Body parts we know so far

[Catastrophic]

DD @ 2yr knows

Hair, head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, shoulders, boobies, arms, hands, fingers, nails, belly, back, bottom, vagina, legs, feet, toes, penis...

I taught her to say Vagina and Penis because of the thread Sammiejane was referring too... It really made me think...

But in saying that i have had some embarrassing and funny moments out in public when she decides to tell people that she has a vagina, or point to dad and say Penis... But her favourite one is recognising boobies! As soon as she sees a bare chest (IRL or Photo or tv) she yells it out an points...

[mako]

DS aged 20 months knows
hair,head,ears,eyes,mouth,nose,tongue,teeth,chin,c heeks,shoulders,neck,elbows,arms,
hands,fingers,tummy,bottom,legs,knees,feet,toes,he els,back,boobies.
DH tells DS he has a doodle but I tell him its a penis. He also knows where that is

[Trillian]

We have all the body parts down pat here, but penis is 'doo-doo' for doodle cause he can't say penis LOL. Mick, what about Yoni? I've started using that with the girls as it's not as confronting as saying vagina or vulva (especially in public! LOL)

[Glamourcide]

DD1 is becoming quite the expert on body parts. We've progressed from eyes, nose, mouth, ears, head, hair, belly, bum, and boobies; to chin, cheeks, elbow, armpit, shoulder, neck, fingers/toes, hands/feet, wrist, heel, and bellybutton.

As for private parts - 'mutti' is what we have called girl's bits (I don't like the idea of the word 'vagina' coming out of a toddler's mouth, and it's not technically correct either - DD1 knows that 'mutti' only refers to her privates so I'm not worried about any confusion when it comes to potential molestation etc), and she can now tell me the difference between boys and girls - 'Boys. Doodles.' (She sees DH naked pretty frequently as he takes care of bathtime in the evenings and just chucks her in the shower with him.)

[~clover~]

Lol, when I say where's the boo boo ( we were in the shower, thought I'd test him) he pointed & we 'aaah!!! Num!!'
I can no longer get dressed or shower around him with them uncovered...I get the aaah, num, then yelled at for putting them away!

ETA - from what I remember it wasn't so much the word the child uses & confusion...it was more that sexual predetors feel more confronted when a child uses the grown up words for their 'bits'. It is more likely to appeal to them if the child uses childish words IYKWIM.

[Gigi]

i have a largely non-verbal 2.5yr child, but she understands (mimes, acts out instead of speaking)

eyes
ears
head
knees
elbows
feet
toes
bottom
elbow
shoulders
neck

most of it has happened organically, like i say "have you washed your knees?" and pretend to wash MY knees, so she copies. Considering she has a bath every night, didn't take long to teach her the body parts really. just repetition.

plus reading picture books, "look at teh funny eyes on that frog etc".

i'm unsure about the whole "vagina" issue too, i feel that this comes up in the context of going to the toilet (the need for the correct words) and urine doesn't come out of the vagina, doesn't it come out of the urethra? and that's a REALLY complicated word to be teaching a toddler!

so i keep thinking, if i had a little boy, yes, it would be stratightforward. Wee DOES come out of the penis, so i would feel fine about that.

but i don't know WHAT to tell DD, that her wee comes out her ???????

oh, and one of the few words she actually says, is BOOBIES! she loves her breastmilk.

re the child safety thing

i plan to buy the EVERYONE'S GOT A BOTTOM children's storybook, sold by Family Planning Queensland "a story about children keeping safe, crafted as a tool for parents and cares to gently start conversations about body ownership and self protection". The Playgroup Assocation in our state was advertising it in the magazine they put out, and it looks like a good book to help me explain things to DD.

if allowed i would put the URL to where you can get it from, just google it if interested. it's directed at under 8's.

[sazzafrazz]

Just back to the vagina thing again, sorry, I've been referring to it as a fanny.
Mainly because it seems an all purpose word instead of vagina/vulva and it's not quite so "in your face". Kinda like willy I guess, everyone knows what it means and it is a single meaning word here in oz.

Sorry to go off topic a little there!

BTW, good work little people, on your knowledge!!! They are incredible arent they?