The word ’booby’

Hi All,

I've been wondering about this for awhile, and finally figured I'd ask since I know there are lots of breastfeeders on here. I promise I'm not trying to hassle people's choices - I'm just genuinely curious.

What do you call your breasts/breastfeeding, and why?

I've discovered that the most common term seems to be 'booby', and a lot of tickers and things say 'booby baby'. Did you call them 'boob's' before you started feeding?

I ask because I refuse to call my breasts 'boobs' and don't want my toddler calling out for 'booby' in public. (And I got a bit annoyed at my mum's comment to my child of 'do you want your mum to give you some titty?'). It wasn't a word I used before, and feels a bit crude (I am well aware it's a common word and many people are happy to use it).

But - why is 'booby' so common?

Oh thats cute weegee.

 

I also cringe when people, namely my grandmother refer to breastfeeding as "going on the tit" or something along those lines "ick".

DH refers to it as boobyfeed. I generally just say feed, but will probably have to change that or it could get confusing when we start solids

Ick i hate titty.

Brennan says "now" when he wants milk. Dam impatient male. I dont know why he picked up on the now but im happy to go with it. I guess i say " do you want some milk now?"

We call it various things... i like susu though, it's what we called it as kids 'she's giving her baby some susu'. It's the solomon island word for breastmilk.... my parents lived there for a couple of years. i didn't know it was a family thing and thought it was what everyone called it, til i realised when i was about 1O! lol.

i'm not much of a fan of 'booby' but my gosh i can't stand 'tit' or 'titty'!

We also say 'he's having a drink\milk\a feed'.

I must admit that when little'un was newborn and did that hungry face where they put their tongue out Dh would say "He's doing the tittyface".
I tried not to say it in front of others, but for some reason (sleep deprivation?) did find it very funny. Especially as neither of us is sure why it started.

It took me a few minutes to think what I called it as I'm not a fan of boobies or titties. But I just used to call it "milk". DD was 18 months when she weaned so not really talking that much but a really good thing to consider before I have to explain it to her with the new bub.

I call/ed my @@s boobs before I had C but I am like weegee (and other) and just referred to feeding as milk time or do you want some milk? Not sure what would have happened if I'd BFed C for longer, but I am a fan of BF being about the milk rather than about my boobs IYGWIM.

I HATE "tits" and "titty" with a passion. DH referred to my boobs as tits a couple of times when I first started BF (obviously a BF "word" to him) and I pulled him up on it straight away. I find "titty" really crass

We use feed, or dudu. Like the Soloman islands the samoan word for milk is susu but DP would say dudu and it stuck. Think its the lazy way to say it maybe? Or I would say "fea ai?" meaning are you hungry or "fea nu?" would you like a drink. The only thing with dudu was that my SIL would say dudu for sleep, I think thats what it is in Tonga, and they grew up for a few years there and had a Tongan nanny.

My IL's say dudu for sleep too.. but they are South African LOL

Another word that my grandma uses for it is Ninnys. Always makes me laugh if she asks if B needs some ninnys