Send CathInfo's owner Matthew a gift from his Amazon wish list:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/25M2B8RERL1UO

Author Topic: Does your child have different names for milk?  (Read 1541 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Antonio Jones

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 17
  • Reputation: +9/-1
  • Gender: Male
Does your child have different names for milk?
« on: April 11, 2025, 08:59:57 AM »
  • Thanks!1
  • No Thanks!1
  • We’re only with our first so we don’t know if this varies by child. 

    She says “dida” and “chita” when asking for milk because we say “lechita,” which means “milk” in Spanish (but is a diminutive like “milky”) when referring to milk.

    Offline Viva Cristo Rey

    • Hero Member
    • *****
    • Posts: 18561
    • Reputation: +5768/-1982
    • Gender: Female
    Re: Does your child have different names for milk?
    « Reply #1 on: April 11, 2025, 09:46:27 AM »
  • Thanks!1
  • No Thanks!0
  • I know many say leche for milk around here.  Where are you from?  

    May God bless you and keep you


    Offline SimpleMan

    • Hero Member
    • *****
    • Posts: 5098
    • Reputation: +2001/-247
    • Gender: Male
    Re: Does your child have different names for milk?
    « Reply #2 on: April 11, 2025, 10:25:31 AM »
  • Thanks!0
  • No Thanks!0
  • Elvis Presley called milk "butch", in that baby-talk that he used in intimate family situations.

    Go figure.

    Offline AMDGJMJ

    • Hero Member
    • *****
    • Posts: 4133
    • Reputation: +2517/-95
    • Gender: Female
    Re: Does your child have different names for milk?
    « Reply #3 on: April 12, 2025, 05:14:12 AM »
  • Thanks!0
  • No Thanks!0
  • We’re only with our first so we don’t know if this varies by child.

    She says “dida” and “chita” when asking for milk because we say “lechita,” which means “milk” in Spanish (but is a diminutive like “milky”) when referring to milk.
    I think our boys had other names for milk at first because they had a hard time saying the word.  But...  I can't remember now what they said... 😅

    I do remember one family we know had children who said something like "Nuk nuk."

    So, yes, totally normal.  :cowboy:
    "Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, make my heart like unto Thine!"

    http://whoshallfindavaliantwoman.blogspot.com/

    Offline Seraphina

    • Hero Member
    • *****
    • Posts: 4439
    • Reputation: +3395/-358
    • Gender: Female
    Re: Does your child have different names for milk?
    « Reply #4 on: April 12, 2025, 05:37:24 AM »
  • Thanks!1
  • No Thanks!0
  • I had a teacher who jokingly called it cow juice. As children, it wasn’t anything but milk in our family.


    Offline AMDGJMJ

    • Hero Member
    • *****
    • Posts: 4133
    • Reputation: +2517/-95
    • Gender: Female
    Re: Does your child have different names for milk?
    « Reply #5 on: April 12, 2025, 05:39:25 AM »
  • Thanks!0
  • No Thanks!0
  • I had a teacher who jokingly called it cow juice. As children, it wasn’t anything but milk in our family.
    This reminds me of how when we started getting raw milk shares when I was a teenager my mother used to call it "liquid gold". :laugh1: :laugh2:
    "Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, make my heart like unto Thine!"

    http://whoshallfindavaliantwoman.blogspot.com/