19 Words You Never Knew Existed Until You Had Kids

    No one told you having kids meant learning another language.

    Mike Spohr
    by Mike Spohr

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. "Boppy."

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    Definition: A godsend when it comes to feeding babies and helping them nap. Also, an airplane pillow used by giants.

    2. "Puffs."

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    Definition: The first snack food kids eat like crack.

    3. "Heelys"

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    Definition: Shoes with wheels on the soles, aka how today's kids fall on their faces.

    4. "Bugaboo"

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    Definition: An insanely expensive stroller that makes you wonder what the heck is wrong with your regular priced one.

    5. "Vernix"

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    Definition: The goop that's on babies when they're born.

    6. "Onesie"

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    Definition: A unitard with snaps guaranteed to drive parents nuts that babies wear basically every day of their lives.

    7. "Colic"

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    Definition: When babies cry inconsolably for long periods of time, and their parents seriously need Calgon to take them away.

    8. "Enchancia"

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    Definition: A magical kingdom home to Sophia the First that your kid insists on visiting via your TV every freaking day.

    9. "Speckled rhombus"

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    Definition: One of the many types of rainbow loom bracelets that your kids WON'T. STOP. MAKING.

    10. "Ferberize"

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    Definition: A sleep training method that often leaves parents teary eyed and traumatized.

    11. "Meconium"

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    Definition: The nastiest thing that will ever come out of your baby, and that's saying something.

    12. "Montessori"

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    Definition: A style of education you don't exactly understand but have heard works wonders.

    13. "Skylander"

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    Definition: A bizarre gaming craze your kids would have you spend all of your disposable income on if they could.

    14. "Nose Frida"

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    Definition: A gag-inducing yet impressively effective way to clear up your baby's congestion.

    15. "Colostrum"

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    Definition: The first "milk" a mother makes which is both incredibly good for a baby and sort of weird compared to the milk that comes later.

    16. "Sippy"

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    Definition: An unspillable cup that you secretly wish you could use too.

    17. "Episiotomy"

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    Definition: Ouch.

    18. "Bjorn"

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    Definition: How you carry your kid around (and not just after you wake up in a hotel room with a tiger in the bathroom).

    19. "Furbish"

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    Definition: The language spoken by your kid's Furby, that is, until you take out the batteries.

    Doh!

    A previous version misspelled "meconium" and "vernix."