Lady parts?

[germainebeer]

I am wondering what term to use with my daughter, when referring to her lady parts. When I was growing up with 2 older brothers, my Mum and Nan called their tackle 'tiddlers' so it followed that girls had 'tiddies'. As I have no older sons, asking my daughter to wipe her tiddy after a wee seems a bit random and meaningless. What terms do the rest of you use?

yes it has a lovely meaning :) and it was another mnetter who told it to me, i wish i could remember who

Boys have willies, so girls have wilmas here.

Loving this thread. Yoni is rather nice though I quite like the light heartedness of wilma and willy. Wilma made me laugh out loud - can i hear my daughter at school ''miss i really hurt my wilma'. Jury's still out...

Willy and wee wee here

Minefield isn't it! We have very matter of factly gone with wee wee bum and poo bum!

For some reason in our house it's woo woo.

I called it a peach when I was little

I like foofoo

my DD came up with "wee wee bottom" and "poo poo bottom" by herself. self explanatory, not too clinical but entirely unconfusing IMHO

I imagined my DD discussing something with a doctor and what would be the clearest and least ambiguous. I felt front bottom was the clearest and then more specific words like vulva and vagina would come into it as she got older.

Front bottom at least separates out poo problems from urine infections/thrush etc.

Have no idea why I'm thinking about it in medical terms at all.

I have a 5 yr old son and recently had a daughter so have been pondering this. My son thinks it's a foofoo because that's what his 2 closest female friends call it. It's very irritating that there's no standard lighthearted name, I'm unsure about foofoo, can't quite bring myself to use it. At the moment it's 'bits' but why should it be? It's like admitting embarrassment over it IMHO. I do like wilma, might try that.

I have a DS aged 4 but have been looking at a word for him as he knows I don't have a willy but doesn't know what I do have & I never know what to say.

Someone I know tells her little girl it's a hoohaa!!!

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my 2 have always called them bits

they know the proper names but they have always felt more comfortable with bits (DD1 used t have lots of UTIs so she had to talk about her bits with lots of medical types)

lots of people in my adopted local area calls it a 'tuppance' wtf???

my boys call my parts a foo-foo - nice word.

We said willy and fanny in our house when we were growing up, I didn't realise fanny was not appropriate for a child.

My DP has a neice called fanny and a cousin called willie so we might have to reconsider when the time comes for DS to learn those words.

I've grown up using the word fanny but that can be confusing if you visit the U.S. as the Americans refer to that as a lady's bottom.

Daisy for a girl's bits winky for a boys.

What's wrong with fanny?

Front bottom. I know it's not breaking the area down into constituent parts and she will learn all the correct terms but for now front bottom

Vulva. It's a part of the body - nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about.
I personally find front bottom a bit offensive, equating the best female organ to where you shit from. All the silly cutesy names are just twee and irritating. I'm not hugely averse to yoni though. Or Vagina although technically incorrect can be more comfortable to hear as so many wince at the word vulvas which admittedly I used too.

Also important to give kids correct vocabulary to give them the language they need to talk if anyone tries to abuse them. Abusers rely on kids not knowing the words- referring to their penis as a lollipop for example. No-one would question a kid talking about sucking on a lollipop :(

I use 'foof'. Fluffy enough for you?

"Bits" is revolting. Not sure why, but I absolutely hate it.

Foofty here, sometimes fanny. As far as i know, fanny is just the geordie word for fanjo.

We use Mini or personals

When I was growing up, it was your 'mini' or 'front bottom'. I agree that 'front bottom' is absolutely disgusting... and I did, and still do, find it all very confusing.

Even now as an adult, I find it hard to say anything in reference to... female... parts? I feel really about it. Luckily OH is understanding, and we have agreed on 'biff' (not sure why - and is still very confusing to the uninitiated).

We are expecting a child soon, and honestly, I'm so worried about using embarrassing, fluffy, or graphic terms with our child. I am convinced that bad handling of this will lead to our child being just as much of an idiot about it as I am.