What do you call your childs you know what...

[kittyfish]

This may seem a really dim and possibly anal (no pun!) and repressed question, but I am having real trouble coming up with a word for my dd's vagina which isn't, er, vagina. Just wanted to know what you all call your childrens bits/whatsits/front bottoms (hate the last one!!) so I can choose one I feel comfortable using with her and which won't make me curl up and die if she shouts it out in public. I call her bottom her botty btw!!

we call it a doofer, love Fanjo though pmsl at that, might change the name of mine through deedpoll

Minnie Moo! - got the idea from Mumsnet when i posted the same question

DD is 3, she understands that is a nickname and the real name is vagina.

She recently shouted out in the public toilets, "oh mummy you've got a hairy bottom" over and over. I think that they see your embarrassment and keep repeating it. And for once in my life i was lost for words and did not know how to distract her.

NB - i would like to point out i do not have a hairy bottom, she was looking from the front.

willy and lally (my sis uses "lala" for niece's bits)

Auntymandy if you don't have hangups about it then why not call it a name?
I really don't understand that at all
it's just a part of the body
having to point at it if it hurts... well that is NOT a great message to send out imho
that it is "unmentionable"
and I thought of another reason - so you can tell them what it is called rather than them learning a word from someone else (at school, say) that you might not like
actually I am warming to "fanjo"
especailly the rhyming possibilitise with "banjo"
not enough rhymes for banjo

I agree - AuntyMandy, don't you think that is giving your children reason to think its not to be spoken about?

The nicknames make me laugh too, they make dd laugh to which is why she asks what is my Minnimoo on a regular basis, and i reply its called a vagina really.

It has to be vulva. I was finally convinced after the last epic thread about it. Although I will blame HC forever for having to sit in the park with ds shouting at every woman who walked by:

"She's got a vulva. And her. And her. That lady's got a vulva, mummy, mummy, she's got a vulva, hasn't she?"

YES victory is mine hahahahahaha
vulva is a delightful word
imho

HC, if you are planning to write a song rhyming fanjo with banjo, I have to say I am a little concerned you should possibly be getting more sleep.

LOL Franny, my dd does the same with willy's.

Mummy has that lady got a willy? mummy has that man got a willy? Mummy has that dog got a willy? ........ it goes on and on all day everyday [sigh]

do you know franny I was just thinking about the possibilities...
now I just have to find a rhyme for ukelele and I;m home and dry

Called dd's a deedah when she was little. Now it's "bits" but she knows the proper terms for it.

When the boys were small it was winkie - again it is now "bits" although they know the proper words too When they have a wash before bed I always say "wash your pits and bits!"

haven't read the whole thread and I'm sure this has probably been mentioned before but we used "Foo Foo" aswell and it was fine until DD1 came home from nursery with a new song thay had learnt "Little bunny Foo Foo was jumping through the forest, scooping up the feildmice and bopping them on the head.....and so on. I had never heard this song before but apparently it's quite popular so now we are trying to think of another one for her " bits" lol

Harpsichordcarrier......puker daily? Context might be a problem though...

My step daughter (7) calls it her 'daisy'. We used to get a bit confused when my cat Daisy was still alive (god rest her 'pussy' soul...)

DS .. willy

DD .. bits and front bottom .. would love to be grown up enough to call it vagina but just can't

DD started crying suddenly whilst playing this evening, and grabbed her nappy: I asked if her bottom hurt, she said no. I asked (in French) if her zezette hurt, she said yes. One strike for naming body parts....

ps she was right: when I looked, she had a bit of grit insider her labia, god knows how it got there (playing in muddy puddles like Peppa Pig?!)

pmsl at puker daily
hmmmm now that is a challenge

Girls -- front bottom

Boys --- Squiggle or squig for short

These are what my Mum has always called them have no idea where she got squiggle from but I think its a really nice word and better than willy or any of the others.

I call it a fanny because that what we called it when we were kids.
I can't bear these euphemistic names which are only understood by immediate family. That's just asking for trouble and setting up issues around the whole subject when the kids get older and realise there's been some sort of cover up or something which prevents them being able to communicate about this area.

It annoys me that willy is universally acceptable for a boy, but that we women are still in a right old tiz and haven't found something we can agree on yet.

It's indicative of a deep seated shame and guilt. Maybe.

'Vestibule' is, of course, another solution as I discovered on mn when I posed the same question.

c'mon spidermama can't I persuade you to join my "vulva" campaign?

dd aged 3 and a bit was peering at me on the loo the other day and said Mummy your minky is a bit scruffy isn't it

Girls parts and boys part, winky and bottom.

DS calls it is big winkley

front bottom
willy

we used to call girls bits a flue when young. but seemed easiest to get dd to understand what I meant by saying front bottom. how unimaginative though...

Oh OK Harpsi.
'Vulva' just sounds so grown-up though. I almost want to titter.
Issues? Me? Never.