Willy is to boy as ??? is to girl?

[Baby Dreamtime]

Ok, quick but maybe strange question. DH and I are trying to work out what to call our girls' girly bits. Willy works for boy bits, it is non offensive etc, but we can't work out what works for girls. Any suggestions?

[skybie]

Fanny?
we use the proper names, penis and vagina, but growing up i had to call vaginas fanny's

[Teeki]

Lol we use fanny too. That's what I've always used since I was a little kid. We use willy for boy bits too, and sometimes doodle but that just makes me laugh

[~Stoked~]

We used Tiddle when I was a kid!! Haha! My daughter calls it a Pinny! When she got older we started using the proper terms but as a toddler she used the nickname.

[beckoes]

Daddy has a penis and mummy had a vagina (gina) but for some reason DD wont call hers a gina and insists its a moomoo! and little boys have doodles....thats really something she has decided on. she laughs if i call hers a gina or mine a moomoo.

we were in the shops the other day and we saw a lady with a baby girl...DD asked the lady if her baby had a moomoo or a doodle! but she has no problem in asking friends that come over for a swim if they have a vagina or a penis...luckily the only people that come over are not easily offended!

[Beach Mama]

Foofie shortened to foof!!! Actually it's funny we mainly say gina for Iz and she says it too but we call J's a pee pee. She knows it's called a penis though and told DH the other day that she was a boy now and had a penis

[nickle730]

It's a fanny in our house for DD and a tonky for DS. They do know that the correct terms are vagina and penis, though.

[Blixie]

we had the same issue in our house, i couldn't come up with anything that DP agreed with so DD1 now calls it her bitties. She calls boys parts bits or a loodle but girls parts are always bitties

[Kazmar]

Giny
Willy

My friend teaches her girls 'Mippy', I find that gives me shivers,

[sconeonamission]

DS knows penis and vagina, and you say anything different and he'll go off at you and correct you lol

When we were little, boys had a doodle and girls had a rude-y

[onthefly]

Don't know! We just go with penis and vagina.
DH does say bits sometimes, as a generic term for genitalia, and DS translated that into bits and pieces. Not so keen on that.

[Jas]

I personally can't stand the word fanny...not sure why just find it revolting lol. I like vjayjay and while I kinda don't like the word vagina I still use it. We've taught ds1 Penis and he also knows Vagina. A few weeks ago we were sitting in the cinemas waiting for the credits to start and very loudly ds1 announces "Girls have Vagina's and boys have penis" luckily it was despicable me so pretty much all parents with their kids haha. ds2 we havent taught yet but I think its important for kids to know the proper names so they can better identify if anything was to happen and also I just feels it kinda gives it a bit more authority using the grown up words, kinda like you are teaching them, this is something private etc etc

[Traveller]

we use the words vagina and penis, I read something once that children who know the proper anatomical names for their genitals are less likely to be abused, and more likely to speak out if they are abused. Made sense to me anyway.

[CharlieBrownGirl]

Unfortunately it's best to use the correct terms if anything was to happen, it isn't dismissal in court.
As an example 'flower' could be dismissed.

[Taurean]

We are NOT embarrassed of our genitals, I don't remember ever feeling like it was a taboo subject just because we didn't use the correct terminology, I never found a problem with not speaking the correct terms when growing up ( I knew what was what and where everything went and what it all did). You use what you and your family are comfortable with.

I couldn't agree more. It was always fanny and doodle in our house when I was a child but we definitely knew the correct names and used them when required. My parents weren't embarrassed, nor were us kids, its just that more relaxed names suited our family, IYKWIM

We'll be teaching our children the correct names but will use more light-hearted names around home such a willy and ginny (or vjay-jay).

It's a personal thing, each to their own.

[Snowy Love]

When I was 13 we were visiting another family (who were Canadian) & I was with the 5 year old in her room. She said "I hurt my little beaver" - I had no idea what she was talking about till she pulled her pants down to show me! If she'd said I hurt my vagina or privates, I would have said well tell your Mum or that's a private area. If you use the real term everyone knows what you're talking about.

To me fanny is confusing because the American definition is bottom. When Marge Simpson said something about her fanny pack I was like

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Vagina & penis here as well. Juliette can't quite get the word out yet, so she says "giva" (pronounced like the second part of vagina) but when she says it we repeat, vagina so she learns to say it properly.

[Persephone1]

We'll be using penis and vagina here. When I was little we said penis and vulva. Lord knows why my parents decided "vulva" was better than "vagina" - none of my classmates knew what a vulva was, although it was anatomically correct as far as what I was referring to. At some point we started saying vagina when we were older. My MCHN referred to DS's penis as a "wee-wee" which I found unprofessional and irritating.

On the issue of abuse - I've read a few police interviews with alleged victims of abuse. When they refer to their genitals with ambiguous names ("flower," "lily," etc) the police have to try and get them to explain what they mean. Unfortunately, a three year-old won't understand the importance of using the "correct" language and also won't understand why they're being questioned about their private parts - which in itself can increase the trauma. The defence lawyers will have a field day with the interview once it gets to court because there's no proof that "lilly" means vagina, thus risking the abuse allegation and the charges to a "not guilty" verdict.