Cute Names For "The Boob"

Racheal - posted on 12/06/2011

We call them Dou Dou...it is French for a 'lovie' :) 25 months and STILL breastfeeding. :)

Amber - posted on 12/05/2011

my daughter is 20mos.. i always called it "nummies" for some reason (idk why...i just started it from the very first time...lol), so she calls my breasts "num nums"... she calls daddy's nipples that too now...haha

Olivia - posted on 12/02/2011

My son is 4 months and just gets really happy when he knows he is about to get mommy's milk. My 23 month old DD though who I still nurse for ouchies and nap and night time most nights, calls them ba ba. Not really sure where it came from but it works.

Ashleigh - posted on 12/02/2011

my daughter is 2 1/2 and she calls it boobie, even if we're in public lol! She calls herself a " Boo Boo Baby"

Kate - posted on 11/30/2011

my son used to call my boobs as pom pom....a bit funny though....

Misty - posted on 02/17/2011

my ex referred to them as funbags lol

Misty - posted on 02/17/2011

ninny

Rachael - posted on 02/15/2011

as far as signing, I started at birth using simple signs as I spoke to Alexander. By 3 months he was signing "milk" I used to work with autistic children who used sign to communicate and decrease tantrums. It is AMAZING. We use ASL not baby sign, though it is mostly the same. I plan to continue with it so he is multilingual. there are cute books with pictures, videos, ect. the ASL website is free and helpful. I highly recommend it

Cassie - posted on 02/15/2011

My daughter doesn't call boob anything yet but my partner normally calls them milk jugs LOL x

Amy - posted on 02/14/2011

This has been an interesting/amusing read. We don't call them anything special, just boob. My husband has coined a few terms though like 'boobcycle" (frozen breastmilk, think boob-icicle) and "boob juice" and "boob therapy" (when I nurse our daughter when she is hurt or upset).
She doesn't say a word for it yet, but when she does it'll probably be something similar to boob.

Rachael - posted on 02/14/2011

have him sign milk. That is what my son did. Then we would have him ask for "Mommy milk" he calls my breasts just that, breasts. I didn't want my son yelling boobie, ta ta or anything else across a restaurant.

Patricia - posted on 02/14/2011

My dd called them boobies and my husband called them his whopping big sin cushions....not very helpful or appropriate, I know but it cracked me up.

Deb - posted on 02/14/2011

So funny reading these stories, thanks everyone! I had a friend who was VERY particular about words for parts of the body, so the breast was never called anything BUT "breast" because she hated words like "boob" etc. My nieces have just started to learn (at their school) about parts of the body and the proper names for them, which is just hilarious (and occasionally slightly embarrassing for their parents). My 14mo son weaned himself last month but never referred to my breasts in any way; he is still fascinated with them, tho (typical boy), so between my friend and my nieces I guess in future my breasts will always be "breasts" - because I'd get corrected too quickly otherwise!! Will be interested to see what you end up using ... :-D

Nora - posted on 02/12/2011

My 2 year old always asked what I was doing when I was feeding my infant. He finally started to call them Mommy's Milk when ever he saw me feeding her

Rose-Marie - posted on 02/10/2011

my babies just said ma' my auntie called it sa sa :)

Tanya - posted on 02/10/2011

My older two called them mimis, my youngest calls them nummies

Amanda - posted on 02/09/2011

My 2 yr old asked my why is sissy eating mommys breasties. Tried to explain to her that sissy is eating. That was a funny talk with dad later that night.

Nichole - posted on 02/09/2011

For some reason out of nowhere my son called it his nu nu. sounds like new new. It worked for us :)

Natalie - posted on 02/09/2011

My family has always referred to it as ninny when we were young and that's what my boys call it now...it sounds really cute when they say it too :)

Kristen - posted on 02/09/2011

This is such a hilarious topic! I love it.....I can't remember what my daughter called it (she's 8 now), but my son who's 5 now called it "juice", I thought that was really funny :) And now my youngest son, who's 16-months, calls it "nah" and he calls food "nah-nah" I never knew why, lol, but he's been saying that since about 9-months old!!! He'll walk up to me, look up at me, and say "Mom? nah?......nah?" when he wants it! So funny ;)

Ashleigh - posted on 02/09/2011

my daughter calls them 'boobies' because thats just what i refer to them as when i talk to her. and she'll even say it in public and it makes me laugh:)

Marie - posted on 02/09/2011

I never planned on coming up with a name for it, but every day to put my son down for a nap I would say "are u ready to take a nap?" as I was holding him and taking out my boob. Well somehow, when he was learning to talk he made the word "dappy." If he got tired or upset about something he'd crawl into my arms and get into the nursing position and say dappy. I guess he somehow derived it from the word nap. Well it's stuck and that has always been the word for it now. No one except our family knows what it means and it's such a cute word. Lol

Rachel - posted on 02/09/2011

Ma-Ba or nannuhms :)

Denise - posted on 02/09/2011

My daughter will turn 3 next month so the name has changed a few times. "Mmm Mmm" was the cutest. She currently asks for "Mommy milk"

Christina - posted on 02/09/2011

We called them "milkies" It started because she would make the sign for milk when she wanted to nurse and the sign for water when she was thirsty. Once she started talking, milkies just seemed to work.

Kathryn - posted on 02/09/2011

I didn't plan on using a name for them while breastfeeding, but my Mom started calling them Ninnies and will ask my son when he's fussy if he wants his Ninny milk. He's only 4 months so I don't know if he'll use the word or not, but when anyone asks him if he needs his Ninny Milk when he's hungry he gives me a big gummy grin :D

Marcella - posted on 02/08/2011

We use boo boos. I think its great to have a name that the kids can use. It is beyond entertainment and just nourishment. It is a special and amazing bond, especially as the baby gets older.

Stefie - posted on 02/08/2011

We were able to nurse my first until she was 15 months (and talking pretty clearly in complete sentences). We called it Mama Baba.
Now that my oldest is 28 months and my little one is 8 months we still call it Mama Baba

Vanessa - posted on 02/08/2011

My son called them boom booms, and now we have our second child and when she cries he says mommy baby sis wants the boom boom!! Its cute and my kids won't go around saying boob or breats which I don't feel is appropriatE for little ones.

Maria - posted on 02/08/2011

KAREN: omg when i read Woweez i didnt get that one and then when you said K cup i literally said WOW!! out loud and then i laughed cuz i was like bahahaha now the Wowees is really funny and cute!! even tho i kno thats not why your kid was saying it but it was just funny and then you went on and i totally agree why that would be funny lol!

Karen - posted on 02/08/2011

3 of my 4 children called it Mi-Mi's. (pronounced Mee-Meez)
1 of my 4 children called it Wowees (pronounced wow-eez)

I thought the latter was hilarious as I am a K cup and just kept thinking of some guy looking at me chest and going, "WOW-WEEEEEEE!!!" LOL!

I have a friend whose kids called it leche. Like milk in Spanish (they are not a Spanish speaking household either!)

Sheria - posted on 02/08/2011

i always referred to nursing as eating so tht way whether they were 1st born or 3yrs old, only nursing or doing solids also i wz nvr embarrassed by terminology. plus, noone outside th fam knew wut they wanted unless my babes were nursing & kept moving my shirt slightly, as if they were checking 2 c if they cud tell how much more wz left by looking @ my breast.

Maria - posted on 02/08/2011

aw i just read all the posts and i love it!!! so creative and so cute! Melissa im not sure if it was you that said this or someone else but if it were me i really wouldnt care what my mother in law said. who cares this is between you and your baby no one else!!

Maria - posted on 02/08/2011

chi chi's!!!

Laura Zoey - posted on 02/08/2011

I agree Laura, I haven't used the milk sign, I use the drink sign, like tipping up a cup.
Buy honestly Eric just touches my breast when he asks and I think this is just fine. I mean people get embarrassed when he does this, but why not? They are here for him so why can't he ask for them?

Laura - posted on 02/08/2011

I was told you are supposed to teach your children the correct terms for anatomy...I will teach my son to ask for "milk" instead of boobies! I also hate the sign for milk, the motion of milking a COW, I will teach the motion of tipping a cup instead =)

Heather - posted on 02/07/2011

my sister tells me I should be teaching him milk but I like tit and its easy to say

Karen - posted on 02/07/2011

at our house, we call it "Milky-milk" bka "milky." We also say that Kyria wants some "baby milk!"

Teresia - posted on 02/07/2011

my lo calls it juice. :)

Justine - posted on 02/07/2011

My daughter called it num nums and my son calls it boom boom.

Alison - posted on 02/07/2011

"Milky"

Alison - posted on 02/07/2011

"Milky"

Melissa - posted on 02/06/2011

my daughter calls the BEES!

Adrienne - posted on 02/06/2011

My LO always says "beep"

Carol - posted on 02/06/2011

My little boy calls it "Milkies" Too cute! He is 22 months old.

Maria - posted on 02/06/2011

My daughter calls them yummies:)

Diane - posted on 02/06/2011

I didn't teach my son any words & he started calling it a "coconut tree." I have NO IDEA where he got that (we read him the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom & I guess he saw a similarity???), but we laughed our heads off. I made a point of teaching my second son the milk sign, & we say nurse. I've never liked referring to "the boob."

Annemarie - posted on 02/05/2011

My 3 year old daughter says, "I want milk in the boob."

Aicha - posted on 02/04/2011

my daughter asks for meme's it is a berber word meaning eat baby milk and it is easy for her to say she is 15 months old and still nursing strong along with her new baby brother

Becca - posted on 02/03/2011

My kids always referred to it as "night night" Because this is what I would do to put them down for a nap or at bedtime,and they would usually fall asleep.It just stuck. Only my family and friends knew what we were talking about.