Thanks to all who replied

"looneybird" wrote in message
...
Well, I just wanted to thank everyone who replied to my original post
"Boy/Girl Anatomy". Here's the conclusion I've come to:

I've told Jenna that "the place where her pee comes from" is called her
Urethra. I am actually amazed at how she has mastered the word. At first
she was saying "Mommy, this is my Aretha!" Now, it's more like "ArethRa".
When the day comes that she asks about her vagina, I will give her the
word... even if that day is tomorrow!

I never thought my post would cause such a stir. But it's nice to see so
much activity on the board! I wanted to address a few people in a new
thread, because frankly, I was starting to get overwhelmed with the length
on that one. So, here goes:

To Gummy Joe... I don't think you're a troll. You just jumped in fast on
my original post (I think you were the very first to reply) and I didn't
recognize you. Then, your reply was just so... short? "Vagina?
Bagina"?
My initial reaction was that you were mocking me. When you said "Either
way, it's not a real problem" I felt like you dismissed me as some kind of
idiot for asking such a stupid question. I still feel that is it a very
legitimate question and as a caring parent I sought advice from the other
caring parents on this newsgroup. Evidently, by the amount of people who
replied, lots of others thought it was a good question too... and worth
some
thought and debate. I apologize that I scared you :~)


Il n'ya pas de quoi.


What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism, etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy if
this is a big concern.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

"looneybird" wrote in message
...
Well, I just wanted to thank everyone who replied to my original post
"Boy/Girl Anatomy". Here's the conclusion I've come to:

I've told Jenna that "the place where her pee comes from" is called her
Urethra. I am actually amazed at how she has mastered the word. At first
she was saying "Mommy, this is my Aretha!" Now, it's more like "ArethRa".
When the day comes that she asks about her vagina, I will give her the
word... even if that day is tomorrow!

I never thought my post would cause such a stir. But it's nice to see so
much activity on the board! I wanted to address a few people in a new
thread, because frankly, I was starting to get overwhelmed with the length
on that one. So, here goes:

To Gummy Joe... I don't think you're a troll. You just jumped in fast on
my original post (I think you were the very first to reply) and I didn't
recognize you. Then, your reply was just so... short? "Vagina?
Bagina"?
My initial reaction was that you were mocking me. When you said "Either
way, it's not a real problem" I felt like you dismissed me as some kind of
idiot for asking such a stupid question. I still feel that is it a very
legitimate question and as a caring parent I sought advice from the other
caring parents on this newsgroup. Evidently, by the amount of people who
replied, lots of others thought it was a good question too... and worth
some
thought and debate. I apologize that I scared you :~)


Il n'ya pas de quoi.


What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism, etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy if
this is a big concern.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

"looneybird" wrote in message
...
Well, I just wanted to thank everyone who replied to my original post
"Boy/Girl Anatomy". Here's the conclusion I've come to:

I've told Jenna that "the place where her pee comes from" is called her
Urethra. I am actually amazed at how she has mastered the word. At first
she was saying "Mommy, this is my Aretha!" Now, it's more like "ArethRa".
When the day comes that she asks about her vagina, I will give her the
word... even if that day is tomorrow!

I never thought my post would cause such a stir. But it's nice to see so
much activity on the board! I wanted to address a few people in a new
thread, because frankly, I was starting to get overwhelmed with the length
on that one. So, here goes:

To Gummy Joe... I don't think you're a troll. You just jumped in fast on
my original post (I think you were the very first to reply) and I didn't
recognize you. Then, your reply was just so... short? "Vagina?
Bagina"?
My initial reaction was that you were mocking me. When you said "Either
way, it's not a real problem" I felt like you dismissed me as some kind of
idiot for asking such a stupid question. I still feel that is it a very
legitimate question and as a caring parent I sought advice from the other
caring parents on this newsgroup. Evidently, by the amount of people who
replied, lots of others thought it was a good question too... and worth
some
thought and debate. I apologize that I scared you :~)


Il n'ya pas de quoi.


What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism, etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy if
this is a big concern.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

Lynne,

I for one am glad that you made the original post. The responses were
interesting to read. It makes sense that people have different styles of
handling this issue as they do with others. I think the reason we all come
here, is because we hope to gain and give insight in raising our kids. The
diversity of backgrounds and cultures is so different in these groups it would
be unreasonable for people the assume that their answer or response it the ONLY
correct one.

Good luck with the explaining!
Michelle
Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael
A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/twinzmommie/myhomepage/brag.html"Michelle's
Little Sweeties/A

Lynne,

I for one am glad that you made the original post. The responses were
interesting to read. It makes sense that people have different styles of
handling this issue as they do with others. I think the reason we all come
here, is because we hope to gain and give insight in raising our kids. The
diversity of backgrounds and cultures is so different in these groups it would
be unreasonable for people the assume that their answer or response it the ONLY
correct one.

Good luck with the explaining!
Michelle
Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael
A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/twinzmommie/myhomepage/brag.html"Michelle's
Little Sweeties/A

Lynne,

I for one am glad that you made the original post. The responses were
interesting to read. It makes sense that people have different styles of
handling this issue as they do with others. I think the reason we all come
here, is because we hope to gain and give insight in raising our kids. The
diversity of backgrounds and cultures is so different in these groups it would
be unreasonable for people the assume that their answer or response it the ONLY
correct one.

Good luck with the explaining!
Michelle
Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael
A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/twinzmommie/myhomepage/brag.html"Michelle's
Little Sweeties/A

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

What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism,
etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy
if
this is a big concern.

If I knew *that* was what you meant, I can assure you that I agree
wholeheartedly! Some of the folks here might remember when, during my
second trimester, the doctors had us scrambling to genetic counselors,
urging us to have amnios (something we were strictly against from the get-go
and they knew it) because there was a strange anomaly on Charlie's nucheal
fold (back of his neck). This was seen on a 13 wk ultrasound and we had to
wait a painful 8 weeks to get a level 2 Ultrasound that would tell us more.
They felt that the biggest chance was Downs, but scared us with a list of
other possible things as well. Anyway, everything turned out fine.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

Yes, I know what you mean... I'm so thankful as well to have 2 beautiful,
healthy kids.

Joe, you're a man of few words LOL!

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

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

What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism,
etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy
if
this is a big concern.

If I knew *that* was what you meant, I can assure you that I agree
wholeheartedly! Some of the folks here might remember when, during my
second trimester, the doctors had us scrambling to genetic counselors,
urging us to have amnios (something we were strictly against from the get-go
and they knew it) because there was a strange anomaly on Charlie's nucheal
fold (back of his neck). This was seen on a 13 wk ultrasound and we had to
wait a painful 8 weeks to get a level 2 Ultrasound that would tell us more.
They felt that the biggest chance was Downs, but scared us with a list of
other possible things as well. Anyway, everything turned out fine.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

Yes, I know what you mean... I'm so thankful as well to have 2 beautiful,
healthy kids.

Joe, you're a man of few words LOL!

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

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

What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism,
etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be happy
if
this is a big concern.

If I knew *that* was what you meant, I can assure you that I agree
wholeheartedly! Some of the folks here might remember when, during my
second trimester, the doctors had us scrambling to genetic counselors,
urging us to have amnios (something we were strictly against from the get-go
and they knew it) because there was a strange anomaly on Charlie's nucheal
fold (back of his neck). This was seen on a 13 wk ultrasound and we had to
wait a painful 8 weeks to get a level 2 Ultrasound that would tell us more.
They felt that the biggest chance was Downs, but scared us with a list of
other possible things as well. Anyway, everything turned out fine.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

Yes, I know what you mean... I'm so thankful as well to have 2 beautiful,
healthy kids.

Joe, you're a man of few words LOL!

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

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

What I meant was that as problems go, cleft palate, Downs, autism,
etc.etc.
are PROBLEMS. Not to dismiss your concern---just that you should be
happy
if
this is a big concern.

If I knew *that* was what you meant, I can assure you that I agree
wholeheartedly! Some of the folks here might remember when, during my
second trimester, the doctors had us scrambling to genetic counselors,
urging us to have amnios (something we were strictly against from the
get-go
and they knew it) because there was a strange anomaly on Charlie's nucheal
fold (back of his neck). This was seen on a 13 wk ultrasound and we had
to
wait a painful 8 weeks to get a level 2 Ultrasound that would tell us
more.
They felt that the biggest chance was Downs, but scared us with a list of
other possible things as well. Anyway, everything turned out fine.

My big concern is gassy boy, so I'm pretty thankful as well.

Yes, I know what you mean... I'm so thankful as well to have 2 beautiful,
healthy kids.

Joe, you're a man of few words LOL!


Not big on the small talk.