[blparent] naming body parts.

[Veronica Smith]

I know people who go for the straight forward names, vagina, penis,  buttox,
stomach, breasts, etc. and I know the ones who go for the nonstraight
forward names, such as:  peeper, peepee, hiney, tummy booby.  I don't think
it really matters, they all eventually learn the correct names.  It just
depends on what your comfortable with.  Like passing gas- are you  more
comfortable calling it a fart or a puffle or a fluff of air. Now we called
it a puffle and sometimes I wish I had just called it a fart as that is what
most children know it by. Oh well, that is life. v

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Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:32 PM
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Subject: [blparent] naming body parts.

Hey y'all,
I hope this isn't considered off topic. It's a parenting issue, while not 
specifically a blind parent issue.
Savannah is really into asking, "what's this?" Body parts was the game this 
morning. I was changing her diaper and she pointed to her vagina and asked, 
what's this.  I simply replied, it's your vagina.
I've been thinking. Many people have little names for private parts.  I 
could make a list of the rediculous to the common, but i'll refrain. I was 
just curious how other parents have approached or plan to approach naming 
the private areas.
But also things like stomach vs. belly and other correct names vs common 
names for body parts. elbow vs funny bone, things like that.
Pipi 


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