Names please for the lady-bits

[BlueCloud1973]

OK I have a 4 year old boy and have recently had a girl. My boy is asking questions about her lady-bits and I'm not sure what to refer to them as....
'Fanny' seems a bit crass, 'vaj' a bit cheap, etc etc you get my drift. Any suggestions on names for this body part gratefully recieved!

my friend (mother of 4 girls) calls lady bits 'mary'! not sure if thats one you'd consider!!?

They are fairies around here, but we tend to just say bottom to cover the whole lot.

what about 'foo' - think ive heard it referred to as that as well. got me thinking that that is something we've never really given a special name to in our house! it was just known as 'mummys winky'!!

dd likes to call them lady bits - have heard tinkle which sounded quite sweet

But isn't there a book called foo foo about a very naughty rabbit?

My DDs have minis.
Foo foos seem popular too!
Think it's important to have a name for it as gives a bad message if it is "unspeakable" imo.

Front bottom in our household (three sisters), but I do like lady-bits. Quite elegant.

When we were a bit older we used proper names cos dad was a biologist.

Girls have minkies and boys have winkies here

We just say private area.

Twinks and tidgers in this house. :o

foof
foo foo
chuff
mini
moo
vajayjay

We say 'vulva'. Because that's what it is...

DD has always called hers her "lulu"

noonie or mini

Mine use 'min-min', which I think is quite sweet. It was fanny when I was a kid, which now seems v dated and seventies :o

DD1 knows all the proper terms, but still prefers to use min-min.

Anything but 'front bottom' which conjures up a very disturbing image!

We've always said fanny in our house. I don't think it's crass ... fanny and willy ... I think they're friendly, widely understood terms. They were taught the 'proper' names too, but I think they sound a bit medical for everyday use. It's a bit like the difference between abdomen and tummy.

i like bajingo!

...stolen from Scrubs

if dd has a short skirt on i tell her her fairy is on show.

Fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself.

It's a vulva.

Do you call arms reachygrabgrabs or lips kissymceaties?

Do your children wee and poo, or urinate and defecate?

I've taught proper names, but it's willy and bits for day to day.

at ShowOfHands.

Noonie (sp?!).

As in a shortened version of the somewhat crass punnani (once again sp?!). It's a lovely cute gentle word, but everyone sees to get the drift when DD says it.

We asked a friend who is a local primary school teacher what term the kids use and went with that - mini round here apparently. Decided that no point in using a word that no-one else understands. Luckily mini for me strays just on right side of twee.

cant imagine using the 'grown up' names for them with little ones tho!! ive 4 boys and wouldnt have ever thought to call their winkys a penis.....not cos of any sense of fear - my lads are all extremely comfortable, confident and educated about their bodies. but simply cos winky sounds nicer!!

Do you call arms reachygrabgrabs or lips kissymceaties?

No, but I don't call them brachial limbs and facial labia either