to cringe at the term " boobing the baby "

[anxiousmumma12]

Hear it so much on mumsnet

' boob milk "
' boob the baby '

Yuck yuck so cringe

Just say breast feeding or breast milk

No Anxious Mumma, you should "have" said not should "of" said !

@anxiousmumma12

"Nasty?"

Yes, several times. Not just referring to your comment about not NEEDING to breastfeed a two year old at night. You've insulted posters, including me, for using terms you personally find cringey.

Are you unreasonable for finding phrases cringey, of course you're not unreasonable. Are you unreasonable to take the piss out of other mums for using those phrases? Go ahead, take the piss all you like, but yes, you are being unreasonable, and myself and others will pull you up on that.

Chinny reckon.

Oh how funny .
Your very easily offended 😂.

I never said it was wrong .
I said it wasn't needed haha .

Oh believe me, I'm not easily offended! I just feel the need to stick up for some people on this post, and call you out for your attitude.

Love the backtracking btw.

Back tracking ?

Wtf .
I Stand by what I said that it's not needed.
When did I say it was wrong .
Twat

@anxiousmumma12
Showing your nasty attitude again I see!

Charming lady, aren't you?

Bye

I presume you don't give your DC anything they don't "need" at night then anxious?

Do they sleep in the dark, without pillows/night lights/cuddly toys/comfort blankets etc?

No one said a toddler NEEDS feeding in then night, but your tone and comments suggest its wrong.

Also don't understand your reasoning that you know 2 year olds who have BF morning and evening but don't NEED it overnight? Surely you understand they actually don't NEED it anymore during the day than at night but likely are given so for comfort/nutrician/dairy??

@anxiousmumma12

Ok?!?

I said bye

🙄

Goodness, people here are touchy!

I confess to don't like 'boobing the baby' type expressions. I have never seen/heard them in real life, but I'm probably the wrong generation.

I just said 'I'm going to feed x' and didn't feel the need to say how I was going to do it or whether the point of the exercise was to comfort her or to get some food into her. Once they were weaned, I'd say 'feed' to mean milk or eg 'give her some lunch' for solids.

I breast-fed the first until she was 18 months and the second until she was two.

If you have to throw a strop when your judgemental opinions are challenged then perhaps keep them to yourself and don't post them on public forums?

Right back at you .
People also threw a strop when I said a toddler doesn't need fed over night .

Bye

@georgeisadinosaur

100% agree.

Whilst I have used the term booby juice when breastfeeding, I must admit, the term boobing the baby does seem a little silly. Doesn't make me cringe, but not something I would say.

But the judgemental attitude from the OP does not sit right with me. She's sworn at others, made arguments where there are none, and probably turned her "lighthearted" thread into something completely different all by herself.

She's not unreasonable to find words and terms cringey, heck, I hate the word vajayjay for vagina! But the attacks on others just for saying, actually I don't mind that phrase/word, is out of order.

anxious It’s true that you haven’t used the word “wrong” about breastfeeding 2 yr olds overnight, but the tone of your comments about it make your disapproval clear.

Such as more fool you to the mum who said her 2 yr old would probably have the boob several times overnight. Or repeated comments similar to It is FACT it is not NEEDED over night but WANTED and HABIT at that age

I think it’s understandable that I got the impression you think breastfeeding a 2 yr old overnight is wrong. Apologies if in fact I’m mistaken and you think breastfeeding 2 yr olds overnight is absolutely fine.

Need feeding

@Boofay, thanks. My thoughts exactly.

I usually say “I’ll just put her on” as in “on my breast,” and probably have said boob at some point, but I will usually precede it with “think she’s hungry,” or “she needs a feed,” but that is purely because I worry if I suddenly take my breast out in public it will make others uncomfortable.

I know this is completely my own hang up and I am working on being more confident but it is hard to just change a facet of your personality! I think most people who announce their method of feeding publicly are actually just trying to avoid judgement/embarrassment (I always am any way). For example some women (I’ve formula fed and given expressed milk in bottles) think people may judge so say “I’ll just give her a bottle.”

I’m probably not articulating myself clearly, sorry. But whenever I’ve announced I’m going to pop her on my boob it’s because someone I’m with may not be aware I breastfeed and it prepares them for me getting out my breast, not from some pride that I breastfeed. I also think it is a kind of warning to others around if I’m in a cafe etc. “Boob” is a more comical/informal word than breast IMO so easier to just blend in to conversation. I am also a serial bum changer, sorry for being so common
I do, however, understand the difference between ‘to,’ and ‘too.’ (Only kidding, OP, please don’t call me a twat.)

People who say "just boobing my baby" etc are uncouth.

Also, my DH calls my milk “miracle milk,” thanks to the time it cleared up DD’s sticky eye within an hour!

Yes I do think it's wrong to do that .
I am allowed to think that without you lot jumping down my throat

My mum still laughs about one midwife I saw in the first few days with my first who kept using the phrase ‘offer the breast’ like my baby was a guest at a cocktail party.

In the early days all you’re doing is feeding the baby so it’s a good job you can laugh at it sometimes.

Why the hell would you post a Pic on FB of yourself breastfeeding?

Thank goodness, I have never had to witness this batshit.

VOM