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

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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

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

because they are being daft, our nursery said poo!

Dr Ranj says poo.

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!

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".

Oh yes I say poop too

ThreeBees!

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!

Wtf fluffy?! Are they embarrassed or somat?

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

Tails?!?

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

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.

Tails! Ha!

poop is an awful word.

poo is Brit English.

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?

TAILS! WTF

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

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!

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

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?

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

A former colleague always used to use "tail" when she meant "penis" (and she mentioned them surprisingly often for a work environment ). 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....

Think poo is less discomfiting however...

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.

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 :)