Sensitive - what do you call your ds' girlie bits?

[beegee]

This is a tough one - I've a 3 yo ds and i've confidently called his private 'bits' his willie..he's happy with this and always uses the name when needed. No probs there. With girls its harder...i've got a 6 mo ds and, although it's early days, i feel i'm already searching for an equivalent for my daughters girlie 'bits' but struggling i'm afraid!

I'm not a prude. I don't find it difficult to talk about these issues. I just want to avoid the name my mum called mine - wee wee - eeeck! Now I call mine 'my vagina' but this doesn't seem right for a little girl and it always makes me feel a bit...errr...cringey IYKWIM.

When my ds and dd share a bath or when i'm changing my dss nappy, my ds is satisfied that she just 'hasn't got a willie'. But it's started to make me think - what does one name it?!!

I apologise if this offends anyone...not intended. I would love others opinions/experiences.

My DS hasn't got any girlie bits? [confused emoticon]

Hi Mrs Spoon.

Whanger!!!!! LOL!!

Imagine trying to tell a child the facts of life with a noony or toots and a whanger!!! ROFL

Apologies spoon - meant to say '6 mo dd' - to recap - i have a ds (3yo) and dd (6mths o)

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Vagina's not anatomically the correct term, vulva is (Harpsi's gonna be SO proud of me ).

No offense intended to anyone.

i just think some of these names are a bit confusing to children. Even willy is silly so I dont know why we use it.

I wouldnt say penis or vagina or vulva.

Front bottom seems polite and what it is. A bottom at the front which the wee comes out of.

Sorry beegee, I'm just being silly tonight.

DS2, aged 4, has just recently asked the where do babies come out question and I fluffed it by saying that Mummies have a special place near their bottoms for babies to come out. This was followed a few days later by DS2 talking very loudly about the baby sister he wants us to have, I thought he was very sweet and was encouraging him until he very loudly announced "Yes Mummy the baby sister will come out your bum!".

Hi Collision!

My girls always had a front bottom when they were little - as curlew said, they say "my bottom's itchy" and you say "front or back?" - unlike with a boy it's all joined up, so it makes perfect sense.

Also one of my daughters was called Franny when little and used to get dreadful stick when the word Fanny was bandied about so we all hate that word

so what is it to be?

noony, fanjo, front bottom, vulva????????????

Is there a geographic aspect to this? Fanjo = virtual; noony = London; front bottom = t'North... (Making it up as I go along.)

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genitals?

Why do you think it necessary to make up a name? Why not call it what it is. Penis is easy for a boy I think genitals will do for a girl.
IMO

I mean genitalia is what makes us male or female, and can be explained to children in that way.

Or how about Mouse!

For the same reason that the family name for it/them won't do once they get to school age - they want words that their peers understand.

Also a lot of adults get utterly freaked by little children sounding too knowledgeable.

We deliberately chose to use the same word for boy's bits and girl's bits, because I don't like the idea of saying "she hasn't got one". Of course she has one, it's just a different shape to his.

Yeah...but has anyone ever thought that children are born with the same amount of intelligence as adults.

And why would children discuss their genitals at school?

By the time they are teenagers they will be calling it much more profound names!!!!!

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Genitals is good, actually. I might go for that rather than vulva (which always makes me think of Volvo).

minnie or minkie.

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we call my dd bits her "foof"