what do you call YOUR vagina?

[pywacket]

So here's the thing...I just don't like the V word --it's not cute, it's clinical and everyone know's that coochies are cute and fun and silly and all those things.

We're trying to figure out what to call the nether regions for miss Emily. Of course we'll teach her the real word for it, but I don't want that to be it. I can't be lighthearted about a VAGINA--I can about a coochie.

So, tell me what you call yours *and* what you would call it for a wee girl. We've already figured out we'll use bottom, peeing and pooping for the rest of those bits and pieces. And willie or tallywacker (and of course the right word) when she gets around to asking about boys.

As for what I call mine? Well, that won't work because it's the name of the vacuum on the telly tubbies and I want her to watch that show and not get her vagina confused with an animated vacuum cleaner.

(pregnancy update--we go in tomorrow for membrane stripping, which hopefully will bring on labor. If not I'm getting raspberry leaf tea because, stick a fork in me I'm done).

Comments

[oblomova.livejournal.com]

I still like the Victorian "cunny." Sounds close to "cunning," which is not a bad thing for a girl to be.

As for menstruation (not that you asked), a friend of mine refers to it as "the changing of the guard." Which I like a lot. God, I'm such an Anglophile...

Good luck with the "membrane stripping." That sounds harsh -- like they're taking you into a darkroom and pouring chemicals over you or something.

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

welcome back! I hope your workshop was wonderful.

it does sound harsh...mostly they just poke a finger or so in and twirl it around to separate "the delicate membranes that bind the amniotic sac to the uterine wall (which)causes the release of natural prostaglandins" ...which is pretty harsh too. Maybe better than having chemicals poured on you though.

I'm all for chemicals being poured IN me soon ...

cunny is good..I really liked the medieval word for it (according to chaucer) belle chose...but that might be a bit much for a wee one.

I call it 'Crotch'...or...

[assriel.livejournal.com]

'Stuff'. I think vagina sounds vulgar. But I taught the girls' that name too. Again, good luck!

HUG!

A

[cheekytubemouse.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think the word "vagina" sounds sexy. Of course, I also like the word "breasts" too, though Sherilyn has somehow got me to start using the words "cooter" and "boobies."

depending on my mood

[rfd.livejournal.com]

*inhale*
cooter, cunt, vag, chonch, clam, snatch, gaping wound, thing, cooch, thinger, peehole, front-butt
*exhale*

not much help, I know. I just wanted to say front-butt.

[umpqua.livejournal.com]

I think you should just use the word "Cooter" but only with your thickest southern accent.

"Emily, git up on outa that dirt before you go and git yourself a cooter infectun!"

[rfd.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that sound more like "cootah"?

[sushispook.livejournal.com]

i vote for "orville".

NOO-NOO!!!!!!!

[shadowfaegirl.livejournal.com]

I just about choked on my drink, thank you. Wouldn't have been so bad, but Colin's watching Teletubbies right now.

[mattblakk.livejournal.com]

well, you could be technically correct and call the outer bits the vulva, and refer to the inner bits when you need to by vagina, which is less often, IMHO.

The Blakester will know that he has a penis, foreskin, testicles, but for the most part I tend to use weiner for some strange reason.

In fact, he just realized yesterday in the bathtub that he can pull his foreskin back and has been doing so repeatedly since then. Had to diaper the poor guy, his bits were looking a bit red from the constant investigation.

Since you asked....

[strigoivii.livejournal.com]

We somehow ended up calling that region "Down South" or "South of the Equator". We needed something they could yell in public (cause you know they will) that would not mortify us.
Then we quietly ask if they meant a poo part or a pee part.

Since menstruation was brought up.....we referred to that as "The Monthlies". As in, "Quick! Get Mom more chocolate she has the Monthlies!!!" ;) hehehe

Since this also fits in with the discussion.....we ended up calling farts "Butt Sneezes". Because when Morgue was 2, she farted, then announced that her butt just sneezed! LOL! :D Moments like that make having the kids worth it!

[podle.livejournal.com]

To me, now - its mostly referred to as "the stuff," or "girl stuff." When I was little I couldn't say vagina, so it was bagina. As in, and this is a true story, my very loud exclamation the first time I saw my father naked, "What kind of a bagina is *that*!!!??"

[ishana.livejournal.com]

I have boys, so they refer to the nether regions as the "private area," but they love to talk about their penis & testicles, too. They know I have a vagina, but I wish I had explained that girls have vulvas, since that's more correct.
Anyhow, private area seems to cover it all.

[mlle-angelicka.livejournal.com]

I call it my "kitty" Lol. I think this is out of the question. When I was younger this sort of thing was never mentioned, but when I baby sat two little boys for several years everyday after school I had to deal with these sorts of issues. Their mother was very open and honest with them as was I and I gave them straight answers to their questions. Better learn the accurate truth from me than some distorted nonsense on the playground. I would just use the term vagina.

my son calls mine

[sin112169.livejournal.com]

a pee-pee crack ,but i 've always gone with the coochie and the pee-pee,or willie

[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

kitty, hoo hoo, my "girl", and
my all time favorite.....

peachfish.

you can thank tom robbins for that one! :)