https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153753 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:44:36 +0000 sorrycharlie 1153753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: lol seriously! Like we are all grown adults, your vagina's on the inside, vulva on the outside people! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153742 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:38:58 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1153742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I.die. hhahahahaha</p> <p>I plan on using proper arabic words for them. That way, no one knows what were saying anyways. In arabic, there aren't "child words" for private parts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153736 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:35:28 +0000 sorrycharlie 1153736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use bum!</p> <p>We will use the correct terms for everything else. As an adult it irks me when people mix up vagina and vulva. So, not decided on how to tackle that with a toddler yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153734 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:32:08 +0000 Cole 1153734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since I work with other people's children I find I have to toe the line carefully sometimes since different families deal with this differently. My general tactic after I run it by the parents is to tell them the correct name and then say that some people don't like hearing the names of private parts out in public so we use bottom and chest when we are talking near other people. It seems to work well since then they have the ability to describe a bigger problem and know that some conversations are best not had in line at the grocery store! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153684 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:56:16 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1153684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never knew that people consider "butt" inappropriate. :P We plan on using proper names for everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153667 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:41:49 +0000 shopaholic 1153667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know DH will want to use nicknames, but I think we should teach the proper names maybe around 2 years old?<br /> Before that I'd probably say bum bum/booty/butt-butt.<br /> I'm trying to figure out a discreet nickname for breasts since I don't want her shouting out boobies or breasts when she wants to nurse! And need something for vagina. "v" maybe? </p> <p>@anbanan15: That's a good point! I have read that before too!<br /> @TemperanceBrennan: Excellent point!<br /> @shinymama: Peanut, no peanut! :) I think we'll start with this when we teach about boys maybe!<br /> @wonderstruck: How nerve-wracking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153590 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:44:22 +0000 Ra 1153590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I also use tush! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153482 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:41:27 +0000 MsMini 1153482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use "bum", and he knows/we use the real words for everything else (penis, foreskin, scrotum, breasts, nipples, vulva, vagina). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153478 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:39:17 +0000 artsyfartsy 1153478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone mentioned to me not long ago (can't remember who. Sorry! Come out and let me know if it was you) that they were teaching their LO the medical terms, (penis, vagina, etc.) so that if they were ever (god forbid) abused, they would know. Since the abuser would most likely teach them words like wee-wee or something else. So if they start calling it something else it would send up a red flag. I will probably do The same.</p> <p>As for the word for butt? I don't know. Probably just butt. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153449 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:26:23 +0000 Mrsbells 1153449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For butt I say bottom to my LO, In time she will learn all the real words but I for now I will just teach her to say "private parts" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153399 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:05:44 +0000 lamariniere 1153399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: we also say tushy!</p> <p>DS says boobs. And seriously, coming out if a 2-yo mouth, it's pretty funny. We also use zizi for penis, it's the cutesy word the French use </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153321 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:33:54 +0000 wonderstruck 1153321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll teach the correct terms. I get that some people think the little nicknames are cute, but to be honest, I just don't really see the point. Although some parts are private (which they will be taught!) I don't really believe in making up names for them like the real words are too embarrassing or something - I don't want my kids to feel like that about any part of their body. I mean, I wouldn't call his arm anything different than his arm, you know what I mean? </p> <p>I was babysitting for my 2 year old nephew about a year ago and he came out of his room crying and telling me that his 'ting ting' hurt. I had ZERO clue what he was talking about. It turned out that a string from his underwear had come loose and was wrapped around his penis, but it sure would've been faster/easier to deal with if I had known what the heck he was saying! And +1 on what PPs have said about sexual predators as well. Really good article on it here that pretty much sums up my thoughts on it: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/04/23/1909631/kids-identify-genitalia-prevent-crimes/" rel="nofollow">http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/04/23/1909631/kids-identify-genitalia-prevent-crimes/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153282 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:15:15 +0000 mrs. wagon 1153282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: I totally LOLed at "peanut, no peanut"...!! haha!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153265 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:04:45 +0000 Vegmama 1153265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we plan on using the real words: butt, penis, vagina ... My friend has a 3 year old who is very interested in boobs right now. When I talk to her, I find myself saying "boobies", but it's probably because it sounds more appropriate than 'boobs'. </p> <p>And yes, @anbanan15, I was just getting ready to say that part too!! Even though the parent might know what the kid is saying when they say, "So &amp; so touched my woo-woo", another trusted adult might not know what it means!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153162 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:27:46 +0000 JoJoGirl 1153162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tushy!!! That's correct, no? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153143 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:22:48 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1153143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: I also read that predators are unlikely to use the correct terms for private parts, so it helps kids be more aware of possible "tricky people". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153138 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:20:18 +0000 lovehoneybee 1153138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's funny, we were just talking about this last night!</p> <p>I alternate between bum and butt, but we're planning on teaching him the proper anatomical terms for other body parts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153122 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:17:26 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1153122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do bottom/bum/butt. We're not picky :-) But as for the others, we use proper terms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1153110 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:13:53 +0000 citymouse 1153110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think about this a lot because I cannot stand the word "bottom." We will probably say bum or booty. Not sure about the other words yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152919 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:30:00 +0000 Honeybee 1152919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We say bottom, penis, scrotum, breast, vagina, or genitals. </p> <p>@shinymama: My daughter said "peanut" for a while too! I thought it was so cute. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152917 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:29:21 +0000 shinymama 1152917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: I used privates for both with my son because he was learning the terms during the peak of the Catholic church abuse scandal. I would tell him that his butt and penis were private, and that nobody {outside of mom and dad} needed to touch them and that he should say no. I think armed with that word he would have been able to express himself if anything had happened.</p> <p>In fact, he was very vigilant about his privates, when my mom tried to change his diaper he yelled, "Don't touch my privates!" :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152904 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:22:09 +0000 shinymama 1152904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bottom when my oldest was little and I was referring to it, later he called it butt, and I didn't correct him.</p> <p>Penis was "peanut" or privates. In retrospect, I'm glad that he didn't use penis because he was very expressive once he learned that boy and girls were different from each other. Most notably, one trip to Target where he sat in the cart and would say, "peanut" or "no peanut" whenever we passed someone.</p> <p>Once he moved past that stage, we used the anatomically correct terms for genitalia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152898 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:20:13 +0000 anbanan15 1152898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I read somewhere (years ago) that it's better to teach your child the correct term in case something bad happened and the child would be able to correctly express what area was touched without embarrassment or confusion? Anyone else hearing this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152894 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:16:54 +0000 Andrea 1152894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD says butt and vagina so far. I think she says boobs ... haven't taught her breasts ...or penis yet! She's seen lots of little boys at school, but she's never commented on their parts, at least not to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152843 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:59:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1152843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always been a fan of gluteus maximus instead of butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152742 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:20:34 +0000 Alivoo01 1152742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Will have to discuss this with the hubby tonight so that we'll be on the same page with terminology later on, but we call DS's penis "pee pee". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152728 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:16:25 +0000 MaisyMay 1152728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we are going to use bum. When I was little, the vagina was the tutu (not sure where that came from). Thankfully we don't have to worry about words for male anatomy yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152726 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:15:33 +0000 looch 1152726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to think about it, but I use bottom with my son. I don't call the chest by the pectoral muscles, so it seems to formal to call it gluteus maximus, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152719 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:14:29 +0000 Mrs. Train 1152719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We say bum, bottom or butt but they came home from preschool saying hiney (I have no clue how to spell that). We use boobies or breasts and penis/testicles and vagina. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-butt-breast-penis-vagina-didwill-you-teach-your-lo-the-proper-words#post-1152703 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:07:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1152703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I don't think they're breasts until a girl is going through puberty, so it is chest until then haha.</p> <p>I use anatomically correct names. Although, I guess in that respect I would have to use gluteus maximus :) </p>