Both of my girls would pat or rub their favorite side and say "num" as they got older the first called called it numma's and the 2nd called it mumma nummas. What was so cute that right after my 2nd got crusing about the furniture real good, 9 or 10 months old or so (she stood up at 7 months) When she wanted to nurse she would drag her nursing pillow to my feet (hint - hint) and lay down on it. When she became a free walker-runner she would toss the pillow in my lap and if I didn't respond fast enough she would very loudly state - yell NUM MOM !!!! I must admit I am a very avid reader and get lost in my reading world very quickly. More than one time, she surely startled the devil out of me. When we were looking for a name for my company my husband suggested we call it "Mumma Nummas Incorporated" since this term had become so much a part of our life the past few years. I must admit this title holds a very special meaning to me and it was in the running until the very end. We chose Breastfeeding Specialists Inc. because we figured more people would recognise, what we do to help moms than just my family and my very special little girls. It still brings a tear to my eye when i think about the last time my youngest nursed. She was just a couple of months past age 2. She crawled up into my lap snuggled into nursing postion patted and rubbed her favorite side a few times said nigh-night mom and was fast asleep (too soon for mom.) Just like crawling, walking and everything else this little one did she just grew up to fast. Sorry about the trip down memory lane Anne Norton - Krawciw RPh, IBCLC (the LC-Pharmacist) [log in to unmask]