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

I imagine anyone who uses boob as a verb is also the type of person to have a ‘breastfeeding journey’.

I don’t find it offensive, I just really don’t care how you feed your child and the constant need to point out you’re bf.

Guilty of boob monster. But she actually is a boob monster. Not any old milk. Only breast. Kid won’t even take a bottle (much to my dismay). My dh calls it boobie milk (with comedy giggles because he’s a child!) I say milkies and my DS calls it dd’s milky. I do find it mildly irritating when people say they’re going to boob the baby, but I don’t know why. I do call the bf support group I go to boob club though.

I absolutely hate it to. I hate "boob monster" and I'm also not a fan of the phrase "he owned my boobs" as used by the poster up page.

I understand this is my issue. I breastfed my DC until they self weaned, but after the initial small baby stage was over, I always taught them "breastfeeding etiquette", for want of a better expression. It's my body, my breasts, and they are not a free for all for anyone, not even my children. I know it's totally irrational but I felt very uncomfortable when mothers of 2 and 3 year olds would drop what they were doing to bf a demanding child, then use twee phrases to talk about their "boob monster's boob obsession".

I'm boobing right now, stick that up your arse op.

Reading this thread a lot of you have very weak stomachs! Why do such phrases offend you so much? Really?

Paradyning good for you and I completely agree with you.

Oh, and I boobed my 2 year old to sleep earlier and he'll prob boob several times overnight as well.

Fascinating..

You don't say I'm going to bottle the baby you say 'im just giving the baby a bottle'. I hear mums saying they are just getting their bottle ready or they are giving a bottle before they go out so how is it any different? I don't normally have to tell anyone I'm feeding though, if I'm out I just feed the baby I don't announce it? Don't see anything wrong with anyone else saying boob though!

Bumchange is worse! I heard that the other day. ‘Baby needs a bumchange’ I’ve started using it the way people say ‘shrapnel’ about coppers. Do you have a pound for the trolley? Nah, nothing but bumchange!

One I first saw on here but is just dialect I think is ‘needs fed’. ‘Does he needs fed?’ I thought it was a typo at first.

MIL is always calling it ‘a feed’ and that grates on me. Is he having a feed? Maybe it’s the fact that I’m feeding him and she’s asking me, so why not have me as an active part of the question? I maybe dislike ‘is he feeding?’ for the same reason, but I always thought it sounded a bit creepy.

Oh, and I boobed my 2 year old to sleep earlier and he'll prob boob several times overnight as well.

More fool you .
No two year old needs breast feeding over night

@anxiousmumma12
Now you're just being nasty.

Anything ‘boob’ is cringe for me! I hate the word. I also don’t like the term ‘having a feed’ for some reason Bustopher.

Totally agree with ‘changing their bum’ too.

One that really goes through me also is ‘milk drunk’

I agree OP is being nasty now.
'Shrapnel', 'needs fed' are dialect. Get over it.
Bum change is normal. Jesus there are so many easily horrified people here.

@paradyning

I may not have been clear - I said myself I think ‘needs fed’ is dialect but had never heard it before. I didn’t say I hated it, just that I had never come across it. It can’t be unusual to have never heard dialect about a specific thing like looking after a baby. But don’t worry, I’m over it!

Shrapnel, however is just slang like coppers for small change. I just think bumchange is a funny word for it and don’t walk around judging everyone who says shrapnel!

Disagree, the OP isn't being nasty.

Thank God my 2 year-old sleeps 12 hours straight and doesn't need 'boobing' several times a night.

Nasty shnasty. Of course the OP isn't being nasty

Delta and the op are clearly experts in understanding the needs and behaviour of breastfeeding 2 year olds!

Mine has 'bedtime booby' 😀 ....dreamfeed is the one i cant stand , prob because it never bloody worked

I think that if the words/phrases in question weren't about breastfeeding I'd see this as a light hearted thread, akin to those about "moist" and other words and phrases people find cringey, but it just feels like another stick with which to beat breastfeeding mothers.

The OP quite obviously doesn't breastfeed and doesn't "get" what it's like for the mother and/or the child. Breastfeeding a 2 year old in the night really isn't uncommon, and from experience it's a couple of minutes and down again, like when children/adults wake up thirsty in the night and have a drink of water. My 2 and 4 YO wake in the night for a drink or water and a cuddle, is that weird? (Rhetorical).

Also, the slagging off of women posting photos of themselves breastfeeding on Facebook for their friends and family to share in aren't showing off, from personal experience it's an act of solidarity and support for other women breastfeeding and facing a lack of support from family, friends etc and being made to feel shit for breastfeeding. Also, it is something to be proud of, so they are sharing an achievement to be celebrated by others. But sure, mock them because it's not the way you did it.

I have no issue with "on the boob", "boobing baby", "boob to sleep" etc.

We boob here too.

18 month old was boobed to sleep tonight. She doesn’t “need” to, but since when do parents only meet their children’s needs.

Titting the baby?
Norking the baby?
Norky juice? Actually it’s quite like the that one.
Lactating the baby for formal occasions.

Friend called her newborn a 'boobie monster' the other day. WTF?

Wow people are so judgemental. I boob my toddler at night. We do boobing. They’re my bloody boobs and I’ll call them what the fuck I like. As will my ‘boob monster’.

YANBU and I’ve breastfed both my DC!

“Just keep boobing” is THE WORST