What word do your children use for female genitals?

[frannyf]

Apologies if this has been asked before, but this is becoming an urgent issue in our household. Ds is 2.5 and has just started asking "Where is your willy, Mummy?" I told him women and girls don't have willies...and then froze.

I don't want him to think that girls just have an empty area where a willy should be, I want him to realise we have our own special bits, but I cannot settle on a word I feel comfortable with.

"Vagina" is so medical. "Flower" and all those sort of words seem too cutesie. I feel "fanny" is the right equivalent to "willy", and did try it, but I just cringed saying it to ds and felt even worse when he repeated it. I obviously did not sound convincing anyway as he has reverted to calling it a bottom. Help! Sorry if I have rejected your family's choice of name by the way, I don't think any of them are wrong or anything, just don't feel right saying them myself. Am I hopelessly uptight?

just out of curiosity what is the "vestibule" as one of the component parts of the vulva?

is it the opening to the vagina?

Is that a term you have seen writtne down Zippi? I have never heard of that.

After reading all this, it's still gonna be tuppence for us!

Yes LM

perhaps its US term

I just (sad I know)did a define:vulva in Google and out of the myriad definitions one listed vestibule along with the other bits...

Odd!

in fact here is the link to vestibule definitions apparently there is also one in the ear

of course the other definition of vestibule is large hallway
Define vestibule

Oh the space where the vagina opens, there you go. I just call that the vaginal opening!

Blooming eck this has got really technical!!!

Never knew a front bum consisted of so many parts!

How many of you ask your visitors to leave their shoes in your vestibule?

Pmsl!!! Will try that later when my sister comes round

lonelymum, equally hope i didnt' offend you....i sometimes call it mummy's bottom which is totally anatomically incorrect....

OMG this thread will not die. I have learnt more than I could have believed possible about female parts. I am sorely tempted to tell ds my front bits are a vestibule now.

Sounds somehow sacred to me! Most appropriate - treat my vestibule with respect!

please wipe your feet before entering the vestibule.

rofl.. Though I can't help thinking you've got a big hallway there!

Anyone heard of mimlea?

I think it's quite sweet.

Vestibule?!

Soundslike something Vera Drake would say - get up on the bed, dear - take y'knickers off, dear -I'm in the vestibule now, dear..

Isn't that the name of a flower? I've never heard of it otherwise.

Girlie bits in our house, farts are whoopsies!

Agree with Pesha 'fanny' wouldn't do at all as is if not rude, rather vulgar.

I think DD's school would have a fit if she called it her fannny.

I asked this question ages ago (under my old name) and got about 20 responses! This thread has almost 300..........

BTW in our home we have winkles and twinkles. Farts are known as thunder pants (complete with song aka Thundercats 80s cartoon theme tune!!!!!!!)

I haven't read all the threads as found my self PMSL at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Don't ask me why but I was brought up calling it a tuppence and now DD does as well. However, she PHSL (only 3yrs) when her Dad gave her a twopence the other day and told her it was a tuppence. He didn't figure until she managed to stop laughing & said no Daddy this is a tuppence and pointed to it.

Oh lordy henshake, one of the families I used to work for used the word tuppence to mean a poo! (I presume as in 'spend a penny' for a wee, a poo obviously cost more?) One thing I have learnt from this thread is that one man's twinkle is another man's vestibule....err...or something.

lol frannyf

Find it extremely odd that some of you think fanny is rude.