Is it ok to use 'fanny' to describe girls bits to my toddler?

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My DD is 2 and a half months and I was chatting to a friend about what words to use to describe boys and girls bits??

A friend uses 'nunu' for girls. For some bizaare reason I have started to say 'bits and pieces'!! thats sooo wrong, any suggestions or do you just say fanny??

when I hear 'vulva', I think 'car'.
A big, boxy car.

DD is 2 with slight speech cuteness - she would call it a 'wulwa'. Maybe I'll tell her to call it that.

HC - that's exactly what DH said!

....we call it "foo foo" But I have presonally started saying "fanjo" because it makes me laugh so much....thank you mumsnetters, fanjo is a great word

Oh, he said that to ds, not to me! (I know)

Do you know even I call my vulva my bottom

I have never used the word vulva to describe my 'bottom' - I only ever use the term in my job.

What is so bad about not saying it?

Franny, following the link from mears' Wikipedia, I found this which might answer your question

well done hovely

I just like words to be nice and specific.

Most sixth form boys I have taught have been astonised to know women have three holes, you know!

but pointydog, why not say vulva instead of pumpum?

I don't think a child using the word vulva is rude at all. However, for me I wouldn't choose it because it just seems a bit too descriptive and actually brings a visual picture into my head when I hear it...probably because of something to do with biology books and them labelling everything, but it somehow seems too graphic.

Hadn't thought about Pointybottom's point before about demoting etc...but we've called it that now!!!

Gillian76 - hovely beat you to it

So sorry Pointdog! Must have had bottoms on the mind!!!

We call it bottom her too, but tbh I'm not completely happy with that.

I am all for using the correct terminology, but also sensitive to them "fitting in". Sad I suppose.

It is useful if they know the right words, because it makes my life easier in y7!

i agree with pointydog. whatever you call it, it has nothing to do with sex it is just a word for them to use 2 let you know if something is wrong with it.

really, martianbishop, that is surprising and a bit depressing.
How do they think the respective functions are carried out?

Have skimmed the thread now, and ha ha ha ha ha at hunker's minky winky fluffie booby or whatever it is! hahahaha

But blimey, front bottom (what I grew up calling mine, incidentally), woo woo, moo moo/DOWNSTAIRS!/BITS/ make me go ewww. And downstairs especially for some reason - well, is your 'upstairs' your breasts then?

So come on, what do you all call it when you go to the doctor, do you say "my 'bits' are itchy/broken/whatever" ? Spill!
(I would say vagina and vaginal to a dr btw)

Fascinating stuff!

Hoever I am quite taken by MNetters fango.

Hate bum hole though.

that is their use of fanjo. I haven't seen anyones fango other than my own !

hovely, they all think we pee through our vaginas.

they have a multi use organ, they think we are the same!

thanks MB, I guess I can see how that arises

mb, my DH (also a teacher) had a conversation in the staffroom last year during which one of the female staff was astonished to discover she had 3 holes. What's more it was as a reslut of a comment my DH made!

This is the first thing I have to teach to the upper sixth when we restart school! Sigh!

Aw, one phone call and I've missed so much in 10 mins!

hovely, would that be raphe as in 'ralph fiennes'?

oh christ, antenatal classes are stuffed with people who don't know that women don't pee out of their vaginas.
it's a common misconception.