Are you a Dummy Mummy?

Are you a Dummy Mummy? - New parenting jargon shows mums are replacing sexiness with silliness - New mothers have a tendency to think that everyone is just as interested as they are in their baby - and talking about little else.

And now there's a label for such women: Dummy Mummy.

A worrying study of modern day parenting jargon has revealed that Yummy Mummy has been replaced by nicknames for women rendered brain dead or forgetful by their children.

One-track mind: Do you know a Dummy Mummy - someone who only talks about their child?

Dummy Mummy is closely followed by Pramnesia - which describes forgetfulness caused by child-rearing - in the list of top phrases.

Meanwhile, Dadmin refers to jobs particularly suited to Dads - perhaps because Dummy Mummies would not be able to do them properly.

The terms are among those used by modern parents, according to a poll commissioned for the launch of the DVD release of bringing up baby comedy Life As We Know It.

The study also revealed that a Baby Gaga is a toddler who likes to show off and Nansformer is the grandparent who goes from little old lady to multi-tasking supergran as soon as she has a grandchild to cope with.

Others which came out of the research include Code Brown to describe the need to change a nappy and Calpoholics, children who are given medicine so often to keep them quiet they become hooked.

From yummy to dummy: Pramnesia describes forgetfulness caused by child-rearing

Disnefying It is what parents do to mundane places to make them sound exciting to children, such as telling them 'We're going to Asdaland today where we can go on the trolley ride!'

A spokesman for the survey said: 'The term Dummy Mummy is used to describe a new mother who has lost the capacity to talk about anything other than her new born child!

'Further slang alluded to the remarkable abilities of grandparents when it comes to providing baby help (Nansformer) and the soaring cost of childcare (Nanny McFee).'

TOP TEN EXAMPLES OF PARENTING JARGON

1. Dummy Mummy - A woman rendered brain dead by the arrival of her new born who can't talk about anything other than babies
2. The Naughty Two-Step - Ritual dance performed by child to demonstrate reluctance to go and sit on the naughty step
3. Baby Gaga - A little show-off
4. Nansformer - When granny transforms into a multi-functional super-efficient domestic robot upon a baby's arrival
5. Dadmin - Jobs particularly suited to Dad like emptying a nappy bin or putting up a shelf in the nursery
6. Code Brown - A nappy-filler
   
7. Pump and Dump - Pre-expressed milk before mum's night out with the girls (so she doesn't get the baby drunk when she returns)
8. Disneyfying It - Making chores interesting e.g.we're going to Asdaland
9. Pramnesia - Forgetfulness caused by child-rearing
10. Calpoholic - A baby who displays a disposition to medicines ( dalymail.co.uk )

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