Today I caught my almost 3-year-old daughter trying to straddle the toilet (facing the tank). When I asked my very independent daughter what on earth she was doing she simply said,
"I do like Daddy does."
So then I generally explained that only boys stand up and girls sit down and thats why we have separate bathrooms because we go potty differently (that's the best that came to me). While saying this, I couldn't help but remember my middle school health teacher who made us go around the classroom, one student at a time, and say "penis" and "vagina" out loud without giggling. Of course, it was far from successful. I still had a hard time just typing them lol. But then she frankly explained to us young, recently pupertized kids "that's what they are called, get used to it, and be ready to tell your kids those two words the first time they ask".
Well as of now my daughter has a "pish-pish" and our on-the-way son will probably have a "wee wee". Maybe it's just me, but my daughter asks a lot of questions and shares her findings with the world, so I really don't think there is much need to go into anymore detail than "girls sit down, you're a girl, now sit down!" I'll leave the real words to be learned in health class. :)
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