Thanks for those contributions about how the words have altered with the  
culture in Sweden, Marit.
 
 It's funny how some things become a trend.  I know a baby  actively feeds at 
or from the breast -  breastfeeds.  And that is  being emphasized by some 
right now since we are so aware of babies crawling to  the breast after birth and 
finding the breast. So I can certainly see that my  baby breastfeeds. 
 
But I think I participate as well by offering my breasts. ;-)    So what 
would the mother's participation be called?  Feeding with  the breasts, or 
breastfeeding.
 
Personally I'd love it if feeding my baby meant at the breast with out the  
breast added in front of feeding.
 
I used 'nurse' with my babies as in "Oh, you'd like to nurse now?'   Which 
morphed into na na for the first child, and na nee with the  second.  One also 
used 'side' as in "you want the other side? "  We  went wild  with the third. 
;-) Something like na nee na nee boo  boo.
 
 
The Websters' Collegiate still has these:  
 
A baby sucks (to draw milk from the breast with the mouth) and a mother  
suckles (to give to with the breast; to nurture as if by giving milk from the  
breast). These terms are also indicated for calves at the udder.
 
But 'suck' gets used in so many ways now that the word might seem  derogatory 
to some here in the states, the way some people associated boob with  being a 
boobie, or 'idiot'. 
 
Plus it sounds strange to my modern ears to say to my baby, "Oh, you'd  like 
to suck now?"
 
Mardrey Swenson who now ponders what her possible future grandchildren  might 
call her




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