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Colin-age 2.5 (he's been saying it that way since about 12 months of age).
Rosemary's Mamma also sent in this cute story (thank you!!!)...
I ask Rosemary where are her eyes, nose, ears ... receiving the correct "point" in response. Once I asked her where her booby was. She pointed to mine (of course!!).
The Kidz are People Too PageMommy may I nurse please may I?
Mommy may I nurse please may I?
I wanna nurse.
When my 23 month old son wants to nurse he simply says, "I wanna nurse." When he's finished with one side and wants the other side he tells me, "other side."
~ Michelle L.
Tugs on Bottom of Shirt
My daughter is 15 months old and doesn't have a word for nursing yet but she very politely tugs on the bottom of my shirt when she wants to nurse.
Tugs on Shirt
When I ask my 14 month old son if he "wants a little something" he starts to giggle and laugh
and then he tugs on my shirt. It warms my heart and soul to see how much he enjoys nursing.
~ Annie E.
That, Nur Nur, Nurse
When Ellen was younger, she would try to let me know she wanted to nurse by tugging on my shirt. I would ask her, "Do you want that?" while pointing to my breast. Finally she started asking for "that." Then she began calling it "nur nur," and she has asked to "nur nur" until recently. She is 32 months now, and in the past couple months she has started asking to "nurse." However, she still calls breasts "nur nurs." Now she is 34 months old, and in church this week she said out loud during church, "I want to nurse."
~ Jeri
De-De, Sleep
During the day my 17 month old will say de-de (Tagalog for breast) if she wants to nurse. When she's sleepy and wants to nurse to sleep she will say "Sleep!" which means she wants to nurse lying down.
Nite-Nite
When it was time for my son to go to sleep, I would first tell him to kiss daddy so we could go nite-nite, then I would nurse him to sleep. Soon he associated nursing with the term nite-nite and called it that! So when he wanted to nurse, he would say nite-nite.
Babas, Nana Babas
My 26 month old daughter named my breasts babas. When I was pregnant with my second child, now 2 weeks old, I tried to wean my daughter with little success... I told her at night that babas had gone night-night and she could nurse in the morning (a technique suggested by Dr. William Sears to minimize night nursing). She proceeded to rename my breasts nana babas (night-night babas) and calls them that to this day.
Momma Baba
My daughter who is 38 months old and is still nursing! calls it momma baba as did my 2nd and 3rd son. She also asks me to pray while she nurses at night, it is very peaceful and she senses that.
~ Sheryl †
Ba-Ba, His, Tee-Tee
My first child said "ba-ba" to be breastfed. My second son would put his hand in my shirt, if already didn't open my blouse, and ask for "his." My third child, a girl, would ask for "tee-tee." She was breastfed up until she said, "Mom, it is 3:00. I think it is time for my feeding." (age of 3)
~ Marsha
Da Da Tee Tee
My 19 month old Ryan Matheson gets a BIG grin on his face and calls it "Da Da Tee Tee." All 4 of my boys have called it "Tee Tee," and Ryan calls it Da Da because everything that's GREAT to him is Da Da (Like Daddy)......When he's ready to go to sleep at night he will point to my bedroom and say Da Da Tee Tee!!!!! Until I respond.
~ Kim
Diddy, Ninny
My 17-month old daughter has two words. Most used is diddy, and lately she has been saying ninny when she wants to nurse. Either word always brings a smile to my face and a burst of love to my heart!
~ Judy
Nannies
My daughter is 2 years and one month and I still nurse. Her words are NANNIES OR NURSIES OR NURSY.
~ Katherine O.
Mimi
My 15-month-old daughter says "mimi," sometimes even going so far as to say "mama mimi" in an angry tone if I don`t nurse quickly enough!!
Mamma Nummy
Griffyn, my almost three year old, has always called nursing "Mama nummy." I think it originated from me asking him if something he apparently relished was "yummy." When he wants the other side he says "shish shies" (switch sides) which is the same thing he says for (I hate to admit it) french fries.
~ Marsha H.
Nummie
My 2 and 1/4 year old, Jacob, says "I want at nummie, peaze" and then for the other side, he says "I want at other one nummie." Just a couple of months ago, he kind of pouted and told me that my nummies were broke, I though that was it. Well, we are not done yet, and I plan to let him be the leader...I have more milk, now, because we just tried a little harder to have more nummy!
~ Sherry C.
Dee-Ghee
My son Joseph says "dee-ghee" when he wants to nurse. It almost sounds like diggy. We call going to sleep "nu nu" - a variation on night night and so when he wants to nurse to sleep he says "diggy nu nu."
~ Adrianne
Joo-Joo
I am part Cree of James Bay, Quebec and the Cree word for breast is "joo-joo," so that is what kids say when they want to nurse. People in the south don't know what it means so it isn't embarrassing in public.
~ Alice R.
Booo
My 14 month daughter calls it "Booo." She's said "Booo-bee" once now. I LOVE IT!!!
~ Rosemary's Mamma
Boob
My son is still nursing periodically (which means when I let him) at 32 months and he gets this glint in his eye and says "I wanna do boob!" "Can I do boob?" and "Murron (my 8 month old) doesn't need to do boob Now!" He is very happy when he says "Murron left me some milk in there!"
Boob Time
We've always called it "Boob" or "Boob time." My Lily, who weaned a couple of months ago at
about 32 months old would say, "I want boob time." Then she'd take one side, look at me and say "other side," which amusingly sounded more like, "udder side," in her toddler voice. My baby Esther (9months) has said a couple of words already "Mama," "bread," and "boob." The latter she said while patting my boob and then smacked her lips. It was too funny!
~ Heidi
Booby
In regards to what words my son uses when he wants to nurse he says "I Want Booby" or "Need a Booby." I am beginning to sometimes regret my choice of words when letting him know what they were, but I try not to get embarassed as it is an accurate request! Sometimes he says "Milk" and pats my breast!
Sides
Because I would sometimes offer to change "sides," two of ours
associated that word with nursing, and would ask for "sides, please"!
~ Nancy P.
Side
The word that my son used was "side." I guess I had used that word so much: left side, right side, which side, switch sides, other side, etc. that that's what he picked up on.
~ Sharon
Ni Na
My 3 year old called it ni na when I nursed him past one. My ten month old says na na.
~ barb
Nummies, Mee-Mee
My first daughter called them nummies, a word that I learned at La Leche
League and used with her. It was a great code word as only nursing families seem to know what it refers to. My second daughter began saying nummies as mee-mee when she was about 13 months old. It sounded so cute the way she said it that I started calling it mee-mee too. So for daughter number 2, it's mee-mee. Now that she is 2 1/2, she switches sides to get more milk. It cracks me up to hear her say, "This one empty; other side!"
~ Dee H.
Ning-Ning
My daughter didn't have a code word. My 5 month old son calls it,
"ning-ning." I know, I thought he was too little to verbalize, too.
But it
is consistent. When he is hungry, he says clear as a bell: "ning-ning.
Ning-ning" Others have commented on it as well! Guess he is just
advanced
for his age...
Do
My son calls both my breasts and nursing "do." So my boobs are "do's" and when he wants to nurse he says "I want to do" or "I need your do's." The cutest thing was the evening he was watching me cook dinner from the top of the dishwasher. I leaned over to hug him in a loose shirt, and he ran his hands down my shirt and exclaimed "I want to 'do' you right here in the kitchen." It works for us especially now that he's older because most of our friends don't know what it means. I can't for the life of me remember when this started or why. He's almost four.
Hand Sign
My 13 mo signs "please." He did that at our church nursery tonight. The attendants have him twice a week, and tried everything that they could think of. The came and got my dh out of his class and asked him what Danny might want. He settled for a drink from a straw since I couldn't come (I was teaching a class). When he isn't too impatient, he actually signs "nurse please."
Mommy Milk
I am nursing my soon to be 2 year old 4th daughter. I nursed all my children but they all stopped pretty much after their 1st birthday once they got the walking thing down. :) With Miss Jodie Grace she still very much wants to continue. :) She learned to walk at 9 months and was not even eating solids at the time.
Well, you were asking for words that our young ones call their milk. Jodie has called it mommy-milk since she was 15 months old. She now differentiates between mommy-milk and "coklit" milk, her second favorite.
~ Laura †
Mommy Juice, Milk
Before my daughter was talking, she'd pant when she wanted to nurse. Around 18 months she created her own name for it by saying "mommy juice," then "nore other side" (with lots of excited giggling). Now she officially calls it milk, and looked a little confused last week when her babysitter offered her some white liquid in a sippy cup.
Nertz
My 19 month old daughter pats my breasts and says, "Please, nertz!"
Num Num
Courtney, my 16 month old, will lift up the bottom of my shirt...or stick her hand down my shirt and say "Help Me, num num." She always uses her best helpless face too!
~ Danetta
Nummers
I'm currently nursing our newest blessing, Grace Colleen (9/19/98). I plan on helping her learn the same word her older sisters used. . . "nummers." My oldest started saying this when she was 13mo, and it has stuck around!
Ga-Ga
My daughter Kaylie has been saying "ga-ga" for nursing since she was 9 months old! I have no idea where she got it, but it stuck!! I am used to it now, but wouldn't have chosen it. I thought long and hard about what word to use and thought "nummy" sounded good! Oh well, Kaylie is just GA-GA for her "ga-gas." LOL...
~ Sherry...mama to Christopher (7yo) and Kaylie (22mo)
Nurses
My daughter is 26 months old and ever since she started talking she has said "nurses" when she wants to nurse. Although it isn't very hard for others to fiqure out, I still think it is cute.
~ Caitlin S.
Sip
I don't have a toddler at present, but my older boys will bring me Kyson (9mo) and say, "Mommy, he needs a sip, he's crabby." So now we call it "sip"!!
~ Carrie T.
Now
My daughter is nursing her second child right now, the perfect sister for her older boy. I look at her and remember her word for our special time. It was "NOW." She still has that dreamy look; but it is focused on her daughter, not her mother.
~ Liz's Mom
Nu-Nu
My 20 month old twins use the same term for wanting to nurse. My
daughter says Nu-Nu and when I say ok, she gets a "baby" for her brother and herself to hold. My son says Nu-Nu and hands me the nursing pillow. They both nurse at the same time in the football hold.
~ Courtney S.
Daaaaah
When my son (20 months) wants to nurse he says ......daaaahhh....I don't know why...he just gets the sweetest smile and and says daaaaahhh....how could I refuse! Until he had "words" he would sign to nurse by tapping his cheek...or mine if I wasn't fast enough LOL!
Mum Mum Mum
My one year old has said "mum mum mum" over and over since she was about six months old or so. Silly me, I thought she was saying "mom" but now I figure it means food to her. When she's hungry or wants to nurse, it's "mum mum mum."
Dootz
Our breastfeeding code word is dootz (like boots) or sometimes he'll say "sides." My son is 20 months old and we are really enjoying our breastfeeding relationship!
Numma-Numma-Num
My 18 month daughter says numma-numma-num when she wants to nurse and of course tries to lift my shirt as well. Sometimes she will bring our nursing pillow wherever I am and follow me around. When I ask her if she would like milk her face just lights up with a huge smile and she nods furiously. If she pulls off while nursing she points to my breast and says more?? like a question. The cutest thing though is when she lifts her shirt and puts her doll--her baby--against her chest and walks around saying numma-numma-numma-numma-num.
~ Angela
Nuss
My little love just said NUSS today for the first time (or at least this is the first time I understood it). She is 15 months.
Nuss
My 19 month old tell me she wants to nurse by saying "Nuss, Ah wanna nuss." For a while it sounded like Niece but now it has gone back to Nuss. The funny part is when she wants to switch sides. I must have said WHEE when I moved her. Now she tells me she wants to "go whee" when she wants to switch sides!!
Feed
My nearly 3 year old daughter Caroline always wants a feed, or a feeda depending on her frame of mind. She always lets me know what side she wants, and how often. If there is any milk in my breasts or if it is all gone. She knows that my breasts have milk in them and that her Mum is the only hope she has of getting any.
~ Jane
Snuggle
My little girl is three, and since she could say it, she has always asked for "snuggle." I always called nursing "snuggle time," so that's where she picked it up. I chuckle when people think it's cute as she asks for snuggles. If they only knew...=)
Nuggle, Bop-Bop-Bop
My daughter (16 months) says "nuggle" (snuggle) when she wants to
nurse. She also says "bop-bop-bop!!!" which means that she wants to lie down on the boppy (nursing pillow) to nurse. She will also bring the boppy to me, or (if we're out somewhere) hand me her sling.
~ Kelly
Chi-Chi
My friend Ann is married to a Korean-American--her kids asked for
"chi-chi" which I guess is a Korean word for breast. My kids liked it so much that they say "Ian wants chi-chi" when my littlest cries to nurse.
~ Andrea Y.
Mommie Aagh
My daughter who is 46 months old has always asked for "mommie aagh." It
has continued to be our quiet time at the end of a day.
Numma Numma Nurse
At about 15 months, my very sleepy son toddled into the livingroom after awaking alone in our bed and said "numma numma nurse?" and toddled back to bed. Of course, I followed him and we nursed. Since then it's been "numma numma nurse" (which I think came from "Do you want to nurse?") although I say it more than he does. Being a toddler with two older (7 & 10), doting sisters, he communicates mostly with grunts and gestures!
Break
I take my daughter in the other room to nurse, so that we could have privacy and spend time together with the rest of the world on the other side of the door. I ask her if she wants to 'take a break' with Mommy. She is 16 months old and will answer 'yes, break' or 'no-no, break', depending on her
needs at the time. It also saves us from other's disapproving looks or thoughts. For all they know, my daughter just wants to spend some quiet time with her Mommy.
Boof
My 20 month old has always refered to nursing as.....boof. Here lately she will say "I want urse please." And she will say "switch" when it's time for the other side.
~ Lisa R.
Deese
My 19 month old son Brennen, says "deese" when he wants to nurse. I don't have any idea where he got that from but I know what he wants when he says it!
~ Jennifer
Na-Na
Brandon's code word for nursing is "na-na." He made it up. The first
time he
said it, I realized that I had been asking him "do you want to nurse?" I
decided
to switch, and start calling it "na-na," to avoid him one day, yelling,
"I WANT
TO NURSE!"
~ Pam
What word (or sentence :)) does your child use when he wants to nurse? E-mail me at mykidzmommy@hotmail.com, and I'll post it here!
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