Comments on: Sweet Adelina.

By: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:34:23 +0000

Claudia calls it her pagina.

A lot.

By: Suburban Turmoil

Suburban Turmoil — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:53:11 +0000

Call me old-fashioned, but I haven’t taught my 3-year-old anything other than ‘bum’ yet for her private parts- I figured I’d wait to impart the big news until she’s old enough not to shout it out in public. She named her nipples “bug bites” on her own, refers to them ALL THE TIME in public, and refused to believe me when I told her they were called “nipples.” Add vagina to that and I’d be a nervous wereck.

By: Redneck Mommy

Redneck Mommy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:47:47 +0000

I didn’t think you were mean…and as a mom well past babyhood and have breastfed and not breastfed, I enjoyed reading both sides of the issue…although, I agreed with you.

But then, I’m your bitch, so that’s to be expected.

My son called his sister’s vagina “her ba-China”. Cute.

But I liked the fact that he called his penis his Peanut until about a year ago, better.

By: crunchy

crunchy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:20:55 +0000

My daughter has named it a ‘lava’
We don’t know why.

Now Adam yells that he can see her Lava!
Is that worse than yelling about where her penis is?

By: BOSSY

BOSSY — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:07:33 +0000

Bossy’s British neighbor used to refer to her bagina as her “front bottom.” It doesn’t get any more repressed than that.

By: WorkingDad

WorkingDad — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:02:32 +0000

I agree. I didn’t think you were being mean at all. I thought you were a voice of reason in an often over-charged debate. Hey, that’s why I wanted you in the story.

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:49:12 +0000

I dont think you’re being mean either. But maybe that’s just because I side with your opinion on breastfeeding.

By: flutter

flutter — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:17:38 +0000

I think that line has to come with age, don’t you?

By: karrie

karrie — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:03:46 +0000

After insisting that I have a penis, my son has taken to claiming that he DOES TO have a ‘gina.

Your quote sounds realistic, not mean. I agree with the woman quoted after you–there are enormous workplace and cultural changes that would have to occur in this country before we ever see anything approaching “100%”bf-ing rates–and even then plenty of women will be unable to make it work, or simply not interested.