What goes in must come out - bodily functions

[frualeydis]

What 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.

Comments

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

I _think_ 'poo' is the word used in this occasion.

[amberlaine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would say poop. Baby poop.
I wonder if poo versus poop is a regional thing. Hmmm.......

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Poo probably is the best... noun and verb actually;)

We havea very cute diaper ad about the various stages of babies.. and the "talkative" stage has a little girl on the phone telling her grandmother (I think) what her mummy is doing in the toilet.

It's clear she loves the word and loves to the phone.

There are more clinical terms.. stools, movements, motions... other things, but poo is probably the most appropriate:)

[brambleberry.livejournal.com]

It's definitely a loaded word. In the US, we have lots of words, some more crude than others.

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. ;>

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks everybody. I knew the word "poo" of course, but it seemed like "baby talk" and not normal language.

Eva

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

Not trying to sound gross, but we use poo-poo alot. As well as crap, dump, My all time favourite "A #2", among other disturbing phasees. If you want them I will give them to you, but some are just down right nasty-Ysabelot

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

Another word word for this is 'bowel movements', feces, fecal matter, waste, or what have you.

[marymont.livejournal.com]

On the other aspect of your post--the change of her diaper deposits might be a change in her/your diet. Have you introduced solids? Are you supplementing? Have you changed what you are eating (which she gets from your breastmilk)? Sounds like a bit of constipation, which might be causing the crying you've told us about.

Good luck.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

No change in diet, still just my milk, and she's also stopped crying circa two weeks ago. And when it comes it's as rinning as ever. The good thign with children who only get breastmilk, they never get constipation. The tummyache is believed, at least in Sweden, to be caused by immaturity of the parts of the body used in food digestion, so it almost always ends before they're three months old, or earlier as in this case.
Now she only cries a little because she's tired and really wants to sleep.

Eva

Eva