Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!

For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee, winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that *her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well, men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Not sure about all those terms for 'down there' but as for the chest part
we've always called them breasts or (I hate to admit) boobies. Boys and
girls both have them. I often ask Evan where his boobies are. I guess
nipples would really apply but hey. Girl's breasts are bigger because they
store and use them for milk eventually when they have babies. I haven't
gotten into the what if they don't have babies etc but I guess the
description is still the same except they never fill up with milk.

I am looking forward to posts for more anatomy terms as my girls haven't
really ever asked yet.

--
Erin
Morgan and Megan 2/15/97
Evan 5/14/00


"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Not sure about all those terms for 'down there' but as for the chest part
we've always called them breasts or (I hate to admit) boobies. Boys and
girls both have them. I often ask Evan where his boobies are. I guess
nipples would really apply but hey. Girl's breasts are bigger because they
store and use them for milk eventually when they have babies. I haven't
gotten into the what if they don't have babies etc but I guess the
description is still the same except they never fill up with milk.

I am looking forward to posts for more anatomy terms as my girls haven't
really ever asked yet.

--
Erin
Morgan and Megan 2/15/97
Evan 5/14/00


"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Not sure about all those terms for 'down there' but as for the chest part
we've always called them breasts or (I hate to admit) boobies. Boys and
girls both have them. I often ask Evan where his boobies are. I guess
nipples would really apply but hey. Girl's breasts are bigger because they
store and use them for milk eventually when they have babies. I haven't
gotten into the what if they don't have babies etc but I guess the
description is still the same except they never fill up with milk.

I am looking forward to posts for more anatomy terms as my girls haven't
really ever asked yet.

--
Erin
Morgan and Megan 2/15/97
Evan 5/14/00


"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!



"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!



"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!



"looneybird" wrote in message
...
For all of you out there, especially with b/g twins, or b/g children
period
I guess... here goes. I knew this dreaded day would come.

Charlie has known for over a year now that he pees from him penis. Around
that same time, also asked what Jenna had. So, we've just always kept
it
simple by saying that "Boys have penises, and girls don't." He was always
satisfied with that answer. Then she started asking too, and we told her
the same thing. Pretty satisfied. Then it was "Do you have a penis,
Mommy?" "No, Mommy is a girl, so no penis." Satisfied.

Recently, Jenna has become frustrated with that answer and wants more
specifics. She'll say "No, Mommy... what is it (pointing to herself)
*called*?"

We decided early on that we weren't going to use baby talk (pee pee,
winkie,
etc.) and decided to tell them both the correct term for their anatomical
parts. Penis was easy. I have a real problem with telling her that
*her's*
is a vagina. We are absolutely *not* talking about her vagina, we are
talking about where her urine comes from, right?

So, I decided to tell her that it is her urethra. DH pointed out "Well,
men
have urethras too." So I thought maybe "urethral *opening*? How's that
for a mouthful... especially for a 4 year old! Now she's been pointing to
it saying "This is my Aretha!"

What are some of the solutions you have used? Any advice? As flustered
as
I probably sound in this post, I actually remain quite calm and usually
answer very matter of factly and divert their attention... "Yes, Charlie
has
a penis and you have a urethra... You have a nose and so does Charlie!
What else do you have that Charlie has?" Oh... and she's been asking
about
breasts. Up until now, I've just called it her chest. When she asks
about
why mine is different, I just explain that girls chests grow as they get
older.

I'm obviously *not* ready for all this! LOL Someone help me!

Lynn (Mommy to Charlie and Jenna 8/30/00)

"Gummy Joe" wrote in message
. com...
Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!

Okay Joe, I started to reply thinking that you were probably a troll. But I
stopped myself and decided to google you. Seems that you have posted a lot
on usenet and from anything recent, it doesn't seem that you're trollish.
And, you've even posted once before on this board about infant gas.

Looks like your kids are very young, so for you to say this "isn't a
problem" is premature... unless, of course you have older children. In that
case, I still wouldn't agree with you.

Also, it seems that you didn't read my entire post, because I clearly stated
that "vagina" was *not* the appropriate term here. We are talking about
urination and nothing else. I think I speak for all of us females here...
we don't pee via our vaginas.

I was going to blast you for being insensitive, but I won't. You will know
what I'm talking about soon enough and I hope you revisit this thread at
that time... because I think you'll need the advice too!

"Gummy Joe" wrote in message
. com...
Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!

Okay Joe, I started to reply thinking that you were probably a troll. But I
stopped myself and decided to google you. Seems that you have posted a lot
on usenet and from anything recent, it doesn't seem that you're trollish.
And, you've even posted once before on this board about infant gas.

Looks like your kids are very young, so for you to say this "isn't a
problem" is premature... unless, of course you have older children. In that
case, I still wouldn't agree with you.

Also, it seems that you didn't read my entire post, because I clearly stated
that "vagina" was *not* the appropriate term here. We are talking about
urination and nothing else. I think I speak for all of us females here...
we don't pee via our vaginas.

I was going to blast you for being insensitive, but I won't. You will know
what I'm talking about soon enough and I hope you revisit this thread at
that time... because I think you'll need the advice too!

"Gummy Joe" wrote in message
. com...
Vagina.

Or "bagina".


Either way, this is not a real problem!

Okay Joe, I started to reply thinking that you were probably a troll. But I
stopped myself and decided to google you. Seems that you have posted a lot
on usenet and from anything recent, it doesn't seem that you're trollish.
And, you've even posted once before on this board about infant gas.

Looks like your kids are very young, so for you to say this "isn't a
problem" is premature... unless, of course you have older children. In that
case, I still wouldn't agree with you.

Also, it seems that you didn't read my entire post, because I clearly stated
that "vagina" was *not* the appropriate term here. We are talking about
urination and nothing else. I think I speak for all of us females here...
we don't pee via our vaginas.

I was going to blast you for being insensitive, but I won't. You will know
what I'm talking about soon enough and I hope you revisit this thread at
that time... because I think you'll need the advice too!