To think that if you're an adult you just say "breast milk" and not "booby juice"?

[RatherSheepish]

I was at a friend's house today, visiting her and her new baby, and a friend of hers, who I don't really known well, was there too. She has just had a baby too, and has just transitioned to formula, after breastfeeding for a couple of weeks. She kept saying how much better her son sleeps etc since she stopped "the booby juice". Now I don't particularly care how she feeds her baby, but AIBU to think that surely if you're talking to adults you'd just call it what it is?

DH calls it: The Knock-Out Elixir, Mammary Milkshake, Shut Up Juice, The Good Stuff... It goes on.

Can't see a problem tbh! Everyone knows that breastmilk is breastmilk.

It sounds a bit twee/icky to me but I can't get too worked up over it.

At home and in front of DH or DM I say all sorts of daft things to DS like 'would you like a sleepy booby?'

In public with other people though I say things like 'I'm just going to feed him' or 'he's breastfed'

I quite like shut up juice

I think I must be very unimaginative, because it has never occurred to me to call it anything other than breast milk.

YANBU. I really hate the word 'boob'. I'm currently breastfeeding dc2 and am part of a breastfeeding support group on facebook. It can be very helpful but honestly, the number of grown women who say things like 'keep on boobin' awesome mamas'... It gives me the rage

And that's another thing. Mamas and mummas. I hate those words too.

I'm not normally this hateful by the way, but I am particularly sleep deprived this morning due to said dc2's demands for 2am booby juice.

Such a non-issue. It isn't a phrase I'd use myself but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. They're only words. To borrow a tune from the Kaiser Chiefs... Booby booby booby booby, ah ah uh ah uh ah!!

Yes I guess they are just words, so in that case I shall henceforth refer to semen as 'magic milky man juice'!

People are entitled to call it whatever thy want.

However, I am also entitled to think calling it "booby juice" makes you sound ridiculous.

I hate all silly- babyish words for things.

I honestly cannot get worked up about this.

Her body her choice as we constantly say. She is entitled to call it what she wants.

you are also entitled to think it's stupid

Haha! This reminds me of when I was still b/f ds3, and dh went to make tea, only to find that we'd run out of milk. He was getting ready to go to the shop, so I wandered out to the kitchen and decided to water down some cream, which I'd successfully (yes, really!) done on previous occasions, to put in the tea. When presented with said tea, dh asked how I'd managed it. I'll remember forever the look of horror on his face when I proudly announced that I'd made my own milk

RatherSheepish - I had an ex who used to refer to his semen as 'love custard.' It's making me cringe just thinking about it. This is one of the many reasons he became and ex!

muminthecity ugh that's revolting. Poor you,glad he's an ex !

sheepish ha ha somehow I just knew it

Rathersheepish I was actually referring to not being embarrassed about feeding DS in public at that point....

Whilst I guess everyone can call it what they want I must admit it comes across to me as a bit infantile to call it booby juice

Doesn't massively offend me but I sort of equate people who use that phrase with having a "powered by fairy dust" sticker on their car and roll my eyes

YANBU

To me mummy milk, to differentiate from cows' milk, is fine. We've been calling it mother's milk forever.

Booby juice?