why do people say are you feeding your baby yourself ...as if saying breast feeding is soooo embarrasing !!

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why do people say are you feeding your baby yourself ...as if saying breast feeding is soooo embarrasing !!

like they cant even say the word breast

lol, have you got too much time on your hands ?

It's just an expression. Wouldn't read loads into it personally

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I think i've used that expression before but I am perfectly happy to say BREAST

It's a figure of speech.

Henceforth I shall ask, Are you norking that baby or what?

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Have never heard that phrase, TBH. Although I may adopt "norking the baby". I like that one...

I too think 'feeding the baby yourself' is odd. The first time I was asked this I was puzzled, thinking it implied that I didn't allow anybody else to so much as hand the baby a rusk - I didn't realise it was a eupemism for breastfeeding. I quite like the American euphemism: nursing.

lol maybe hehe
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but someone asked that this am and i just thought
what a funny expression !

pmsl at norking the baby

My gran says "are oyu feeding the baby yourself" too - she is well into her 80's though, maybe its an age thing?

I persnally dont ask a new parent how they are feeding the baby, surely its personal choice.

Pruners - guilty as charged . I am, as we post, 'boobing the baby'.

When baby shopping with MIL at about 8 monthe pregnant, she asked "Are you giong to feed the baby?"

Er, no. Thought I'd just stuff it in a cupboard or something....

Honestly.
Think it is a generational thing.

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That's very wise JARM.

When you've seen enough threads kick off on a topic here you know not to mention the subject in rl.

I never really thought about "nursing" as a euphamism, actually. More that I think of "breastfeeding" as how you are getting nutrition into the baby and "nursing" as encompassing more of the whole relationship/comfort/snuggly side of it as well. Or something complicated like that.

lol at stripey

When baby shopping with MIL at about 8 monthe pregnant, she asked "Are you giong to feed the baby?"

Er, no. Thought I'd just stuff it in a cupboard or something....

bet it took you a few moments to realise what she ment

Yeah, I did wonder, she had some very funny ideas.

Hmmm I just think it is cultural. I actually think it is a lovely saying, everyone says it around here and I hadn't heard this expression until I came here. It's seems to be said by people who are very supportive of breastfeeding in general so I welcome the phrase.

My Gran says it - I quite like it!

Difers - I agree, it is usually followed by "Good for you!"

I do use it occasionally myself

My gran also just said 'are you feeding the baby?' and I was stumped for a minute thinking, well, I wasn't going to let her starve. Then I realised. I was sensitive about it at the time. Think it was a hormone thing. Not that bothered now.

The world "breast" wasn't allowed in print not so long ago (hence why LLL are called what they are)...can't blame the older generation for keeping in line with what they were brought up on!

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