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

There are so many unpleasant comments on this thread. So many judgmental and unpleasant people. It’s saddening.

Boobing doesn't bother me. I say 'I'm going to milk the baby' or 'DS wants milked'. Sounds more bizarre I know, but I say it more to differentiate to DP between DS needing BF or a sandwich.

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?

That's a ridiculous comparison. Giving your child pillows/night lights etc, does not mean that you have to disrupt your own sleep several times a night.

Anyone getting up multiple times a night, to breastfeed a 2 year old, is quite frankly, bonkers.

I do wonder, if some people breastfeed for sooo long, because they want to be needed/irreplaceable/most important person in child's life etc

And I say this as someone who did indeed breastfeed. I never bragged. I never took brelfies. FFS women have been doing this for THOUSANDS of years without fuss.

*That's a ridiculous comparison. Giving your child pillows/night lights etc, does not mean that you have to disrupt your own sleep several times a night.

Anyone getting up multiple times a night, to breastfeed a 2 year old, is quite frankly, bonkers*

Thank you for talking sense

Husky who said anything about getting up to breastfeed a 2yo during the night?

facepalm

I'm not trawling back for user names, but a few people said exactly that.

One PP still gets up with their 4 year old. FOUR! Absolute madness.

Never heard that expression.

Husky well I said I breastfeed my 2yo during the night, but I don't get up to do this. He sleeps in bed with me so I barely wake up most of the time

Like a PP, I 'get up' multiple times a night to breastfeed DS2, he's 23 months. Except he's next to me in bed so I don't even have to wake up.

DS wants milked

Whilst I cannot abide "boobing", this is a thousand times worse.

Your choice of course, but I think at 2 years old, children should be in their own room. You need some space that's just for you/you and your DH. I don't think it's healthy for anyone to be sleeping with a child that old. I'm not saying that to be harsh, I think it would do you the world of good, to move child to their own room, and try to get a full nights sleep. Parenting is tiring enough as it is.

Yep .
The longer you leave it the bigger habit it becomes

But milk that comes from a boob is boob milk

Just like when you drink milk from a cow. That's called cows milk :S

What do you want us to call our breastmilk? It comes from boobs. It's milk. It is boob milk.

Is white booby liquid any better?

You can call it breast milk .

We don't call it udder milk do we

I agree with you OP - it’s the use of ‘boob’ as a verb that annoys me.
I try to be horses for courses about extended bf however I do feel that bf an older child can often be about fulfilling the parents emotional needs as opposed to actually helping the child.

Mind you, having said I don't like boob, 3yo DD calls it "milk from your breasts" which is probably worse.

As in "Mummy will the DTs have some milk now".... pause to make sure everyone in a 30 mile radius is listening ...." FROM YOUR BREASTS? "

SpaitefulMidLifeAnimal I agree, I'm not really sure how it came about but that's what it is now

I try to be horses for courses about extended bf however I do feel that bf an older child can often be about fulfilling the parents emotional needs as opposed to actually helping the child

Exactly!

I was at a party once, and a newish Mum delighted in telling me, that her son was ENTIRELY breast fed at almost a Year old. As in, he had never had any solids yet! I can remember thinking how she wasn't prioritising her son's needs, she desperately needed to be needed. Madness.

Thanks husky but you don't know me or what's best for me and my family. I'm not going to go into details about our decisions as I don't feel the need here, but I feel 100% confident I'm making the best choices for my child and family at the moment.

Fair enough bbqseason

This thread can fuck off now with its horrible judging. Reporting.

Wow, OP, I've just read this thread and must say you come across as mightily unpleasant.

Your username intrigues me. Anxious mumma. If that name came from your own experience as a mum then surely you'd know better than to judge another mum for their parenting decisions.

Oh and for the record, I didn't breastfeed after 3 months or so. Just telling you that so you don't think I'm just being precious.

Loving the judgment at breastfeeding a 2 year old. Obviously it's for the mothers benefit and nothing to do with the child's health (see recommendations from WHO etc etc)
No wonder the breastfeeding rates are so low in this country. You parent the way you parent, stop judging other people's methods.