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↑ greenfire ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 3:15 pm

mue2 wrote:

youd hope between the ages of 3 and 18 they would get over it.......

there are plenty of people who don't ... that's the issue here !!!

acccdac

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 3:27 pm

we call it a "pisher". That is what it does so tahts what its called.

Twizzlers

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 3:31 pm

sky wrote:

My ds calls it his tushie. I haven't corrected him because it works for him - and I'm not sure what else I would call it.

We say he makes wet or dirty. He chose the words and I'm happy with them so I'm leaving them.

this is what we do as well.

Barbara

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 3:35 pm

Seraph wrote:

evie wrote:

mue2 wrote:

are you not worried he will go around saying 'p3nis'??!?!

No, b"H he doesn't do that.

The thing that made me decide I didnt want to have my son all it a p3nis is because I once was at someone's house and their three year old boy was sitting on the couch, playing with himself.
"Look mommy, my p3nis is really big now. Look mommy, my p3nis is getting smaller now. Look mommy, my p3nis is big again!"

I was embarrassed

and said I dont want my son calling it a p3nis...

And you would have felt any different if he had used a different word?

We used p3nis. Its just a word, and its one that, chas v'shalom, he ever needs to communicate to others about (eg abuse), everyone understands.

Atali ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 3:47 pm

We call it pishy, and his backside is tushy.

Even my DH and I don't use the anatomically correct words since we are careful about using lashon nekiyah. We could have taught him to use the term "eiver" but my oldest came up with the term "pishy" on his own, since that is what comes out of it, so we stuck with that term.

I see no connection between the terms used and the ability to chas v'shalom report abuse. I would understand a boy perfectly well if he said that someone touched his pishy, peepee, or eiver.

I still need a term for DD's private part though.

tweety99 ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 4:18 pm

I also havnt come up with a name for it! my son is 3. but I dont really find I need a name! he just calls it his bottom! I suppose once they get to school they learn from other kids what to call it!

↑ mue2 ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 4:25 pm

interesting....I thought bottom was the back.....

alpidarkomama ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 4:45 pm

We just use potty, poop, boy parts, and girl parts. Everyone's happy. Smile

↑ mue2 ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 4:51 pm

'boy parts' I dont think that would work well with my 21month old son...

↑ greenfire

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 5:16 pm

toy story ...

↑ alpidarkomama

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 5:30 pm

mue2 wrote:

'boy parts' I dont think that would work well with my 21month old son...

?? Not sure what you mean? My 21-month-old uses/understands it. Smile

↑ baschabad ↓

Mon, Aug 03 2009, 6:00 pm

someone help me out- is gebermutter the yiddish word for the female part?

↑ beilariva

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 12:02 am

baschabad wrote:

someone help me out- is gebermutter the yiddish word for the female part?

Is it only to Swedish ears that that sounds very funny?

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 12:10 am

We don't have a name for it yet. It was called a bunch of things so far.

↑ Seraph

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 2:51 am

Barbara wrote:

Seraph wrote:

evie wrote:

mue2 wrote:

are you not worried he will go around saying 'p3nis'??!?!

No, b"H he doesn't do that.

and said I dont want my son calling it a p3nis...

And you would have felt any different if he had used a different word?

As I said before, definitely yes. Both were problematic, but if it had just been that but with a different word, it would have been loads less embarrassing.

↑ baschabad ↓

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 12:15 pm

beilariva wrote:

baschabad wrote:

someone help me out- is gebermutter the yiddish word for the female part?

Is it only to Swedish ears that that sounds very funny?

I thought its from the words "geb" and "mutter" meaning "mother-giver"- as in that it delivers a child...???

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 2:53 pm

baschabad wrote:

someone help me out- is gebermutter the yiddish word for the female part?

Gebermutter in Yiddish means the womb-uterus.

↑ amother

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 3:18 pm

I grew up thinking 'parts' was a very funny word and was embarrassed if anyone used it, as to me that meant my private parts. it wasn't until my mom explained to me quite recently that she called it our 'parts' because of 'private parts'. I always pictured the word to be spelled 'pahhtz'.

anyway, now I use 'parts' for my boys and my girls, and that seems to work just fine. I would feel less awkward if my dd called out loudly 'ima my parts are sore' than if she said 'ima my private part is sore'. it's just a bit less graphic somehow.

DovDov

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 4:39 pm

Well, we've always called it "aiver" and "vulva" (just two boys so far, but DS1 has asked me if I have a aiver and I told him no, I have a vulva). DS1 (2.5) does not use the word inappropriately but he DOES use "poopy" and "stupid" all the time -- I think it has more to do with which words he hears other children using for making trouble than anything else.

DS2, on the other hand, calls it his "neem-neem." I think he's just having trouble with the pronunciation, but it will be funny if that ends up being the word in our family.

↑ tweety99

Tue, Aug 04 2009, 4:46 pm

mue2 wrote:

interesting....I thought bottom was the back.....

yes it is, but thats what he calls it. so I dont argue! I just let him call it what he wants... Very Happy

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