Yesterday as I was changing my middle child Aidan walked into the room. Â I had just gotten out of the shower and was putting on my bra. Â He happened to walk in right as I was getting it on and he goes “Ninny’s” .
Let me back peddle a bit. When he and his sister were both nursing that is what the nickname for my boobs became LOL. Â Kinda like a pacifier is called a binky or fofee. My kids nicknamed the girls “Ninny’s” when they were old enough to talk and were nursing. Â I nursed them all until they were right around 2 (give or take a few months).
Okay now back to the current day. Â As mentioned he pointed and said “Ninny’s” and I respond with “Yes”. Â At that moment I could see the little wheels in his brain turning and I could only imagine what in the world was going to come out next. Â That’s when he said
“And we can eat from them?”
Me: Pause…wondering if I heard him right “What did you say”
Him: “We can eat from them?” said in a matter of fact tone.
Me: Â “Well, babies can eat from them”
And that was that, end of discussion, interest was lost and off he ran to go play. Â It got me so tickled but it made me wonder if all of the sudden he had a memory of breastfeeding. Â It was so out of the blue that it caught me off gaurd but the innocence in his question and matter of fact tone as well was so sweet.
I love the things my kids say and come up with, memories like these are what makes life worthwhile.
Toni Patton
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I know what you mean. Just the other day my four year old went up to my husband, with his fists punching up at the air, saying, “Hey, you want a piece of meat!” We just fell with laughter. He meant to say, “Hey, you want a piece of me?”
It was too cute. That one went straight into the memory book.
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Make sure you keep up with all the cute things. There will come a time when you’ll need to refer to them, reminding yourself they were once little angels :).
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Kids can be SO frank!!!LOL
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Awesome… lol. How old is he now? I wished I could have nursed my kids longer. They all weaned themselves around 10 months. (walking age) My last baby actually would scream if I tried to nurse her. That was a sad way to end it. I didn’t have nicknames for my boobs, but my milk was “boobie juice”. Just thought I’d share.
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I admit that I laughed out loud at that nickname. I love how innocently little ones can bring up topics though. I am considerably older than my younger brothers and I remember the first day the youngest of the twins said the *f* word, not only did he say it but he sang it to a little melody as he sat in the backseat of the car and all we could do was snicker to ourselves while trying to ignore it as thought it wasn’t a big deal.
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LOL Ninny was the term my mom used also so it just naturally became the way we refer to them as well. I nursed all five of our children so my ‘ninnies’ have become not-such-a-big-deal around here LOL However, my 17-month-old, Zoe, can be eating brownies and ice cream but if I even whisper the word ‘ninny’ she will come running to jump in my lap and lay down, waiting on her fix haha I think the word ninny has magical powers – and apparently in your son’s case, it’s never to be forgotten!!! LOL
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Awww! I nursed my first baby until he was well beyond 2, but we never had a name for the things. They were just milk. My second one weaned at 11 months because I was pregnant, so I have yet to experience that. How funny that they can remember it! I don’t think my big boy does.
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