names for 'private parts'

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my dd has started showing an interest in her own privates, I have never given these a specific name (apols if I am coming across as a prude) - what do you call them in your house? I don't want her shouting out 'I've got a vagina' at nursery/shops etc (she already talks a lot about breasts very loudly in the most inappropriate circs).

Twinkle for girls, tails for boys

Just wish my dd would stop talking about my 'boobers' in the changing rooms at swimming lessons!!

just 'girl bits' or 'bits' and willy

I have taught DD1(9) all the proper names etc but shorthand is always 'bits' :) DD2(just 4) we are still on Bits but haven't got to proper names yet.

My DD calls hers a Tinkle. When DS came along I followed by calling his a Winkle

Probably a bit old fashioned and Northern but DDs are her Tuppence.

I was brought up calling it a tuppence, but It always felt very wrong watching Mary Poppins and when my Nan called me Tuppence. I am Northern!

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We've only had boys so just went for the old classic 'willy'.

thanks everyone, I like twinkle but am thinking twinkle twinkle little star may never seem the same again..

Its a fanny in our house. We are pretty matter-of-fact about things she knows the proper names too (DD1 is 4).

It's always been vagina and penis in our house - although my DS had a problem with vagina and called it a 'china'

Never caused any problems, but then, like woolly, we are pretty matter of fact in our house.

An old friend taught her DD's the names 'pansy' for vagina and 'tassel' for penis. Made me grin every time.

Just call it by the proper names. Ie. Vulva/vagina/penis.

I cdan't bear all these cutesy names.

euphamisms make my teeth itch. Its vagina and penis in our house. you wouldn't call your elbow a looloo or your tongue a fairy... I think it tells them its something shameful/embarrassing if you give it a secret name

I've tried to cover both sets of names.

Both the DC's (4yo DS and 2yo DD) know that the proper names are penis / vagina. I've said that's what doctors call them and we try to use them fairly regularly.

But seeing as DS is insistent on using the word 'willy' as well I came up with 'binky' for DD.

We were in the supermarket the other week, DS was yelling 'willy' and DD was yelling 'vagina' .

There was a discussion about this on Woman's Hour early in the year, I think someone had written a book about all the names we call them.

Timba Fine China was one of the names . Sparkly Bits was a bit of an one too

I've made sure the DCs know the proper names, but we use nn for day to day use. For a boy it's easy, as "willy" is pretty much universal; never found a satisfactory equivalent for a girl, so have to fall back on "bits".

My girls have a Mini my boys have a tooloo.

DS has a willy, DD has a fanny!

Just call them by their proper names.

Nothing sadder than hearing grown ups talk about their fuffs, or willy's or lady garden's.

By the real names- i dont think i want to hear my daughter (2)say vagina ,foofy in our house and willy for ds ....

DD(2) knows the real names but calls them a winkle for girls and a willy (occasionally william) for boys.

faeriefruitcake: genuinely wondering - have you also taught your children to say urinate and defecate, or do they wee and poo?

I wonder why so many posters say their kids know proper names ie penis and vagina.

Vagina? I would imagine children usually are interested in the outside bits and the name for that is 'vulva'. Not vagina.