I always knew that teaching my kids the anatomically correct words for their private areas was risky. Most of my friends refer to these areas with cutesy names like "Hee Hee", "Hoo Ha" and "Wee Wee". Not me. Nope. I'm all about teaching them the correct names and the correct functions. Makes me a better parent, no? HA!
I've been embarrassed countless times by little ones that like to flaunt their new knowledge around in public areas. Sharing our privates in public. "Mommy, is dat your bagina?" "Mommy, I hab a penith and you hab a bagina, wight?" Dressing rooms and public restrooms are super fun. And heaven forbid the area gets hurt..."Ow! Mom! I hurt my bagina!!!" "OOoooooh....my testercalers!"
But at least they're using it all correctly, right? The terminology, I mean. Well...until today, that is.
My boys like to wrestle and fight because, well, they're boys. They play bad guys and monsters. They are expert at make-believe role play in which they triumph over the offending attacker. Guns! Swords! Shields! Magnetic fields! Today a new monster made an appearance while I was tryign tp pick out a baby shower present at the store. My bored boys were getting a little rowdy and just as I was about to reign them in I hear...
"The giant Vagina Monster is going to EAT YOU!"
*sigh*
"Boys, vaginas are private areas and not monsters. Mostly. Play something else please."
Another fine parenting moment brought to you by the Potters.
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Leave it to Heidi to be mia for weeks and come back with a story about hoo has and wee wees:) Seriously hilarious by the way! I hope you have been doing okay!
Heehee! Kiddos are so funny and say the most hilarious things!! ;)
I couldn't agree with you more, about both teaching your children the proper names AND that vaginas are "mostly" not monsters. I missed you...
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Awesomeness. And I am firmly in the camp of teaching correct names.
Laughing so hard at "testercalurs."
I am cracking up so hard right now (it's midnight) Almost woke the baby & hubby thinks I'm crazy. TOO FUNNY. Oh, I've got to share this!
At my house — with three teenage boys — we started with anatomically correct words and have apparently since lowered the bar to include all sorts of creative words to describe male privates. (Sigh.) (And an eye roll.)
Well, my not yet 2 year old has noticed the difference between her and her brother and she wants to talk about it all the time! She kept saying "My penis" and I finally said no you have a vagina. Now she walks around saying "Daddy penis, Natey penis, Mommy gina, my gina" EVERYWHERE we go.
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