https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:02:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823110 Thu, 17 May 2018 09:11:14 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2823110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with vulva but realized that everyone else seems to use vagina so I've kind of used both. Contrary to @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I have a girl, and pretty much all she wants to talk about are penises. :grin: I think it's because of all the babies and kids we've taken care of since we've had her, all but our current newborn have been boys! She actually was under the impression that all babies were boys for a while. Oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823107 Thu, 17 May 2018 09:03:31 +0000 snowjewelz 2823107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say vagina. I'm not even sure I really know that medically it's vulva....... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823104 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:57:42 +0000 MrsRoo 2823104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use vagina because it’s the more common term. I cringe a little and would probably use vulva if it were 100% up to me. But DH calls it vagina, and my side of the family will probably never stop saying cootchie. So it’s all a battle for me and in the interest of continuity, vagina it is. DD1 knows it’s a vagina but still prefers to call everything her privates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823084 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:26:02 +0000 josina 2823084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vagina, I've never used vulva. DS calls it a 'gina'.<br /> His Penis is his 'peiner' (penis/weiner combined) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823080 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:15:41 +0000 peachykeen 2823080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything was "butt" until about when DD1 turned 3 when I started referring to it as her vulva. It's the correct term for what we're referring to and I don't personally understand why vagina would be better - it's actually the more "sexual/reproductive" part of the body so to my mind, the vulva is a less charged word anyway. I think I've only rarely used the term vagina with her, but only because it doesn't come up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823073 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:01:37 +0000 bhbee 2823073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady baltimore: yep my 3yo boy used to call everything down there buns. He knows the word penis but I think his sister is more likely to use it as he prefers “fire hose” so he can “put out fires” while peeing standing up :silly: </p> <p>We also say vagina ... close enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823070 Thu, 17 May 2018 07:50:05 +0000 cnidaria 2823070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would use vulva because it's technically correct and I'm a biologist... but according to my 19 month old right now, everything under her diaper is just called "bum". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823058 Thu, 17 May 2018 07:33:31 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2823058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say vagina, but since I have a little boy he hears penis a lot more. :silly:</p> <p>@lady baltimore: :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823056 Thu, 17 May 2018 07:25:17 +0000 NorthStar 2823056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We say vagina as well and penis for DS. It is just easier. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823051 Thu, 17 May 2018 06:52:32 +0000 lady baltimore 2823051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use both vulva and labia, but my two year old still refers to her "front butt". :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823050 Thu, 17 May 2018 06:44:15 +0000 littleblessings 2823050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We refer to it as vagina. Vulva comes out awkward when my kids try saying it. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823037 Thu, 17 May 2018 04:30:38 +0000 erinbaderin 2823037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say vagina because that’s what basically everybody uses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823035 Thu, 17 May 2018 04:29:00 +0000 ElbieKay 2823035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We say vagina bc it's more common. I don't need my kid to nerd out on the playground by correcting other kids on that topic! He is only four. He can get more precise later when it matters more.</p> <p>In other news, I am 28w pregnant so we have been talking a lot about babies in bellies, etc. Yesterday at breakfast he asked specifically, for the first time, how the babies will exit my belly. So I told him they will probably come out of my vagina. He laughed sooooo hard, I think that was the funniest thing he heard all day. I hope his questions don't get too much more precise for the time being :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823017 Wed, 16 May 2018 22:57:07 +0000 DesertDreams88 2823017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel weird about this too! Like, I know scientifically it is vulva, but no one calls it that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823012 Wed, 16 May 2018 22:34:54 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2823012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@helloperidot: ditto to everything. Totally cool with vagina, anus, penis, throw clitoris in if you have to, but I think I have only even said the word vulva one time in my life. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823010 Wed, 16 May 2018 22:29:06 +0000 helloperidot 2823010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate the word "vulva" so we've taught our daughter "vagina". I know it's not correct but it's close enough for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anatomically-correct-terms#post-2823005 Wed, 16 May 2018 21:55:17 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2823005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you teach your kids vagina or vulva? I have been saying vulva because I want to be accurate but I haven't really seen anyone else say that, and I got curious! To add to the detail, it particularly seems more accurate because so far it's been for my son in comparison of himself and his baby sister. </p>