Continuing with the discussions,I often use the word 'nursing' with my  
patients. particularly in the early days to emphasize that the baby is looking  for 
more than food (a feeding) from the breast.  It answers so many  questions 
and insecurities parents have about why the baby wants to feed again  when he 
just fed, etc.  
As many of you have shared, my children, and now grandchildren, chose their  
own pet names.  My grandson was 31/2 when his sister was born.  He  still 
liked to nurse and shared milk with his sister for a while.  He  walked into my 
bedroom while I was putting on my bra and said "Oh,  Grandma, I didn't know you 
had nurses too!"  So the word is a noun and a  verb in his world!  
My son 'twizzled' and pinched inside my arm and my daughters liked to  
tickled the outside of my arm.  All of it was cute some of the time and  irritating 
at others---just like kids and husbands (and probably me).
Jeanne Rago
Lactation Consultants, Inc.
New Jersey, USA



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