How Do You Refer To "Them"?

I mean once your babies are old enough to recognize words. I've heard people use the term mimis but in my husband's family that means sleep or nap. Just wondering if you guys have any cute secret names for nursing your little ones.

 

We used the word "ninnies" just because one day my nephew picked up my horns and said, "these are for Daya's NINNIES!" lol...we'd never used that word in our lives before then! Ethan weaned around 18 mo so he had a few words in his vocab and would either ask for ninnies or would sign "milk".

 

"Pillow time" is the preferred phrase of the moment. Breasts are breasts around here but they don't ask for breasts, they ask for pillow time.

 

LOL, they don't REALLY start talking until closer to 18 months and even now they much prefer grabbing the pillow and whining than saing anything. But I have always said "do you want to eat", but they just grab the pillow or go to the couch and pound it when they want to nurse!

 

I used to call it num-nums with my oldest.. the babies call it Nah (remember the Baby Whisperer? That is what she said the cry sounded like for food.)

 

Mine never called "them" anything. They'd just haul out the pillow!

 

Mine called it boob boob or boo boo and now I seem to refer to it that way for Elizabeth too! (I try not to in public )

 

Ok, I know this is my issue but I am just not comfortable having my child ask for my breast. That is not what they are there for. They are there for milk, not my breast. We always just said "milk" since that's what they want, not my breast. KWIM?

 

QUOTE(twoplustwo @ Jan 3 2008, 06:16 PM) [snapback]555912[/snapback]
Ok, I know this is my issue but I am just not comfortable having my child ask for my breast. That is not what they are there for. They are there for milk, not my breast. We always just said "milk" since that's what they want, not my breast. KWIM?

Totally agree. I guess my wording was misleading. I'm lookin for something to actually call nursing, not the body parts...DH has enough obnoxious words for those.

 

We used Milkies along with the sign for milk.

 

I just say milk or eat. IMO why start-Please don't teach your children to refer to breasts by inappropriate words. Why not teach them the correct word from the beginning.

 

QUOTE(mhardman @ Jan 3 2008, 02:46 PM) [snapback]556350[/snapback]
I just say milk or eat. IMO why start-Please don't teach your children to refer to breasts by inappropriate words. Why not teach them the correct word from the beginning.

my thoughts too.

 

I guess even though you did word your question right in the body, the title was where I misunderstood your question! I always asked if they wanted to eat, or wanted milk.

 

Great thread! It's so cute to hear about older babies nursing.

Mine are still too young to even be signing for it (other than occasionally patting my chest and making a birdie mouth), but DH and I have gotten in the habit of calling it the milk bar. If a baby doesn't want to tandem nurse, I take them for to the private VIP suite at the milk bar. (Maybe I watched Clockwork Orange too many times in high school... :huh: )

 

I sit down somewhere they usually nurse and ask them if they want mommy's milk...then procede to corral them up to tandem nurse. At night I just go in and nurse them without talking much, usually indivdually, but when we need to, we tandem.

 

QUOTE(fuchsiagroan @ Jan 3 2008, 07:11 PM) [snapback]556439[/snapback]
Mine are still too young to even be signing for it (other than occasionally patting my chest and making a birdie mouth), but DH and I have gotten in the habit of calling it the milk bar. If a baby doesn't want to tandem nurse, I take them for to the private VIP suite at the milk bar. (Maybe I watched Clockwork Orange too many times in high school... :huh: )


LOL! As soon as I read 'milk bar' I pictured Clockwork Orange before I even got that far in your post!!

 

I have "mummy's magic milk"!