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We definitely use penis and vagina here too (I worry a bit about vagina not being totally correct but I figure it's near enough!). It is recommended that you teach kids the right names as it can protect them against sexual abuse as well. I found it a bit awkward at first as we were never brought up with the right words, but it feels very normal now and I can't understand why people get embarrassed by it.
We decided to use the correct names... Oskar calls his penis a "memis" cos he can't say penis yet...lol. He knows what it is and where it is.
I'm just going to merge this thread into another one on the same topic ;)
Our DS is only 6 months, but we are using correct terms. Only have to worry about penis at the moment, he has only recenlty discovered he has one. We sometimes shorten it to PP (pee-pee), as it will be easier for him in the very early days.
When I was a kid I called it a Jina (I think just because I thought my parents were saying "the jina")
My mum called it a jamima when she was a kid and for that reason I always thought the doll on playschool was strange.
I don't know what we'll do to teach DD. I sometimes say "Now mummy will wipe your vagina" while I'm changing her, but I feel strange saying that. I don't know why I feel strange.
We use Pee Pee and Gina. Easier to say and to me doesnt sound as clinical or harsh i guess.
lol re whistle.. being you usually blow a whistle :o
We use Penis and vagina, testicals and vulva. Simply because heaven forbid something happened to one of my children and they had to stand up in court, they MUST use the right words, they can not call it a wee wee or anything.
I also don't want them to be ashamed of their body and I want them to be open with me. It is important to me that my kids know what a 'real' body looks like, and what the parts are all called. That is why I still shower with them also ;)
Vagina and penis here
Chelsea says gina and peni (pee-ne)...so we are getting there with how she says the right words!
DD calls my vagina and her vagina a wee-wee and DF's is a pee-pee. She's only two, as she says more complicated sounds, I'll change it to the right words. For now she needed a name she could pronounce.
Oh dear. I guess I never really gave it much thought in terms of the technicalities.
Beth's always had 'girl bits' or just 'bits'. Jordy has a penis (although sometimes I get in trouble for calling it a teeny peeny - hee hee - I just can't help myself)
Guess you're right though, we should at least tell them the correct words.
Just seems so grown up, somehow.
lol I'm slightly off track... but this reminded me of an episode of Scrubs (for anyone who is a fan)... which pokes some fun at the correct usage of words - this is a conversation between two doctors. The female doctor called Elliot won't use the correct words for anything....
Turk: Elliot, I can't talk to you about sex -- I don't understand any of that crazy gibberish you use.
"Penis" is "schwing"-something....
Elliot: "Schwing-schwong," "peepers," or "peep."
Turk: Right. And "vagina" is...?
Elliot: Disgusting! But also "bajingo" or "hoo-hoo."
Turk: Here's the deal: I'm trying to get in the mood, right? And Carla's going on and on about her cervical mucus.
Elliot: Up-bup-bup. Mm-mm. From now on [whispers] "cervical mucus" will be referred to as "icky sticky."
Remind me to use the correct words with DS! Can you imagine him turning up to emergency saying there's a problem with his schwing schwong? It's done comedically above but it is such a good point that you've all raised.
I use vagina and penis (and testicles/testes). Don't see the point in another word. DS doesn't say either, he only talks about teeth and nose when it comes to body parts (although he can point to most others).
In his Thomas Songs book, the last song is If you're happy and you know it - you are to "toot your whistle". That sounded dirty before I read this thread LOL! Especially as we usually do clap your hands, stamp your feet... and so on.
have just been having a think about the whole genitalia thing, and i was wondering what other parents call their kids boy or girl bits??
to xavi, who is 2, we call his penis his 'winkie'
and matilda, who is 9 months, we say 'noo noo'
just wondering if anyone else has funny names or if you are doing the clinical 'penis and vagina' bit???:D
I am afraid we call them exactly what they are... to avoid any confusion. ;)
There are a million threads on BB for this exact topic. I'll merge this with one of the more recent ones....
With the boys we call their bits a pee pee and Master J refers to lady bits as a bobbom... don't know what else to call it!
Proper words here too, vagina and penis.
It did feel a little strange at first, but only to us. To DD, they've never been strange words. She's happily bathed with little boys or Daddy, pointed to their penis and said "penis". To which we reply, yes, darling, that's xxx's penis. She knows she has a vagina and Mummy has a vagina and so do other girls. Boys have a penis. No confusion.
I also now need to teach her that no one is allowed to touch her vagina without Mummy or Daddy being there and asking her first. With role play.
When we were kids we all called it the same thing (from a massive family of lots of cousins!)
Vagina - Wah Wah - dont know where it came from!
Penis - Wizza - I am assuming this has something to do with the "sordfights" the boys used to have!
But since getting older - we now refer to the vagina as the "vagutz" - again dont know why but it has stuck! I guess we grew out of Wah Wah!