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[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.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Penis and Vagina here too.

[PumpkinZulu]

We'll be using the correct terms too, nicknames freak me out a tad, and as PP have mentioned, children are less likely to be molested, or have it go unnoticed, if they use the correct terms. "Don't touch my wee wee" may entice predators, but, "Don't touch my vagina" is a lot more forceful, kwim?

[Baby Dreamtime]

Thanks so much for the replies, I think we will go with penis and vagina xxx

[luna moth]

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.

It's because they're less likely to feel ashamed about talking about it. If mum and dad can't talk about genitalia using proper terminology, how can they? So the affected kids take longer to figure out how to say something.
And as CBG says, it stands up in court if the awful does happen.

Definitely recommend using penis and vagina.

[AwesomeFoursome]

We use penis and vagina here too.

[mummy2aiden]

Well, I use penis and vagina too, but I was talking with my dad the other day, and he was laughing with my grandma about what she used to call his. Shes a real "proper" lady iykwim? She called it a 'wetting pole' .. we laughed for ages .. haha .. I love my grandma

oh, and i was changing my daughters nappy the other day ad he pointed to her vagina and called it a bum .. hehe

[Artechim]

We just had a discussion about this in our buddies group. I am a bit hesitant to use Vagina because it sounds so grown up for little kids, but that is my hang up not theirs and if i were to use it they wouldn't think anything of it. We use doodle for penis. So I am going for it, it will be Vagina around here.

I wouldn't entirely agree about using the correct names preventing abuse. I certainly knew what things were called and it made no difference.

[danniellabella]

My DD (just over 2.5) decided by herself that "daddy has a boy, mummy has a girl and boobies, and DD has a girl"

[mrscricket]

We use the correct terms for them, and at the moment DS is obsessed. He gave his creche class an anotomy lesson using a doll and also tells everyone "My mum's babies are going to come out of her VA-GINA'. God love him

[berrme]

We used Diddle for vagina and doodle for penis when I was really little. We use penis and vagina here siomply because that is what they are. They are not rude words and I see no reason not to use them.

For what it is worth, my parents were never embarrassed about discussing sex etc, I was not ashamed of my genitals, and I was definitely not still using the terms diddle and doodle past the age of about 5, but it didn't make it any easier to speak out. And from my experience with the people involved with child services, I could have called my bits whatever I liked in my statement and it still would have counted.

[GoingtobebiginAsia]

My mother decided to use the "proper" words when we were kids, but she had never heard anyone say vagina aloud, so she mispronounced it. Boy, was I laughed at when I mispronounced it as va-geen-a during science class. (Our history teacher's first name was Regina, which somehow made it all seem so much worse.) Now I hesitate to say the word because I have to think about how to pronounce it.

We're calling it a wu-wu for now. I have no idea how that word popped out but I feel far less embarrassed talking about a wu-wu in public. The nickname in Vietnamese is "little bird" and that's what DP calls it when he's speaking Vietnamese to DD. I think we'll just use nicknames for now but use the proper words when she's a bit older.

[Rainbow_Mumma]

DD1 is call her vagina a "moomoo" no idea where she picked it up but we just let her use it, it wasnt until she was assaulted at school by an older boy and had to be interviewed by the police and might still have to go to court we realised the seriousness of knowing the proper terms so from now on we will only use penis and vagina

[Moi]

We use penis and vagina here too. I don't see any reason not to use the correct names. There is nothing rude about them at all.

[CinderToriella]

WE will be using the correct terms as well
DF always calls a Vagina a Gina, as he hates the word Vagina he says its to clinical lol..But i think they should know the correct terms

When i was little it was called a rude-e and a flossy hehe or doodle for the boys

[Phteven]

It's penis and vagina in this house.
Or private parts to describe the whole area.

[Rouge]

Sorry but for safety reasons...

It's Vagina and Penis.

They are body parts, nothing to be ashamed of. Teaching children made up names only promotes their own (and yours) embarressment over their body parts. There is also evidence to suggest using baby terms gives potential sexual predators power over their victim. There have been many threads regarding this topic posted here... I'm sure if you searched you'd find some.

[LimeSlice]

Fanny, vagina, penis, and (thanks DH) d!ck lol

Most often though, Charlotte calls it her fanny, I think it is easier for her to say, but she knows both words and will use both.