Decoding The Mommy Board Acronyms

FTM here. I’m desperate for some help with my 3-week old DD. I’m trying to EBF while home on ML (currently NAK), but my LO is constantly screaming bloody murder. Could it be a DA? Is she hungry and I need to supplement with FF? It’s struggle city over here, and I need some guidance. TIA

If the above makes you think HUH, welcome to the MMB (mommy message board)! We’re here to help you talk the talk with this list of acronyms. Soon enough, you too will be speaking in code.

TermDefinition
APattachment parenting
BCbirth control (what reading a mommy board will drive you to)
BFNbig fat negative (on the stick)
BFPbig fat positive (on the stick)
BMbreast milk (we gotcha there, huh?)
CCcontrolled crying (a sleep method)
CDcloth diaper
CIOcry it out (aka hell on earth)
DAdairy allergy
DDdear daughter
DHdear husband
DSdear son
DTDdid the deed (isn’t “sex” just as easy to spell?)
EBFexclusively breastfeeding
EBMexpressed breast milk
ECelimination communication (we had to wiki that one too)
FFformula feeding
FTMfirst time mom
LAMLactational Amenorrhea Method (natural birth control while breastfeeding)
LOlittle one
MCmiscarriage
MLmaternity leave
MMBmommy message board
NAKnursing at keyboard
OWTold wives tale
PGpregnant
POASpee on a stick
PPDpostpartum depression
RIEResources for Infant Educarers (the parenting method all the LA moms follow)
SAHMstay at home mom
TIAthanks in advance (the universal sign-off on the MMB)
TTCtrying to conceive
VBACvaginal birth after cesarean
WAHMWork at home mom
WMWorking mom