like that........my friends sister gets her daughter to call it her 'peachy' I don't know why but it bugs me...LOL...
My 2 year old calls his penis a penis. I also think privates are okay.
We call DD's a pee-pee for now. My mom used to call mine a new-new.
Girls have a bottom and boys have a winkie. But we refer to them as privates, too.
we always said, privates or pee-pee, boy or girl. my daughter is only 11 months old. not sure what we will call it. I hate the idea of using the real words just sounds awful. I will teach her the real words when she is older.
We use the real words or "privates" with our girls. Growing up, it was always privates.
We say pee-pee now, but I want Christopher to know the correct term, and I don't want him to think it is a bad word.
I always believed in teaching mine the proper term - and I did. However, it's rare for a young child to use them - for one, they don't always remember them, and for another thing, they *do* sound sort of strange.
my daughter calls hers "hoochie"son called his a pee pee tho they knew the proper name this is just the more public name we used. My step daughter did at age 4 yell out in mass that daddy was squeezin her so tight her hoochie hurt. talk about being embarassed.
Proper name or "pee pee" here for male parts.
We use the proper words because of what Andi mentioned. When I was teaching years ago, before I had kids, I had a student tell me ber buggie was hurt and I didn't know what she was referring to. Come to find out, she was referring to her vagina. She had wore a dress to school and had fallen and hurt herself. Could have been worse. From that point I always said when I had kids they would use the correct terms.
All three of my girls have "privates" My friends little girl (3) calls it hoo hoo .
Laura, Jules used to have a cat named *Gary*, and.....well......think of the *other* name for that particular body part (which Jen would NEVER call it!), and since she hates the word *vagina*, she calls it a Gary.
LOL, Karen!!
Of course, to be *absolutely* correct, it wouldn't be a vagina (which is inside), but a vulva, clitoris, etc.... LOL In any case, we always used "bottom" and "pee-pee." Both girls (14 and 9) now use the correct terms, but I can't tell you when the change was made. It just happened.
We use the correct terms for the reasons that Andi explained.
We use the correct terms for the reasons that Andi explained.
LOL, Karen!!
I have the same reasons for Andi. SAd world. my children also say privates. My daughter more than my sons. My middle son doesn't usually talk about, my youngest, Oh my gosh, does he have an issue! He has some sensory problems, he is always touching his, I always say do you need to go potty? HIs answer used to be no, but one day said very loudly, NO my PENIS itches, it is touching my scrotum and I don't like that. Geesh!
My boys know the correct term is penis. However, they usually call it their privates, which is fine with me. My youngest(age 4) will also call it his pee-pee.
Correct terms here for the same reasons Andi mentioned. While teaching I attended a seminar on child abuse and this was strongly stressed. An example given was when a Kindergarten girl told her teacher someone was touching her "cupcake". Understandably, the teacher thought she was referring to a snack. Later it was discovered that this child was trying to communicate that an adult in her life was inappropriately fondling her. If she had used the correct terms there would have been NO questions as to what she was trying to say. I cringe just thinking about how many more times she was abused before people knew the truth.
Wow! My X SIL and her S.O. taught her DS to call his penis by the shortened form of the name *Richard* - you all know what I mean. I know I've posted about this before. I was horrified - this 3 y/o was going around saying that! I asked them WHY they did that and they said *he's going to call it that anyway when he's older*. Uhhhhhhhhhhh what happened to setting an example????? I just don't get that.
Isn't this a funny subject?
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