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.
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