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SorchaMumsnet · 02/03/2017 08:31

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) would like you - the real parenting experts - to help them improve their coverage of the vast vocabulary of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting.

From TTC to baby-led-weaning, the language of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting is as diverse as the opinions parents hold about these topics. And it’s changing, reflecting not only medical advances, but also developments in how we think about children and parenting.

Many such terms are relatively recent, and don’t appear in dictionaries - the OED is keen to capture them. So we're asking Mumsnetters to submit any pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting term that they think is important and which is not yet in OED Online (Search the OED for free). We'd like to hear about brand new words and new senses of familiar words.

In return, we're giving you the chance to win £100 of children's book vouchers. Share your parenting words by midday, 30 March to be entered into the draw.

All your suggestions will go through a process of assessment for inclusion in the dictionary, and the first additions will be published online in December 2017.

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Share new parenting words with the Oxford English Dictionary for a chance to win £100-worth of children's books. Ends midday, Thursday 30 March
Share new parenting words with the Oxford English Dictionary for a chance to win £100-worth of children's books. Ends midday, Thursday 30 March
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LondonLauren · 29/03/2017 21:47

birth plan
sling – not there in the ‘baby carrier’ sense
antenatal class
breech birth (breech delivery and breech labour are both there)
maternity leave is there, but not the shortening to mat leave
maternity cover
phrases related to baby changing – changing table, changing mat, baby changing bag, baby changing unit, nappy bag, and so on
birth mother or birth mum – ‘birth parent’ is there, as is ‘birthfather’
playmat
popper, n. 8 doesn’t have any baby-related definitions (though baby clothes have many poppers…)

FairytalesAreBullshit · 29/03/2017 15:53

Crunchy Mum - very laid back, BF, cloth nappies, baby led weaning, just very eco. Attachment parenting, so cuddles as soon as crying, co-sleeping. SAHM. More babies the better.

Scrunchy Mum - In between both

Silky Mum - Bottle fed, jar fed, controlled sleeping / sleep training, ignores crying, returns to work, baby in nursery.

Porpoiselife · 29/03/2017 15:43

Threenager and a Tween

FairytalesAreBullshit · 29/03/2017 14:57

Twunt- not a word used frequently, but if we're annoyed with one another, we use that to convey all is not well.

Dessallara · 29/03/2017 12:09

Jumperoo!

starlight36 · 29/03/2017 10:31

Tummy time
Baby moon
Poonami
Windy pops - pre-poo warning signs

todormirchev · 28/03/2017 21:24

Baby Lead Weaning
Screen time :)

SpagettiNetty · 26/03/2017 14:34

Delayed cord clamping

Combination Feeding

Attachment Parenting

Theimpossiblegirl · 26/03/2017 12:22

Scarenting- letting fear and paranoia dominate what you do with your child, often at the expense of children experiencing freedom and independence.

enipal1 · 24/03/2017 14:46

diastasis recti, A condition in which the large abdominal muscles separate.

TErickson13 · 21/03/2017 17:58

Not sure if this one has been mentioned or not. "Rainbow Baby" - the baby which is conceived and born after a miscarriage.

Arenax · 21/03/2017 13:45

chunderpop= little vomit whilst being burped.

FatherHood1 · 16/03/2017 12:13

Very late, I realise, but I've just come up with one. 'Babotage' - when your child appears to be going out of their way to deliberately ruin your day.

CheerfulMuddler · 15/03/2017 16:04

Board book - a book with cardboard pages for very young children. For shame, OED! How could you miss that one?

CheerfulMuddler · 15/03/2017 16:00

Mummy/Mommy blogger - a mother who blogs about her children and her experience of parenting.
Stay-at-home mother/Stay-at-home father - a mother or father who does not work but stays at home and looks after the children. Also stay-at-home mum/stay-at-home dad. Can't believe that isn't in there already!
Yummy mummy - this is only in there as a draft addition, but it should really be in there properly.

Totty1009 · 13/03/2017 19:36

Huggle - cross between a hug & a cuddle!

GooseyLoosey · 13/03/2017 17:40

Wikipedia as a verb. As in "don't Wikipedia your homework". It refers to the habit of cutting and pasting Wikipedia entries as a substitute for actually researching a subject.

Hipchic2 · 13/03/2017 16:36

Coo: v. To emulate the sound doves or pigeons make, for example a newborn's early sounds of contentment

Hipchic2 · 13/03/2017 16:32

Cluster feed: v. repeatedly nursing a baby a smaller amount of milk than a full feeding within a short period of time. For example, feeding a baby a new born baby an ounce of milk and then 45 minutes later feeding the baby another ounce.

Jjordan · 13/03/2017 15:21

bink or binky- is another word for pacifier
Kangaroo Care: another term for Skin to skin with baby, often done after birth.
blowout- another term for very messy dirty diaper in which clothes may need to skip the wash and go straight to the trash.

Elliepurpleflower · 13/03/2017 12:49

I use poonami, every time there is an explosion! Poonami has my vote :)

Emrob86 · 13/03/2017 10:03

Definitely "threenager" - we're going through that stage now and it's real! Worse than terrible twos! Lots of attitude! :D

Clawdy · 12/03/2017 22:42

It used to be popping round to a friend 's house to play, or have tea -now it's called a play date!

hutchy73 · 12/03/2017 21:04

Dab - a move that looks a bit like usain bolt celebrating whilst sneezing !

Sharing - a concept that children are unable to comprehend until they are at least 10!

AngelwingsPetlamb · 12/03/2017 15:48

Hershey squirts not quite as bad as a poonami, but when DC has a runny bottom.
Ralphing when DC is throwing up
Pooting when DC is a bit windy down below and building up to a nappy change
Young ninja - toddler term

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