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Why you should teach kids the real names of their body parts

by Miss Britt on January 21, 2009

I pride myself on being one of those moms.

You know. The enlightened mom.

My kids have seen me naked and no one oohs or ahhs or runs screaming from the room. They know girls have boobs. Meh. No big deal. Boys and girls are different. Meh. Whatever.

We can ask tough questions here, and expect to get answers. No one backs away from a subject because it’s awkward or uncomfortable. We don’t lie because the truth is difficult or involves big words. I’m not afraid to say “I don’t know” or “I wish it wasn’t that way, but it is.”

Like I said. I’m one of those moms, damn it.

Which is why it took me by surprise when my daughter wandered into my room one morning, trying to explain to me that her front butt hurt.

“I’m sorry, what?”

“Mom. My front butt. It hurts. It needs medicine.”

“Your… what?”

And as matter of factly as if she had been explaining to me where her eyes and ears and mouth and nose were, she told me again.

“My. Front Butt. It hurts.”

“Your… ohhhhh. Oh. OH, your, uh. Well. Yes, um, ok. I can see how you could – front butt? Really?”

“Yes, I think I need medicine. Is the front butt medicine in my bathroom?”

And just like that I was consumed with hunting down the diaper cream and explaining that we wipe even when we pee and… somehow I completely failed at teaching her that the word was, in fact, vagina.

Because? Well?

Front butt.

I mean, really?

It’s kind of fucking genius.

Until I have to try to explain that babies come from front butts.

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62 Comments so far

avitable January 20, 2009 10:06 pm
I think all body parts should now be named in reference to the butt.

The vagina: Front butt.
The penis: Inside out butt.
The mouth: Sideways butt.
The ears: Listening butt.

Et cetera.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:13 am
@avitable, I already refer to your mouth as “the thing that spews shit” – does that count?

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Julie January 21, 2009 12:23 am
bwahaha!!!! that is too hilarious not to love.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:14 am
@Julie, well *I* thought so – but I’m biased.

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perksofbeingme January 21, 2009 12:52 am
That is hilarious. I’ve had a kid whom I babysat call her vagina her front butt too. I hope to be one of the enlightened parents who don’t shy away from the tough questions.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:14 am
@perksofbeingme, really?? And I had NEVER heard that before.

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maman January 21, 2009 12:53 am
Um. When my girls where little there was a person who appeared on the Today Show who indicated that you should use the word, “vulva” with you little ones… In the, “Yes, Janie, you have a lovely vulva”.

Naturally, this was a word I taught my girls just to torment their father with…

“Ow, Daddy. My vulva hurts! Can you check it!”

He should NEVER have gone to work 12 hours after Lillith was born, eh?

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:15 am
@maman, man, *I* still don’t use the word vulva.

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maman Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 12:17 pm
@Miss Britt,

Oh, it didn’t last long.. now I have reverted to 3rd grade me and refer to all genitalia as the “dink”. It is an excellent term for immature insults as well. As in, “Lillith, stop being a dink and just come over here and eat your breakfast”

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Ren January 21, 2009 1:04 am
My girls both referred to “back bottom” and “front bottom” for quite a while before they started using “vagina”.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:15 am
@Ren, I am so immature. The word “bottom” always cracks me up.

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ginamonster January 21, 2009 1:05 am
Heh. These are the conversations I dread if I should become a parent. it’s a whole lot easier to answer the tough questions when they are coming from younger siblings.

Makes sense though. I mean, if you aren’t going to call it a vagina, front butt makes a lot more sense than coochie or hoo ha.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:51 am
@ginamonster, that’s what I thought! It’s better than a taco or something nonsensical like that!

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B.E. Earl January 21, 2009 1:17 am
Reason number #8362 why I couldn’t handle having kids.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:52 am
@B.E. Earl, oh this? This is the relatively EASY part.

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Dan January 21, 2009 1:19 am
I love “front butt” – makes perfect sense.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:54 am
@Dan, my thoughts exactly! I think I’ll start referring to mine as a front butt as well.

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Lisa January 21, 2009 1:24 am
Ha, ‘front butt’. Just seeing it makes me giggle like an eight year old.

Is it something she picked up from kids at school?

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:54 am
@Lisa, I have no idea. She didn’t get it from ME. I got the impression it’s something she just worked out on her own based on the knowledge of “butt”. But who knows?

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Danalyn January 21, 2009 1:28 am
*gasp* You mean the queen of all things vagina hasn’t taught her daughter that word, yet? Shame on you!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:55 am
@Danalyn, I know. I expect a committee to show up here any minute and dethrone me.

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CriRi January 21, 2009 1:31 am
My niece calls it her “Pee Bum”

I was flabberghasted I had never thought of that before.

front butt is pretty good too.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:56 am
@CriRi, bum is so cute and English. I’d never be able to say it with a straight face.

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Kris January 21, 2009 2:01 am
I had a friend whose son called his penis his “peanut”. Unfortunately my son who is one year younger took the opportunity one day to explain to him that in fact it is called a “PE-NIS”, not “PEA-NUT”. The boy ran home in a fit, screaming that his mom told him it was a peanut and of course he was mortified to find out that my son was absolutely correct. EEEEK. Poor gaffer.

Front-Butt. Smart, really smart!
K.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:57 am
@Kris, that would sooo be what my son would do. He cannot stand to let something go uncorrected.

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whall January 21, 2009 3:52 am
Kids say the frontbuttiest things.

But it makes sense, especially since they’re being taught in school about the back vagina.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
@whall, no. NO. That is NOT a back vagina.

I am not comfortable at ALL with what that implies.

Heh.

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SingleParentDad January 21, 2009 4:41 am
So much better than punani.

My son calls his bits Tinky Winky and the La Las – You get the Telltubies? – And I thought he’d struggle with perineum so we call that the jaffers.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 8:59 am
@SingleParentDad, so what you’re saying is, I should be grateful she didn’t name her vagina “Boots” or “Dora”?

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vodkamom January 21, 2009 6:30 am
The other day in class a boy told me his tail hurt. His butt tail.

snort.

Front Butt??? genius……

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:00 am
@vodkamom, I can’t even imagine what you hear as a teacher! LOL

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Dawn January 21, 2009 7:12 am
Oh my God, Emma is precious.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:01 am
@Dawn, yeah, I think I’ll keep her.

I mean, until the next time she whines. Then it’s anyone’s guess.

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Kristin January 21, 2009 8:24 am
I had to have this conversation with Megan when she was little. She was insistent that tampons belonged in your butt…..I had to explain to her what a vagina was. And you know it was the cutest thing ever because she couldn’t pronounce it, she called it her “china”! I am sure they loved me as a nanny because while I am not a mom, I was “THAT kind of nanny!”
XOXO

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:03 am
@Kristin, LOL, I remember that!

Emma wants to know why I have pink pee every month.

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hello haha narf January 21, 2009 8:27 am
are you fucking kidding me? you say vagina on the internet and didn’t tell emma she has a vagina. hehe. you crack me open!

the first time i heard front butt i was mortified that the parent didn’t explain proper terminology. although front butt really does make terrific sense.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:04 am
@hello haha narf, not because I’m opposed to it! Somehow it just has never come up, apparently!

She DID ask me how babies get out of their mom’s bellies the other morning – while I was dropping her off at daycare. I decided that it might not be fair to the daycare workers (or wise) to hit her with “that hole between your legs? Babies fall out of there. See you this afternoon!” as I was running out the door.

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AJ January 21, 2009 8:28 am
My daughter called hers her ‘body’ for the longest time. Now she says peepee:) My son, however, at 2 years old, already knows he has a “Menis.” In fact, my sister called the other day, and my sone answered the phone and said “Hi Aunt Liz, Me and Daddy have Menis.” She didn’t know quite what to say!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:05 am
@AJ, I don’t remember my son being near as obsessed with the differences. But Emma is very.. um… aware.

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Blondefabulous January 21, 2009 8:34 am
You are a better mom than I am. We have wieners and wubbies in this house and I don’t regret it. Now that they are teaching my eldest(12)about sex and her body’s functions, I can have frank, meaningful conversations about the parts and their real names.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:06 am
@Blondefabulous, oh hush. That doesn’t make me a better mom than you. Just not as hippy liberal as me!

I bet you bake wayyy better than me.

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Crystal January 21, 2009 8:35 am
I’ve heard “front butt” up in RI as well. I want to hug whomever came up with it, because it’s awesome.

My boss came into work the other day talking about a baby shower she’d gone too. The son of the hostess is at that age where he knows all the parts of his body and spent the afternoon walking from guest to guest explaining that he and his father have penises. The hostess later told my boss that when she was cleaning him up from a bathroom break, the little boy said quite seriously, “Mom, I like this penis. I think I’ll keep it.”

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 9:07 am
@Crystal, awww, it’s always good to see when young children are happy with their bodies.

Wait. He’s a boy. He will ALWAYS be happy with his penis. LOL

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Mindee January 21, 2009 9:12 am
Really, front butt is more correct than vagina. Vagina is kind of a middle butt. I would sooo rather say front butt than vulva or even labia.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
@Mindee, LOL, well I guess there is that.

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Burgh Baby January 21, 2009 9:21 am
I was all prepared to have to hear “vagina” come out of my 2-year old’s mouth, but then daycare went and told her it’s her “bum.” Like, she has the world’s largest bum which wraps all around. Somehow, I lack the balls to correct her. Oh well.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
@Burgh Baby, bum? Do you go to a british daycare??

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Burgh Baby Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
@Miss Britt, Nope, just one that is afraid of the words butt, ass, hiney, and pretty much every other word I like.

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steen January 21, 2009 9:22 am
Now, I’m not hip with the slang kids are using these days but I thought “front butt” was akin to a frontal wedgie or cameltoe.

However, I think I like your daughter’s use of the word better, hahaha.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@steen, you know, I’d never heard that… but this disturbs me. I think I’m going to have to get on the vagina explanation ASAP now. Can’t have her going around exclaiming CAMEL TOE!

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Rachael January 21, 2009 9:40 am
Hilarious. Where do kids learn it? My sister and I totally used front butt when we were kids.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:04 pm
@Rachael, really?!?! Well, where did YOU two learn it??

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Sunshine January 21, 2009 9:56 am
My older daughter employed the front butt verbiage as well.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
@Sunshine, maybe it’s in her midwest roots then…

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Brittany January 21, 2009 9:58 am
Um, why hasn’t the porn industry picked up on this gem?

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
@Brittany, all in good time, my pretty. All in good time.

Wait. That sounded kind of old man dirty pervy.

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Maria January 21, 2009 10:05 am
LOL!

Actual body part names are overrated. Bella was trying to ride a bike that was too big for her not too long ago, and when she got off she went around clutching her crotch yelling “MY VAGINA IS ON FIRE!!!!! THAT BIKE CAUSES VAGINA FIRES!!”

I think I would have preferred Front Butt. *lol*

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
@Maria, yes, but, I’m not sure that “MY FRONT BUTT IS ON FIRE!!!” would have been better.

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Finn January 21, 2009 10:06 am
Still love this story. And now I love “back vagina…” LOL.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
@Finn, I heard that about you.

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Deb on the Rocks January 21, 2009 10:20 am
Damn, I hate it that I never had a daughter. I don’t want to know what my sons call their girlfriends’ front butts.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
@Deb on the Rocks, I bet google could give you some suggestions…

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Candy January 21, 2009 10:36 am
This reminds me of the girl last night on American Idol who was singing out of her wrong rectum.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
@Candy, that, um, frightens me. A lot.

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Candy Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
@Miss Britt, my son and I just stared at each other after she said it, and then we both reached for the remote to run it back…just to be sure. She apparently has two rectums, one for singing and one for…other things. Maybe it’s true, I know some people who have been talking out of their asses for years.

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NYCWD January 21, 2009 10:59 am
Do you know how many people would be able to pass Anatomy and Physiology on the first try if things were so simple?

Yeah. Me.

We need to make it that simple. Simple is the new brilliant.

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Faiqa January 21, 2009 11:17 am
I taught my daughter the word vagina from the beginning. ANd it has backfired in ways that one could scarcely imagine. Like this one time when we were at the golf clubhouse and I was the only woman in the room of about fifty men and my daughter started yelling, “This highchair is hurting my vagina, Mama, does your chair hurt your vagina?” Nice.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
@Faiqa, I am curious how this came up in conversation. Teaching her the word vagina, I mean.

For some reason it never occurred to me to strip Emma down and say “and this, right here? That’s your vagina.”

Or is it part of that song?

“The leg bones connected to the, hip bone. The hip bone is kind of sort of connected to the, vagina muscle.”

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Faiqa Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
@Miss Britt, When I was potty training her. “Pee pee comes from your vagina.”

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
@Faiqa, OK, so, that makes sense.

And I am now sitting here trying to remember potty training Emma and how I avoided this whole thing before hand.

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amanda January 21, 2009 11:27 am
fucking priceless. PRICELESS i tell you

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
@amanda, I’m glad you enjoyed it.

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amanda Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
@Miss Britt,

whoa you are officially the greatest blogger ever. you actually reply!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 6:25 pm
@amanda, LOL, well thanks! Although to be fair, I think a lot of bloggers reply.

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Erin January 21, 2009 11:55 am
My friend was very proud that she taught her daughter all of the proper names for things and where they were all located, etc when her daughter was learning to talk. My friend was very “we aren’t afraid of our bodies in this house!” Unfortunately she taught the terminology before she taught her daughter about “at home funny and in public funny” and not long after the anatomy lesson, they were at the grocery store and her daughter screamed out “Mommma my vagina itches!” and then lifted her skirt, pulled down her underwear and started scratching herself (doing an amazing giant gorilla impersonation in the process).

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
@Erin, oh. Hell. No. Did she die right there on the spot?

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Karen Sugarpants January 21, 2009 12:28 pm
Seriously though, why you should really teach them the right word? So that if anyone ever touches them, and they tell a teacher or a friend’s mom there is no confusion. These parents who call their daughter’s vagina a ‘muffin’ are retarded.
Take it from someone who had a friend’s daughter abused very early and an aunt didn’t know what she meant at first when she said so-and-so touched her kiwi.

Also, Adam’s comment is hilarious.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@Karen Sugarpants, AND because I don’t ever want them to think it’s something shameful that can’t be mentioned by name. (Although your reason is the best reason.)

I’m 100% pro let’s use real words for real body parts. I don’t know how we just never got around to discussing it.

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Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] January 21, 2009 1:01 pm
We use technical terms like ‘butt’ for the back and ‘heinie’ for the front. I’m just not ready to hear my 3yo & 4yo daughters use the ‘v’-word.

I’d have to start saying it first.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], someone needs to get you a hand mirror for Christmas.

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Rachel January 21, 2009 1:03 pm
I think that’s pretty damn funny actually.

I teach my kids the proper names, too and I’m all enlightened like you. Some, most, of my friends are not. THey use those annoying terms like, hoo hah and vah jay jay (which I HATE) well one of the boys one day said something about his mr. winkie and my daughter looked at him, she’s 5, and said your what? He gestured, his winkie. Kid you not, my kid says: “Dude, that’s your penis and I have a vagina, don’t your parents teach you anything?”

I spit/snorted beer and fell out of my chair.
It was a very proud moment for me.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
@Rachel, hahahha, that attitude is so CUTE, when they’re young.

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Kristin January 21, 2009 2:19 pm
I love this…and am thanking anyone who wants to listen that my daughter didn’t figure that term out. I always call that really fat hangy part that some morbidly obese people have, you know, the one that hangs down to their knees? That’s what I call the Front Butt.

As in, “Holy crap I can’t wear these pants b/c it looks like I have a front butt.” Words, I must confess, I have uttered.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
@Kristin, I am horrified that I let my daughter think she had camel toe.

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Melissa January 21, 2009 3:36 pm
Fucking hilarious!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
@Melissa, and therefore Internet worthy!

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Average Jane January 21, 2009 3:51 pm
Ha ha! That’s what we called it when I was a kid. “Front butt” and “back butt.” I hadn’t thought of that in decades.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
@Average Jane, how am I the last person on Earth to have heard this term?!?!

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usedtobeme January 21, 2009 6:12 pm
My MIL once told me not to teach 11 to say Vagina because it “just didn’t sound right coming from a two year old.” She wanted me to teach her “pee pee.” 11 (2 1/2 at the time) said “Mema, I go pee pee from my Jina.”

I may have snorted coffee out my nose.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
@usedtobeme, hahahhahahahaha – that is awesome!

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twinkie January 21, 2009 7:34 pm
I’m kinda like you, Britt.. but I’m beginning to wonder when TOO much info IS too much. The other day Big Mickey(my 8 year old) and I were watching t.v. and that public announcement/commercial thing came on that says, “It’s almost ten o’ clock. Do YOU know where YOUR children are?” And Big Mickey replied, “Yeah! In my balls” and he said it so matter-of-factly and innocent and I was shocked and said, “BIG MICKEY!! What did you just say?” and he said, “WHAT? My daddy said that’s where men keep their babies until they’re ready to put them in the mommies.”

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 am
@twinkie, we had an incident like that once. Luckily, I could say “do you hear your dad talking about his balls? No. That’s rude.”

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twinkie Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
@Miss Britt, herein lies the problem.. My husband DOES!

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twinkie January 21, 2009 7:36 pm
Anyways, then I told him he wasn’t allowed to say “balls” because he was too young and he asked well what about “huevos” can I say that?

Ay ay ay… LOL

translation= huevos = balls in spanish.
and yes, it’s also used to say eggs but the correct translation for eggs is actually “blanquillos” blahn- key- yo’s!

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dr. wigglebutt January 21, 2009 7:36 pm
i’ve never heard the term ‘front butt’ before, and i’m extremely fluent in euphemisms for that particular region.

however, i am adding it to the list as we speak. thank you for helping to expand my vocabulary.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 am
@dr. wigglebutt, glad I could help educate.

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Stacey January 21, 2009 8:13 pm
I feel weird about my cats seeing me naked. My future children are doomed.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 am
@Stacey, your cats?!?!

Oh, honey. You need some help in the exposure department.

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Nobody™ January 21, 2009 8:50 pm
My daughter has referred to it as her “front butt”. I tried to explain to her that it’s called a twat, but my wife slapped me silly.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 am
@Nobody™, hahahhahahahhahaha OMG.

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Moms At Work January 21, 2009 8:55 pm
Can’t. Stop. Laughing.
I blogged a while about about how we call it a little “patoot” at my house. Front butt … that’s a new one.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:57 am
@Moms At Work, it was new for me too!

Apparently you and I are the only ones to have NOT heard it before.

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Sarah January 21, 2009 9:35 pm
I’m totally taking over front butt. So when I become a famous Dr. (Assuming I make up my finicky mind about going to Med School, ahem) you can expect to see it in medical textbooks everywhere.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
@Sarah, sweet!

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Turnbaby January 21, 2009 9:45 pm
I’m just laughing laughing laughing–and commending you for keeping a straight face.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 am
@Turnbaby, I am the QUEEN of the straight face! No! Really! I’m the least facially animated person EVER!

heh

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metalmom January 21, 2009 10:16 pm
LOL@Nobody!!

My SILs called theirs ‘flowers’ (I guess because of all the ‘petals’) My mom always referred to our ‘peaches’. My daughter got the right terminology while her brother thought it was “fine china”

Emma is adorable!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
@metalmom, wait a minute. Are these grown women calling their vaginas flowers?!?!? And peaches?!?!?

I would be traumatized if anyone referred to my vagina as something that is bitten.

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Coal Miner's Granddaughter January 21, 2009 10:45 pm
I’m right there with you. We decided on using the term “vulva” because that pretty much covers everything in that area.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
@Coal Miner’s Granddaughter, I think I need to brush up on my anatomy.

I was under the impression that “vulva” covered mainly the outside areas only.

AND? I can’t hear it without thinking “Volvo”.

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Musing January 21, 2009 11:43 pm
A new entry for the urban dictionary!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
@Musing, why stop there? Wikipedia, here we come!

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kapgar January 22, 2009 8:01 am
I maintain that all your kids are geniuses.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 am
@kapgar, as do I.

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Missives From Suburbia January 22, 2009 9:38 am
Front butt? What? I was so distracted by that photo of the low-carb pancake that I forgot all about the front butt. Holy COW!

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 am
@Missives From Suburbia, and those low-carb pancakes? Are FANTASTIC!!

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Colleen - Mommy Always Wins January 22, 2009 9:39 am
Ha! We recently taught our 4yo that his “balls” were really testicles. He shouted, “MOM! That’s just like POPCICLES!”

Yes, honey, EXACTLY. Except not quite.

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Miss Britt Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:43 am
@Colleen – Mommy Always Wins, LOL, the associations kids make crack me up.

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Multi-Tasking Mommy January 22, 2009 10:05 am
That post made me giggle!

We have taught my daughter the “proper” names, although my sister-in-law insists that we should call our vagina our vulva (which is the technical term for the part), but since the common name is vagina, we stick to that.

My daughter once pointed at my post c-section tummy (I have a vertical scar from just below my belly button down) and said, “Mommy why do you have a bum on your tummy?”. This being said on an emotional day to begin with, not fun, but cute!

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Sybil Law January 22, 2009 10:47 am
Hahahahahahahahaha!! I love it!
It DOES kinda look like a front butt, though! My kid has said it, too, and she generally calls it her ‘gina, for short. Still – I can’t stop laughing at the front butt. That is freaking classic!

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Jen W January 22, 2009 3:00 pm
I am totally adding “Front Butt” to my vocabulary. From now on. That really is genius.

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Craig January 22, 2009 7:54 pm
Kinda unrelated, but not really. I hate when poo is referred to as “ka-ka” or however you’d spell it. It gives me the heebeejeebees.

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TRACI January 24, 2009 11:37 am
I am pretty sure ‘front butt’ was inserted when a Kindergartner asked why her ‘GURGINA’ was itchy. Because that? Sounds better.

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Dory January 24, 2009 3:39 pm
“Front Butt” HA! That is nothing short of friggin brilliant.

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Why you should teach kids the real names of their body parts

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