BFers/extended BFers, a ?

Cassian

What does you LO call it when they want to nurse, or what do you plan on having them call it?

Sometimes DH and and I call it boobie, milk, milkies, nurse, etc., but we should probably pick something to solidify her verbal request. We are teaching sign language already, but she may ask for it one day. What do you call it?

SeaSoul

We always called/call it "nurse."  And used the sign for milk.  He would only sign it for the longest time (in spite of having zillions of other words)...just started saying the word maybe 2 months ago?  If that.  And he pronounces it "nurt."  SO cute. 

alchris

We call it "nurse" too.

Now she says, "Elena nursing."  ::heart melting::

superned

I will probably just say "nurse."

I have a question about the sign though...DD nurses when she's with me, but four days a week she's getting BM in a bottle at child care.  I feel like it's going to be confusing for the sign to mean "bottle" at child care and "nursing with mom" at home...should we just have child care introduce a different sign?

alchris

superned:

I will probably just say "nurse."

I have a question about the sign though...DD nurses when she's with me, but four days a week she's getting BM in a bottle at child care.  I feel like it's going to be confusing for the sign to mean "bottle" at child care and "nursing with mom" at home...should we just have child care introduce a different sign?

Kira signed "milk" -- is that what you're signing?  It works for both situations.

kristinamh6

We actually didn't call it anything. I nursed DD until she was almost 16 months old (down to only once a day by 15 mos), and she never really asked for it. I guess I would ask her if she wanted to eat or say milk before I got ready to feed her, but she didn't say it back. DD has lots of words now, but she only had a few at that point and none of them related to nursing. Is that weird? I think you should start going with nurse or milk, or both. If you plan on extended breastfeeding you don't really want her asking for boobies (especially in public) do you? It's hard enough to nurse an older child, and I wouldn't want anything else adding to that. That's just my opinion though, and I'm admittedly "shy" about it. Good luck with the rest of your BF journey! You're doing a great job so far.

kittylove

We call it nurse and then "other side" but mostly he just signs for it.

hannah&ben

I always say 'nurse' or just 'milk'.  Henry does the sign for milk.  He doesn't really talk but I always try to get him to say it too... the best I've gotten is "mmmmmm"   Every once in a while he just points at my boob when he wants to nurse.

somethingchangd

boobies.  classy, I know, but it stuck.  Up until about a month ago he referred to it as "mmmm mmmm" (usually while banging on my chest).  But for the past month or so he says "mmmm mmmm-bies".  It's too cute!

Cassian

kristinamh6:

We actually didn't call it anything. I nursed DD until she was almost 16 months old (down to only once a day by 15 mos), and she never really asked for it. I guess I would ask her if she wanted to eat or say milk before I got ready to feed her, but she didn't say it back. DD has lots of words now, but she only had a few at that point and none of them related to nursing. Is that weird? I think you should start going with nurse or milk, or both. If you plan on extended breastfeeding you don't really want her asking for boobies (especially in public) do you? It's hard enough to nurse an older child, and I wouldn't want anything else adding to that. That's just my opinion though, and I'm admittedly "shy" about it. Good luck with the rest of your BF journey! You're doing a great job so far.

LOLOL that would be really funny, or awkward, or both Imagine a tiny little redhead toddling around saying 'boobies?'

DH is starting to regularly say milk, and I say milk or milkies most of the time. Boobies when we are feeling goofy. We are associating the sign with the word milk, I guess. And like PP, it will go for both bottle or breast.