Turning your child into a social outcast 101

Kids really do copy whatever you say.  When Ann passes gas I say 'excuse you!'.  So obviously she has learned that when she passes gas she says 'excuse you!'.  And then she looks over at me and smiles.  It's like she's trying to pass off the blame onto me.  I find this hysterical, as often when Ann passes gas I will blame it on Adrian and make other relevant obnoxious comments.

Even if it was accidental, clearly this child is taking after my sense of humour already.  This is where parenting will be difficult for me.  I probably shouldn't encourage this behaviour, so that she demonstrates proper etiquette, but I find it so freaking funny.

On a related note, she has started calling her vagina her 'bum'.  As a science teacher I believe that body parts should be called by their name in most instances.  This is why I make teenagers stand up and recite this phrase whenever I bust them talking in slang in science class (which is always):  "A 'booby' is a bird.  The word I am looking for is 'breasts'".  This also works for 'tits' (also a bird, though I neglect to mention it can be a 'greattit', or- even worse- a 'bushtit' as this results in fits of giggles), wieners (hot dogs), and other (worse) words.  So this is my dilemna: do I correct her and teach her that the proper word is 'vagina'?  A two-year-old doesn't learn the word 'vagina' organically, unless she is watching waaaay too much Discovery channel.  If she busts that word out at daycare, there could be judging.  Because maybe you aren't supposed to make your children aware of their sex organs until they are at least potty-trained.  And then by the time she goes to kindergarten,  she could be that kid making anatomical drawings while the other kids are making rainbows ("why are your labia so many different colours Susie?").  And then she'll be stuck hanging out with that boy that draws penises all the time ("I believe you've overrepresented the bulbourethral glands in that one Sam").

But I'll probably tell her anyway.  Smart is better than popular.  Right?