Even *I* would not want my child yelling out, "I want boobie!" LOL
Boobie was my friend's (US) "code word" and I was never impressed with
it. I always feel like boobie/boob/boobs are a fairly derrogatory
reference to breasts in the US.

My kids said "nursies" which is fairly annoying in and of itself as
they get older. It started with "sees" because my 1 yo couldn't quite
get the "nur" on the first part of the world, but alas, that was only
a transition word to nursies. It wasn't really discreet or a code
word, so some of the benefits are lost with that one. But by the time
I had my 3rd we were pretty ingrained in nursies (and number 2 was
still nursing), so we never consciously made a switch to anything
else.

Another friend used to say "milk" and one day in a restaurant she
asked her dd if she wanted some milk, and 2 minutes later the waiter
came back with a glass of milk. It was pretty funny--we hadn't even
realized he was listening. She later switched to Bubbe (sp? pronounced
Bubby), which is yiddish for Grandmother, and I'm not really sure why
she did that. :)

Gina
Pueblo, CO

On 11/13/07, Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In America, one would be mortified if one's two year old yelled out "I
> WANT BOOBIE" in public, so American nursing code words are usually more
> discreet, in line with our more uptight culture.

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