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post #41 of 111
4/6/05 at 4:54pm

What my nephew calls his boy parts!

My sil called me the other day to say that her ds has started refering to his private parts as his weenis and nards! I guess weenis being a combo of weiner and penis,-and nards is his scrotum! :LOL I can't stop laughing!

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post #42 of 111
4/6/05 at 6:01pm
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Thank you all for your responses! You know what DH & I think is funny? Of all the threads I've started on MDC about a great variety of things...this has gotten the most responses! :LOL
post #43 of 111
4/6/05 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by ZeldasMom
We're penis people.
Can I just say that this is the best line?

Ever??

post #44 of 111
4/6/05 at 7:07pm
another using penis here
post #45 of 111
4/6/05 at 9:53pm
I say "pee pee" for penis and "balls" for scrotum. I see no need to get technical until I'm teaching him about body parts. For now, he's just a baby, and "pee pee" seems to more accurately describe that bitty little thing than "penis." :LOL
post #46 of 111
4/6/05 at 9:56pm
Penis.

Because, you know, that's what it is.

For some reason, balls are yarbles.
As in, don't go out there with no pants! You'll freeze your yarbles off.

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I see no need to get technical until I'm teaching him about body parts.
This is the toddler forum, so when you name it, you are teaching body parts.
post #47 of 111
4/6/05 at 10:00pm
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Originally Posted by sagira
I like yoni and lingham. However, I teach my ds that his penis is "pilinchi" which means "penis" in Papiamento (our native language).
OT:

You're from Curacao? My husband and I honeymooned there, at the Kura Hulanda Hotel in Otrabanda. I would love to go back as soon as we can afford it, it's a wonderful place. Such kind people and vibrant culture. I miss it so much. It's seriously my "happy place" that I visit in my mind when things are overwhelming.
post #48 of 111
4/6/05 at 10:05pm
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Originally Posted by annettemarie
Penis.

Because, you know, that's what it is.

For some reason, balls are yarbles.
As in, don't go out there with no pants! You'll freeze your yarbles off.


This is the toddler forum, so when you name it, you are teaching body parts.
So, why is it okay to use euphemisms for testicles/scrotums, but not penises?

By "teaching him," I mean more like when we have "the talk." I mean, I will probably tell him it's a penis long before then, but really, I see no need to be terribly specific unless he asks. As long as he knows what I mean when I say "pee pee," and I know what he means when he learns to say the same, I'm happy. Everyone else I know IRL calls it the same thing, so it's not going to be a cultural problem or anything.

I called my vagina my "privates" until I was 4 or so and learned what a vagina was, and I'm certainly no worse for the wear and I was never confused.

We do also call the whole shebang his "package," too.
post #49 of 111
4/6/05 at 10:07pm
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Originally Posted by HoneymoonBaby
So, why is it okay to use euphemisms for testicles/scrotums, but not penises?
Umm.. it was a joke. He knows that they are his testicals.
post #50 of 111
4/6/05 at 10:11pm
Penis, peepee, scrotum, butt, bottom... whatever comes out of our mouths when we say it. But I try to say penis when I think about it. DS says peepee- not yet old enough to say penis, I'm sure.
Has anyone read the book "Once upon a potty"... it says a peepee for making weewee... that book is kind of cute but it can get a little obnoxious!!
And on that subject, what do you call what comes out? We call it pee and poop. Pretty simple here!
post #51 of 111
4/7/05 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by tayndrewsmama
another using penis here

OH OH OH!!!! When I make Senior Member status, my I use this as my title???


ANOTHER USING PENIS HERE
post #52 of 111
4/7/05 at 12:34am
We use proper names at our house 'cause we don't see any reason not to.

We do sometimes refer to them collectively as his "boy parts". As in, "Griffin, please stop playing with your boy parts so I can put your diaper on."
post #53 of 111
4/7/05 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by Myboysmom
OH OH OH!!!! When I make Senior Member status, my I use this as my title???


ANOTHER USING PENIS HERE
I'll race ya for it!!!!
post #54 of 111
4/7/05 at 12:37am
This place is just too funny!@
post #55 of 111
4/7/05 at 2:20am
We say penis here as well. What's really fun is explaining foreskin! My son is really into swords/knights and the whole magical kingdom fantasy land. Well, his foreskin is starting to retract and he wanted to know why. I told him that it is there to protect his penis just like his sheath protects his sword. The next time dh gave ds a bath, ds told dh "daddy, I have a sheath on my penis and we have to wash it everyday b/c it's there for retection (protection)."
post #56 of 111
4/7/05 at 10:11am
we say penis also. my 3 yr old dd loves to say penis, much to the embarrassment of my mother! but what can you do? i dont want her to think it's a dirty word...it's just another part of her beloved brother! for her, we have been using the tagalog (filipino) word for her because that is what i called mine growing up. i guess i should start using vagina also. i dont think there is any problem with knowing a few names for your vagina or penis.

what is funny to me is my mom has no problem saying vagina, but she really hates to say "penis"! :LOL
post #57 of 111
4/7/05 at 10:20am
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Originally Posted by GriffinsMom
We use proper names at our house 'cause we don't see any reason not to.

We do sometimes refer to them collectively as his "boy parts". As in, "Griffin, please stop playing with your boy parts so I can put your diaper on."
Exactly! And, by using cutesy nicknames, you are making the point, however subtle, that the real word is somehow unacceptable, or that that particular body area is so.... secretive? shameful? unacceptable?... that it has to be referred to with a euphamism.
post #58 of 111
4/7/05 at 12:37pm
More PENIS users here! The whole scrotum/testes thing had been harder to be consistent with though cuz ds will grab the whole package ask 'What's dis? To which I have to try to understand what he's referring to...

My funny penis story from this week:

Ds and I were getting out of bed and getting ready for the day. I asked ds to "Come here peanut" I often call ds little cutesy names

To which he replies, while pulling his diaper off... "DIS" and grabs his penis :LOL Apparently he misheard me...
post #59 of 111
4/7/05 at 1:06pm
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More PENIS users here!
:LOL :
post #60 of 111
4/7/05 at 1:23pm
penis, testicles, scrotum and ofcourse, the part I'm most proud of.. THE FORESKIN!! yep, it's all there and we call it by what it is
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