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To wonder why nursery can't say 'poo'?

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BobbysBeardOfWonder · 16/01/2013 13:10

They say 'bowel movement', which is of course a more technically correct name, but come on, just say poo! We're talking about small kids here, not grown-ups unlike me Grin

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MonaLotte · 16/01/2013 13:11

I hate the word poo! I say poop so there!

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MrsMelons · 16/01/2013 13:12

because they are being daft, our nursery said poo!

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MrsGeologist · 16/01/2013 13:14

Dr Ranj says poo.

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ThreeBeeOneGee · 16/01/2013 13:15

I think you should only ever refer to it as faeces and the action as defecating. Whenever the staff mention a 'bowel movement', purse your lips in disapproval. Go on, I dare you! Grin

Either that, or start referring to it as shit, which sounds especially good in the past tense: " Don't worry, he/she shat after breakfast, so you should be OK for a few hours".

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BobbysBeardOfWonder · 16/01/2013 13:15

Oh yes I say poop too Grin

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BobbysBeardOfWonder · 16/01/2013 13:16

Grin ThreeBees!

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fluffyanimal · 16/01/2013 13:17

Even the GI consultant I saw recently said "poo".

My DS's nursery refers to the boys' penises as tails. That led to all kinds of confusion!

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BobbysBeardOfWonder · 16/01/2013 13:19

Wtf fluffy?! Are they embarrassed or somat?

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LoopsInHoops · 16/01/2013 13:20

Urgh I hate 'poop'. Sounds like some overly kitsch American parent couldn't handle the word 'poo'.

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NaturalBaby · 16/01/2013 13:25

Tails?!?

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ArtemisatBrauron · 16/01/2013 13:26

Fluffy. Hahaha at "tails", that is very weird and bound to lead to therapy later in life Grin

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Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 16/01/2013 13:27

That's fucking ridiculous to refer to penises as tails!! How stupid!

If you are dealing with anyone under the age of 97, it is fine to say poo. No idea about after 97.

YANBU.

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Splinters · 16/01/2013 13:27

Tails! Ha!

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nickelbabe · 16/01/2013 13:27

poop is an awful word.

poo is Brit English.

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KoalaTale · 16/01/2013 13:29

Lol at 'tails'!!! What name is given for little girls privates?I don't know what the norm is to teach toddler dd, I imagine boys is willy?

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WhatchuTalkinBoutPhyllis · 16/01/2013 13:30

TAILS! WTF Hmm

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LoopsInHoops · 16/01/2013 13:31

Tails?!!! I'd be complaining about that, they are going to get mightily confused by that!

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littlemisssunny · 16/01/2013 13:32

My sons nursery school refered to them as tails aswell! Very confusing!

And what's wrong with the word poo? Bowel movement just sounds weird!

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ScarletLady02 · 16/01/2013 13:34

Penis is actually taken from the Latin word for tail....so it's not that outrageous.

It does sound odd in today's society though Grin

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everlong · 16/01/2013 13:35

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Chopsypie · 16/01/2013 13:40

When I went for my scan the sonographer said that my baby had 'boy parts'

It wasnt until afterwards I realised that sure as a medical professional, she should have been comfortable with the word penis?

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juneybean · 16/01/2013 13:46

On daily sheets I'm nurseries I've worked in we used to write dirty or wet

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carabos · 16/01/2013 14:16

A former colleague always used to use "tail" when she meant "penis" (and she mentioned them surprisingly often for a work environment Grin). I had never heard the expression before and it took me ages to work out what the hell she was talking about (and indeed why she was talking about them at work). She called her clitoris her "bean" and her vagina her "foof". It was actually quite difficult to have a sensible conversation with her she talked about sex all the time.

When she had a one-night stand with a very ungallant mate of mine, he insisted that he wouldn't go out with her again because it was too terrifying being in bed with someone who talked in a baby voice and wanted him to say "night night to foo-foo" after sex...Hmm.

Think poo is less discomfiting however...

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TiggyD · 16/01/2013 14:20

It's normally dirty or soiled when written, poo or dirty when spoken in the nurseries I work in. Some do spell poo as pooh though.

And one child I looked after called it shit, but he was from Reading.

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nokidshere · 16/01/2013 14:21

nearly as bad as the letters home from school informing us that there are "visitors" in class hahaha (nits) I always want to go and ask them who they are and how long they are staying :)

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