When my two older kids potty trained I thought it was important to teach correct vocabulary, both for anatomy and for restroom apparatus. (You didn't need your son to come out of a public bathroom and happily announce for everyones eavesdropping horror that he "went pee in the sink" when really he used a urinal and didn't know what to call it!)
And with Denny I thought the same guidelines should apply. Recently I had him give potty training a try. And I gave him the vocabulary lesson. But to my dismay he (with his 3rd-child mentality at grabbing for any attention he can and with the help of a 7 year old brother egging him on) the vocabulary became the, er, butt of jokes.
Luckily, our vocabulary lesson had not been thorough and he got a couple words mixed together. At this point I have no intention of correcting him just yet.
I can only grin and be glad that the little old ladies that stop to admire his cuteness have no idea what he is really referring to when he happily announces "I have a penit!"
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