Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

re: Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

call_me_ps — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:09:36 GMT

We taught my daughter the word "nursies" for nursing, but before she could quite say the word it sounded like "titties". I don't know how or why, but when she said at the tender age of 15 months old, this is how it came out. At my friend's son's baptism, my daughter decided she wanted to nurse. Which would have been find if she didn't loudly declare "TITTIES!!!!"

re: Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

MomofBeans — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:48:13 GMT

I've put breastmilk in my eyes and my daughter's. I think it has staved off pinkeye a few times! At any rate, it's not hurting.

Our nursing term is "boo boo" and since I typically use a pillow to nurse her, she'll saw "boo boo" and then drag a pillow over to me. It's pretty funny when it happens at my mother-in-law's house. She thinks our daughter is ready to wean and doesn't want to nurse, and then you see her dragging a huge pillow around and saying "Boo boo? Boo boo?"

re: Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

John — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:44:18 GMT

Our 2 1/2 year old uses the term "momma milk". We took her to a signing class and now she uses the sign for "milk", meaning "momma milk" More than once she has shouted this out in the middle of a store, a bus or train, while pumping her fists in the air! She also learned the difference between right and left, by nursing! None of my peers can claim that! She instructs mommy on which side she wants to start on.

re: Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

NoVa Mommy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:38:20 GMT

I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one using breast milk to treat my baby's oozing eye! I mentioned that to my pediatrician last week and she looked shocked, disgusted, and confused, and then asked me not to do that anymore.

I think it works, though. Now, will I be squirting it on other bodily ailments? Don't think so.

re: Uncover Your Nipples! 7 Gems from the Mouths of Nursing Toddlers

stcelia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:30:39 GMT

I'm a nurse, and I nurse our 1 year old daughter, a fact that has confused our 3 1/2 year old son. He seems to think I breastfeed for a living when I go to work. I've tried to clear up this confusion, but I realized I he was still confused (and possibly what he thought about another issue)when he said at the restaurant dinner table: "Is Aunt Carrie a nurse?" We answer no. "Does she have big nipples?"