To have still not come up with a suitable name for ladybits after 8 years???

[staylucky]

I am totally U. Not only unreasonable but indesicive and repressed as hell.

Since DD came along 8 years ago have never called bits anything at all, just struggled to find a moniker that doesn't make me cringe or blush. DD isn't too scarred but DS 2.5 has recently become quite aware of his 'waddi' ( he named it so ) and obv the boys have this girls have that convo has come up.

What on earth do I call it?????

When I was growing up we (I have 3 sisters) called them wee-ers!

Just about right I suppose as it's where the wee comes from.

With my ds's I refer to my genital area as my bits, but have told them the anatomical names.

With other parts of their body I call them the common names - knee for their knees rather than patella / distal part of the femur etc, jaw rather than mandilble. I think using "proper anatomical" names is a bit ridiculous in most cases.

Gentlemens!

Bloody autocorrect

It's Twinkle in our house, same as mine when I was little.

There was an awkward time a few years back though when DD was about 4 or 5. There was an advert for chewing gum that made your teeth all shinny and white, with a pretty girl walking down the street and a guy shouting the catch phrase at her... Cue a mad dash for the remote before DD could hear this booming out of the TV ......

                            <strong>SHOW US YOUR TWINKLE!</strong>
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Well we've always called it front bum or vagina. Ive always hated those cutesy names However my DDs have informed me today, they called it a foo foo. Im not impressed!

Mine was a tiddler , one friends was a missie, other friend a rose. DP called girl bits a wanny and boy bits a weasel.

We'll probably go wanny or fanjo if i have a girl. None seem particularly right tho.

need exH called it a foo foo - made me feel sick!

just always called it a wee wee, thats what we girls were taught by mum.

or down below.

really don't think i have been traumatised by not not going around saying 'ooh mum my vulva is sore'

My friend used to call it her vegetable patch

a friend calls hers a lady garden.

I have always referred to mine as my girl bits, unfortunately somewhere along the line DS misheard, so it is now known as my girl pit.

The perrennial problem. Why isn't there an equivalent of willy? But there isn't.

So after much soul searching we have settled on girly bits. Not great but the best we can do. I'm not having a foofoo or a twinkle-fairy but vulva and vagina are a. two separate things to teach to a small child and b. not very friendly. Willy is a friendly term IYSWIM.

Anyway.

Not really satisfactory. When I was growing up I don't remember having a name for my genitals at all

I'm not happy spuddy but it's come from a very good friend. Will just have to keep referring to front bum or correcting them

Its foof here, always has been!

I don't think mine ever had a made up name growing up, my mum was very keen on anatomical names. Once in the 3rd grade our teacher asked which parts of the body had no hair on and I said 'vagina'.

To be fair mine didn't at the time! She was looking for usti say palms or soles of feet.

After my crash c-section for cord prolapse I thanked the midwife for keeping her hand up my fanjo. Yeah, thanks for that Mumsnet! :o

We've decided that in this household all bits, male and female, are to be called jiminy whatsits. I've only just realised this may interfere with later crisp eating. Hm!

need i think 'front bum' is grimmer still to be honest! just the thought of saying it out loud makes me shudder!

Have we had 'axe wound' yet?

That's the coarsest name I've heard for it!

And yes - willy IS friendly sounding, as I think minnie is by the samne token.

I think vulva or vagina are a bit brash for little ones....apologies to those who don't agree, but they're my kids and it's up to me, thanks.

side on double cheese burger was what the boys at school used to call it!

XH and I used to refer to it as a Thing (pronounced Fing).

His, on the other hand, was a Fing.

We also used to call each other Fing.

The children, when they were small, were referred to collectively as the Fings.

We had a rather crazy dog who was referred to as the little fing.

If any of the offspring or pets had an accident on the carpet we'd say they'd done a fing.

Plus, of course, it's a useful fill-in word for anything you couldn't remember the name for at that precise moment.

This may sound quite confusing to some, but I assure you, it's all in the context. Thus, if one of us were to say "Oh Fing, the little fing has done a fing in the Fings' room", we would know instantly that we were referring to a dog poo on the floor of the children's bedroom. "Sorry Fing, I've got a fing on my fing" meant "I'm afraid sex is off the cards, I have an unexplained sore spot on my genitalia".

After all, marriage is all about communication, isn't it?

Ok, I use "front bottom", which I know sounds repressed, but to me, vagina is not technically correct, as it doesn't refer to the whole area, just one part of it, and it sounds too medical. Also, I bet parents of boys have no trouble in using the word "willy" (all the parents of boys I know do) so all we are asking for is something equally comfortable for a girl.

Do the people who call it tuppence have one twice the size of those who call it a penny?
I get annoyed with people calling it a vagina - if you're going to use anatomical names at least use the correct one.

Honeydragon
Ds oth refers to lady's parts, ever since he heard the term "gentle end area"

Honeydragon

Gentlemens!

Bloody autocorrect

I think I prefer auto corrects version.... for a woman though

Its a FANDANGO in our house.

We call it binky at the mo but I now feel a bit about that. Probably will move to fanjo. My mum never had a name for it 'down there' was used if needed.

I wouldn't use the anatomical names - I told DD she had a broken leg, not fractured whatever it was. Agree we want something friendly, neutral and not embarrassing if said in public.

'Front bottom' reminds me of hilarious French & Saunders sketch.

We had neaf or neaferie when I was little because they are the "underneaf" bits. I use that with DD. I can't do vulva or vagina but I am totally repressed probably.

Fionnula?