Sunday Show and Tell #9
That’s right, it’s Sunday and time for Show and Tell again.
I don’t really have a show today, more of a tell.
Today, Bridget was in the bathroom with us as we were both preparing to go out for some errands. I was putting on makeup and Jake was in the shower. Bridget was being her usual raccoon self and pulling things out of drawers and cabinets.
Jake stepped out of the shower and Bridget looked up and Jake’s man bits, pointed and said, “Daddy junk!”
And if that wasn’t funny enough, she then pointed to her diaper area, as we call it around here, and said “Bridgie junk!”
She couldn’t figure out why we were both laughing so hard that we were crying.
But now I’m on the fence about whether to correct the use of this term. I mean, I can’t see how “junk” is any worse a term for it than “balls” or “nuts.” And honestly a toddler using the term “penis” is just creepy. However, I did also swear that we would not use silly words for genetalia, like “wee wee” or anything like that. So I don’t know what to do now except not let her see Jake naked so we can avoid the issue altogether. I can honestly say that I NEVER saw my dad naked as a child and I don’t think I was any worse for it.
Oh, and just so I don’t feel like I’m cheating you, here is a picture of Raccoon Girl
It’s a good thing she’s cute.
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OMG that is the funniest thing I have heard in forever.
& B’s shirt is CUTE!
Junk is better than penis. I’m just sayin’.
That is too funny! I’m still laughing.
I think “daddy’s junk” is HYSTERICAL! OMG! I would have been on the floor laughing!! My mom used all kinds of odd words for privates and I vowed when I had kids I would just call it by the “correct” words…which I have since they were very, very little…now, they are just familiar with the words and doesn’t feel taboo at all…which was my goal. Of course, the first time you hear a little child say penis or “giiina” as my daughter says, it does raise a few eyebrows in mixed company! LOL.
Junk is by far one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while.
We both come from medical families in our house, so everything is very technical. Penis, vagina, testicles.
Boring blog fodder.
Hearing a toddler say junk must have been quite entertaining and it seems much nicer than saying correct terminology or babying it down. I would go with junk, it is slang, older people might not totally understand what she is saying if she decides to start discussing body parts in public and it will make you giggle.
Mia says penis, and the biggest problem is that it is still indistinguishable from peanuts, so snack time can be confusing.