My son calls boys "pee pees" and girls "girly bits". I have friends who believe in teaching their children the correct termonology, but a 2 year old saying vagina and penis doesn't seem quite right, I think they have plenty of time to grow up, they should sound like children while they are, what do you think??
2007-04-28 02:54:31 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My son calls his "pete". There is nothing wrong with names. AND I have no fear that my son will grow up not knowing he has a penis. I don't really see the big deal. Just another thing people like to be contrary about. Give your children more credit. They're young, not stupid.
2007-04-28 07:18:37 · answer #1 · answered by Sheena M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My sons call their private parts a penis and they call girl's private parts a vagina. It's easier that way although I don't think cutesy nicknames are bad, after all "pee pee" is like a short version of penis. Not so sure about "girly bits".... Well anyways teach your kids the proper terms before they get to school.
2007-04-28 12:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Linda L 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think that teaching children the correct terms for their "privates" takes anything away from their innocents. (It's a wierd concept that simple anatomy, in the single digit age groups, could take their innocents, *weird!*) Anyway... I taught my daughter that she has a vagina... she's two years old, and totally potty trained. She can't say the "va" in vagina, so she calls her "private-part" her "gina" [with a long i vowel sound]. It's cute, and makes me laugh... but she still was taught the correct terminology.
2007-04-28 06:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by chloeighsmommy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree. And love 'girly bits' - very cute!
My son's grandmother babysat him every day when he was little. She called it a 'pee-nee' and we stuck with that term. We also called the yellow fluid 'pee' and not 'urine' and the brown stuff 'poop' and not 'feces'.
I never taught my son about girl parts since there weren't girls in our family. My son found out about the existence of a vagina when started talking to me about our cat's mommy 'puking' up our cat. I asked what he was talking about. He asked, "How else would babies get out of a tummy, if you don't puke them up?"
2007-04-28 12:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by jaydeee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that nicknames for the penis and vagina are great ideas until they get a certain age..I totally agree on the two year not having to know what the correct terminology is. He's young, he has plenty of time to know what to call the vagina and penis in his latter years...
2007-04-28 03:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by Bryck Gyrl 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
My son has an arm, a leg, a back, a toe, a penis, and testicles. He knows girls have vulvas, vaginas, and women have breasts. All proper terms were taught along with regular body parts that every child learns. We don't teach our children to call their knee a "jointer" or some other odd term, so why do that for "privates"?
Children aren't using these terms in public, anyway, so it shouldn't be a concern.
2007-04-28 03:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
my son is 8 and he knows its called a penis we taught him to call it a pee-pee also. my daughter is going on 2 and we haven't found a name i like the "girly bits" we have just been saying pee-pee children grow to fast, keep them little while we can
They will remember the cute little name and smile!
2007-04-28 03:08:24 · answer #7 · answered by lamd 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I agree with you...a 2 yr old saying penis just doesn't sound normal.
My little ones (3 yr old boy & 5 yr old girl) both call it a pee-pee, sometimes my 5 yr old will say "my privates". My older ones (10 & 14) call it by the correct term.
2007-04-28 03:00:41 · answer #8 · answered by pamomof4 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I always said when i had kids i would teach them the right things from the begining, then i had my daughter, she was approaching two at an age where i couldnt say to her anymore leave your bits alone and i sat with my partner for hours thinking how i could explain to her what it is.... somehow the name "wootsie" stuck and thats what it is, for a boy she knows "willy" its harmless enough and it seems a lot politer than the correct versions.
Im expecting my second baby mow and she asked me how it got there and how it is going to come out, a question i wasnt expecting but again always thought i would tell her honestly.
she is 3 and a half going on 15 lol, i told her that daddy put it in my tummy which she accepted, it went in throught my tummy button and then she asked how it will come out, i decided i should tell her the truth about this one, but i choose my words carefully and looked on the net at cartoon drawings of a baby coming out, i tried to explain it comes out of the wootsie as she wouldnt accept it was coming back out my tummy button but she wouldnt accept that explanation either, she said to me exactly "dont be silly mummy you will sit on it" that told me kids really are innocent and arent ready to know how things really happen, so now she keeps asking and all i can tell her is mummy is going to the hospital and the lady will get it out for me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
children are really innocent and it wont do them any harm to change names of things and how things happen, if anything it will prolong their childhood longer and give them some funny stories of things they thought when they were children, none of us tell our children santa isnt real so why tell them other things..... let them be children and give them the versions they want to hear.
2007-04-28 03:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by Angie 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The girly bits is really cute!! I agree...I think it would be strange to hear a 2 yr old saying "penis or vagina". Heck, Oprah doesn't say "vagina"...she saids "********"!!
My son calls his private part a wee wee and my daughter calls her's a Hoohoo.
2007-04-28 02:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by September Sweetie 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋