To hate some of the terms that mums use on social media...

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I’m probably setting myself up for a fall here, but it really irritates me when people use terms like ‘mummy milk’ or ‘boobie milk’ or ‘yummy mummy’s’ or ‘mummy friends’ or ‘mummy ....[enter word]’

Just say it for what it is!
I see it less on MN but it’s all over FB and I find it just so irritating.
Is it just me? Aibu?!?

[FakePlasticTeaLeaves]

BusterTheBulldog It's hideous isn't it. If you are genuinely a mum who is an entrepreneur, you'd just say you were a business owner or an entrepreneur.

An entrepreneur is not someone who buys products from someone else and sells them on.

[FakePlasticTeaLeaves]

OK well they might be, but not fruit pills on social media!

[MusicToMyEars800]

This is why I'm not on Facebook

[Tubbyinthehottub]

Mama Bear!

[HashtagTired]

Mama. Oh yes, that’s more irritating than most

[Bumdishcloths]

'Little man', 'the littles', 'the smalls'

Stop it. They are babies or children. Ugh.

[didofido]

And to change direction - hubby. Hate it, so demeaning.

[Bumdishcloths]

Also:

MUNCHKIN

[FlyFlyAway]

@nocrylilsoftsoft You nearly owed me for a new laptop spitting tea over it!

Oh i hate boobing/boob to sleep. Ugh. You dont bottle your child to sleep if you are formula feeding do you?

[FlyFlyAway]

"Mummy meal" is my offering.

[CherryChasingDotMuncher]

Can we have a special mention for ‘aunty flo’. FFS you’re a grown woman, say PERIOD!!

[CherryChasingDotMuncher]

And when people refer to their infant sons with some masculine phrase “little dude” “little beast” 🙄 when I had my DS people said “with that face he’s gonna be a heartbreaker, watch out ladies” - FFS don’t talk about my infant’s future sex life you creep (he is definitely the world’s cutest baby though )

[cathf]

Mumpreneur - really don't get me started.
I was interviewed by a local magazine once, and in the end, they did not print the article because I would not go down the 'look I have children and a job' line of thinking. A shame, because they took some lovely pics of me and the kids!
One of my friends helpfully 'joined' me into a local Mumpreneurs facebook page and I have a titter on a daily basis when I read about their 'busy busy busy' days involving networking meetings, catch-ups with other mumpreneurs and marketing plans, none of which actually make any money! There's a couple of MLM people in there as well.
Sorry, making a few fabric nappies, cakes or handbags does not make you a business owner.

[CherryChasingDotMuncher]

Also, when they share memes that say things like “you think a dad with daughters is protective? Try a mother with her sons. Go on I dare you”.

Pardon me? What are you daring me to do?What are you threatening exactly? Are you going to beat people up are you? You’re 5’2”, have had 3 hours sleep and haven’t been to the gym in 4 years, you probably couldn’t beat up a child so why are you threatening people on the internet who haven’t even done or said anything?!

Also, no I don’t think a dad is over-protective of his daughter just because she’s a girl. If he is he’s a bit of a creep quite frankly

I need to get off Facebook 😆

[Sooooooooooooooooooooo]

It's not my friends that do it but I have joined a fb group that constantly talks about boobing the baby, baby wearing and gentle parenting. I could leave.

[flimflaminurjams]

Fly
Mummy Meal? Oh my word that's a new one on me. Think I'm going to vomit.

[CherryChasingDotMuncher]

This is the meme I mean. SIL posted it. Calm the fuck down, no one is out to hurt your 2 YEAR OLD

[TipsNotHacks]

Yes CherryChasing! This meme drives me up the wall.

My offering is "poo explosion" or "poosplosion". Drives me absolutely up the wall.

[DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops]

All of the above are vomit inducing! My social/social media circle is only just starting to have babies and these words are suddenly everywhere. "Mum friends" gets a pass as I don't see the difference between that and "school" or "uni" friends, although I do think using it on social media can make it cliquey.

It also makes me imagine Jay from The Inbetweeners bouncing on a pram and yelling "Mum Friend!"

[HashtagTired]

Dido yes I hate the term hubby too.* It’s so ... cutesy and it makes me cringe. He’s my husband ffs.*

Also, kid(s).**
I have children, not kids.* Don’t refer to my children as kids.*

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(And I really didn’t mean for that entire post to be in bold) ...

[Alloftheboys]

Mumtrepenuer my chuff!
Just cos you're trying to flock some expensive make up or disgusting aloe oil that tastes like snot doesn't mean you're frigging Alan Sugar!

[Motoko]

To be honest I hate the term 'feeds.'

What would you use then? Bottle?
In your example "Does your husband do the night feeds?" I think replacing "feeds" with "bottles" sounds clunky to me.

Milk? "Does your husband give the baby it's milk at night?" Again, doesn't sound right.

And what about "breastfeeding"? It describes the action perfectly, the baby is feeding off the breast.

[Bumdishcloths]

I can understand hating 'feeds' - that one doesn't bother me, but for some reason the word 'snack' does 😂

[ememem84]

Aaah hate all of this.

We have a brand new straight out of the box baby ds (2 weeks). I’ve been asked whether I’m boobie feeding, boobing, etc.

To me the concept of “boobing to sleep” would be me swinging my boobs at dh/ds/anyone in a rather violent manner and continuing to whack them round the head with them until they passed out. Which obviously wouldn’t be safe/helpful/etc.

Also hate mumpreneur, bossbabe etc.

But my personal fave of this week has been “Mummy mates” someone I vaguely know asked me to be Mummy mates with her. I haven’t yet been able to say no. Have just ignored the message.

If she’d said “hey let’s go for a coffee/are you going to xyz baby group” I may have replied but “do you want to be Mummy mates?!” No. Vom.