Anatomically Correct Dolls?

[Play Care]

yup.

I also have predominantly college educated clients, and this wouldn't go over well at ALL. I am in a liberal, crunchy granola area, but they all are so hyper protective it's crazy. They cringe at my proper genital wording.

Took me forever to figure out that dcg had to go potty, she would say "It's time for my kitty."

No dcg, it's not time for kitties.
*tears* "but I NEED TO GO!"

My face at pick up. REALLY? JUST, REALLY?!

And apparantly I am an IDIOT, because dh made the adult connection to kitty for me later that night.

OMG, yes! My one teacher mom has her DD calling it her "ha-ha" (yes, I used a real example in my op :: )
I said I didn't see anything funny about a v a g i n a
But really, how is ha ha better than the real term?!

[daycarediva]

I am blown away that her parents thought THAT sounded better than, "I need to go potty." Wow!

I was blown away (after dh explained it to me) soooo inappropriate!

OMG, yes! My one teacher mom has her DD calling it her "ha-ha" (yes, I used a real example in my op :: )
I said I didn't see anything funny about a v a g i n a
But really, how is ha ha better than the real term?!

I do NOT get it. Then the kids go to school and learn the real words and they're SOOOO funny.

[auntymimi]

OMG, yes! My one teacher mom has her DD calling it her "ha-ha" (yes, I used a real example in my op :: )
I said I didn't see anything funny about a v a g i n a
But really, how is ha ha better than the real term?!

One of my kids calls hers a monkey. Where would you even come up with that?

[Unregistered]

This reminds me of when my son was sad saying, "I wish I had a vuluvas" because I told him girls have vulvas and boys have penises. haha...

In fact, many, many adults (including parents and teachers) don't know that the outside genitalia of a woman is called the vulva (not a vagina) and is what would correlate to a penis (boy's outside genitalia).

Sadly, all these people teaching kids to say "kitties" and "ha has" have completely disregarded the female anatomy. Which, in my opinion, is a major contributor to our inequality problem! Usually boys privates aren't a shame or embarrassment (sometimes there are nicknames for those too, I'll admit, but not the way girl's are).

[Lorna]

Never seen those before. Yes I probably would for my own kids but not daycare.

[Hunni Bee]

They are so cute! I would like to get one for DD, but she doesn't play with dolls consistently enough for one that expensive. She only loves her creepy $10 Lalaloopsy doll...and NOT the expensive Baby Alive that I searched the world for so it would resemble her.

Maybe in a couple years.

But I would totally get those for a daycare. Stuff like that chips away at the taboo of women's bodies, and little girls need that. Little boys too.

[Play Care]

This reminds me of when my son was sad saying, "I wish I had a vuluvas" because I told him girls have vulvas and boys have penises. haha...

In fact, many, many adults (including parents and teachers) don't know that the outside genitalia of a woman is called the vulva (not a vagina) and is what would correlate to a penis (boy's outside genitalia).

Sadly, all these people teaching kids to say "kitties" and "ha has" have completely disregarded the female anatomy. Which, in my opinion, is a major contributor to our inequality problem! Usually boys privates aren't a shame or embarrassment (sometimes there are nicknames for those too, I'll admit, but not the way girl's are).

The ironic thing was as I typed out vagina I thought to myself "well technically she either meant her vulva/ureathra or her anus" as the issue was her not wiping well.

I think the issue is that there are many more parts with girls. I'll give a pass to a parent who says "bottom" to encompass the area as vulva could mean it hurts when they urinate (urethra) or they have a yeast infection (vagaina) or they fell on and banged themselves and their labia is swollen. Or it could mean they didn't wipe well after a BM and their anus is sore (which is a completely different area) with a penis it's easy because "my penis hurts" is pretty straightforward.
But made up names drive me nuts because in group care there is no way to know what's what.

[Mad_Pistachio]

Mad_Pistachio, I was curious and wanted to do a search to see what that brand of anatomically correct baby doll looks like, but I came across your profile picture in the "images" results. Just thought you'd like to know...
here's a link to the page of results I got, and where I saw your profile picture:https://www.google.com/search?q=rube...HQ9ABk4QsAQILQ

it's probably because I responded in this topic
it's okay. once my picture is online out in the open, it is bound to pop up in places now and then it's not like it shows me drunk naked dancing on the table (I deleted that one).

[Mad_Pistachio]

One of my kids calls hers a monkey. Where would you even come up with that?

don't know about monkey, but "kitty" is probably a PC version of the P-word sorry, hope kids don't see this topic.

by the way, what is the correct English name for the lady parts? I know penis/testicles for man's, but, for instance, vagina is only one part (and there is also clitoris, labia, cervix, and all that good stuff in there), and what do you call the whole thing in one word? my native language only has the P-word/kitty/monkey words for it, and the anatomical term is totally absent... and no, I am not kidding, I really don't know.

PS. the P-word for the "kitty" was autocorrected. I apologize, I didn't know it was not appropriate.

[Unregistered]

Vulva is the correct word for the external genitalia of a female

Thanks everyone for responding! This gives me some stuff to think about. I need to decide if following what I philosophically think is best is worth potentially turning off some clients. Fortunately, I live in an area that has a good mix of conservative and liberal

[Annalee]

If I had 5-8 yr olds (especially boys) in care I might have a different answer ::

I have two 5 yr old boys and they have enlightened the class on what dad told them to do if "this happens"....but to go to the bathroom to do it! :: I can't wait till they go to kindy next year

[Blackcat31]

I need to decide if following what I philosophically think is best is worth potentially turning off some clients.

A little off topic but I wanted to say that as a long time child care provider, I will say that I think that ^ is a good thing.

I prefer to enroll ONLY those clients that share the same philosophical beliefs I have. Makes the working relationship run smoothly and openly.

If a client disagreed with my beliefs and/or practices in regards to child care etc, then they are a client I prefer not to have.

[Mad_Pistachio]

the topic brought an incident from my nanny days to my memory...
so, I went back to work when my daughter was 2 months old, and she came with me. the boy I was in charge of was 6. as I was changing the 100500-th diaper, he looked at her and asked, "you baby doesn't have a penis yet?" his parents are both doctors. yeah, good times...

we had a joke going around for a while.
a boy on a playground comes up to a girl, pulls his pants down, and says, "see? and you don't have one!" a girl cries and runs back home, a boy is satisfied. next day, he does the same: pulls pants down and says, "see? you still don't have one!" a girl snaps back, "whatever! my Mom says when I grow up, I can have hundreds of those!"

sorry. those things can trigger weird memories