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What doyou call little girl's vagina?

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Ninni · 11/05/2010 07:31

Have two boys and have just had little girl. My five year old asked the question, he has a willie, what is 'hers' called And I realised I don't know how you refe to this body part for children?

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Malkuth · 11/05/2010 08:11

We have told our DDs that they have a vulva and a vagina but generally refer to their genitals as a whole as their bits. DD2 who is 3.5 always talks about her "vulavandvaginathatIcallmybits" as one long word so there was probably no point trying to shorten it!

Personally I think it's important they know what everything is called but am happy with bits as an equivalent to willy.

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Malkuth · 11/05/2010 08:12

Oh and congratulations on your daughter!

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moominmarvellous · 11/05/2010 17:22

We call it her minnie, or her min.

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MoChan · 11/05/2010 18:17

We generally just refer to the vulva. The vagina's a bit out of sight, therefore mind, at the moment. She's only 2.

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passmyglassplease · 11/05/2010 18:43

my dcs have a front bottom and a back bottom works for us

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lou031205 · 11/05/2010 18:47

Depends really. Buttercup, bits, ladyparts, frontbottome, the list goes on. We don't have a specific word for it.

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doggiesayswoof · 11/05/2010 18:48

vulva

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TheFallenMadonna · 11/05/2010 18:51

DD would refer to "the bit of my bottom near my wee/baby/poo hole" (delete as appropriate)

I've done my best with vulva, but she prefers a more functional approach...

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MudandRoses · 11/05/2010 18:53

I have a DS, but friends with girls refer to their:
Minnie
rosebud
poppy
bits
front bottom
girly bits
ha-ha
fandango

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Mutt · 11/05/2010 18:53

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nappyzoneloveslindor · 11/05/2010 19:03

My dd who is 7 (year 2) always refered to it as her front bum but came home proudly yesterday to annouce that she has a vagina as taught that day at school - then she told her 3 yr old brother he has a penis which he jumped aabout shouting - today however she could not remember the proper name so i reminded her when asked and then i said we could continue to call it front bum in our house as its tricky remember.

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IHeartKingThistle · 13/05/2010 10:06

We use bits too - although I have started to tell her that its proper name is a vagina as she's old enough to understand that the same thing can be referred to by different names IYSWIM.

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Megancleo · 13/05/2010 21:12

Here in Germany my dd's have learnt that they have a pee-pee mouse which I thought was really funny at first( but somehow on the same wavelength as talking about ds willie, in contrast I think vagina sounds too serious for little ones somehow but thats just a personal opinion-whaever works for each family!

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whensmydayoff · 13/05/2010 21:38

Vadge.....

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