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frualeydisWhat goes in must come out. Or maybe not.
Actually I need some help with vocabulary here. The words for bodily functions are not the first you learn in school. I mean, I know the word "shit", we have the same in swedish, the verb "skita" and the noun "skit", but they are considered rude and the neutral word is "bajsa" and "bajs", so I wonder: is there a neutral word in english?
With the "value" of "skit" in swedish it feels strange to talk about babyshit, unless you're upset.
Anyway, she's almost stopped doing that. In the beginning she did it ten times a day and now it's maybe only every three days. And the change came very suddenly. It feels really strange, but of course it means less laundry since the diapers she's only peed in doesn't have to be machine-washed, you just rinse the pee out of them and hang them to dry. Nice but surprising.
Another bodily function:
I'M LEAKING!! And I don't like it. I mean this morning I was leaking from my left breast even after she had eaten from it for ten minutes. And my right breast was playing fountain. At least one thing that was easier with twins, one baby at each breast. But now, everything smells old milk, I smell old milk, my sheets do, my baby does.
She just woke up, bye, bye.
Actually I need some help with vocabulary here. The words for bodily functions are not the first you learn in school. I mean, I know the word "shit", we have the same in swedish, the verb "skita" and the noun "skit", but they are considered rude and the neutral word is "bajsa" and "bajs", so I wonder: is there a neutral word in english?
With the "value" of "skit" in swedish it feels strange to talk about babyshit, unless you're upset.
Anyway, she's almost stopped doing that. In the beginning she did it ten times a day and now it's maybe only every three days. And the change came very suddenly. It feels really strange, but of course it means less laundry since the diapers she's only peed in doesn't have to be machine-washed, you just rinse the pee out of them and hang them to dry. Nice but surprising.
Another bodily function:
I'M LEAKING!! And I don't like it. I mean this morning I was leaking from my left breast even after she had eaten from it for ten minutes. And my right breast was playing fountain. At least one thing that was easier with twins, one baby at each breast. But now, everything smells old milk, I smell old milk, my sheets do, my baby does.
She just woke up, bye, bye.
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Date: 2004-07-16 06:52 am (UTC)The technical, most neutral term is feces for the solids and urine for the liquid. Terms that are considered somewhat to very crude for feces include "shit", "crap", and "taking a dump" for solids, while a similarly slightly crude term for urine is "pee". Generally, if possible, in polite company one "goes to the bathroom" "powder's one's nose" or "goes to the ladies' room" (if female) and a few other terms which all refer to the place where you go rather than the actual action. I suspect that it all goes back to the nineteenth century, when it was impolite to refer to just about anything to do with the body.
Terms that parents use with children to refer to bodily functions include "poo" for feces and "tinkle" for urination. I'm sure that there are others, but I don't have children and have consequently forgotten. ;>