UK vs US

[minties]

Here in NZ the midwife you have during pregnancy delivers your baby, in the UK it seems hat you get some random midwife every visit? You choose one here, even though they are paid by the government under an NHS.

We have a 'health visitor', who is a plunket nurse. The WHO reccomends public nurses visit all babies around the world.

 

[bubbles19]

Im from the very very far south of england and what we say ive found can be different to some up north.
Pram is basically a moses basket on a chassis
Pushchair is where they sit up on a chassis
Stroller is a very compact smaller version of a pushchair

Onsie is a full body suit with arms and legs we also call it a baby grow
A vest has short sleeves or long and just covers the torso
Did or diddy is another word ive heard a lot for dummy

We have a midwife that we see throught pregnancy and when in labour we get whoever is on call or on the ward that day. Then we're passed onto a health visitor who basically is like an advisor.

Tea is a hot drink and dinner is the last meal we have around 5-6pm. I went to america once and asked for tea I got ice tea....face palm moment. I also remember when I was really young when we were over there my dad asked someone where he could buy some fags, meaning cigarettes and this american man burst out laughing my dad was so confused, it wasnt until the man explained that they dont call them fags that we fully understood why he found it hilarious.

 

[AllieCat]

What we call a moses basket in the UK is called a bassinet in the US
What is a onesie? Is it a popper vest or is it a babygrow?

A health visitor is someone who has a background in healthcare (not necessary pediatrics) but has trained in health of babies and preschoolers and offers support. You don't see them if your child is sick, you go to the doctors. They can give you advice about feeding, weaning, sleeping, anything about babycare really. Often you didn't ask for their advice and you don't agree with it though! In the UK you don't take your baby to the doctors for any routine check ups, you only see a doctor if they are sick. The HV does the routine stuff and they also do immunisations.

A onsie is like a shirt but has snaps that snap under the bum so they don't come up.
A buggie and a pram are the same. I always thought it was cute how you all say " tea" when we say "lunch" I always say it with an accent in my head lol

 

[winegums]

Here in NZ the midwife you have during pregnancy delivers your baby, in the UK it seems hat you get some random midwife every visit? You choose one here, even though they are paid by the government under an NHS.

We have a 'health visitor', who is a plunket nurse. The WHO reccomends public nurses visit all babies around the world.

It depends, we have different models of care depending on the area or the trust.

We have traditional community midwives that do antenatal clinics and postnatal visits and postnatal clinics.

we have hospital midwives that just work on wards either 'core' midwives (i.e. only works on labour ward, only on postnatal etc) and also rotational midwives that spend a few months on labour ward, few months on antenatal etc...

then we have midwives that work in the community but are also attached to a hospital or birth centre so do antenatal, postnatal and delivery suite

we also have caseloading midwives like your model in NZ so you see the same midwife throughout pregnancy, on call for the birth and postnatally or if not the same then a very small team (maybe a group of 3 or 4 midwives)

we also have independent (private) midwives who can be contracted by NHS hospitals or work on their own but they are not insured and the government want to make it illegal for them to work without insurance so we're not really sure what will happen in the end

Oh and we have midwives who work in private hospitals too so not within the NHS.

Not that the UK likes to be confusing or anything

 

[AllieCat]

Im from the very very far south of england and what we say ive found can be different to some up north.
Pram is basically a moses basket on a chassis
Pushchair is where they sit up on a chassis
Stroller is a very compact smaller version of a pushchair

Onsie is a full body suit with arms and legs we also call it a baby grow
A vest has short sleeves or long and just covers the torso
Did or diddy is another word ive heard a lot for dummy

We have a midwife that we see throught pregnancy and when in labour we get whoever is on call or on the ward that day. Then we're passed onto a health visitor who basically is like an advisor.

Tea is a hot drink and dinner is the last meal we have around 5-6pm. I went to america once and asked for tea I got ice tea....face palm moment. I also remember when I was really young when we were over there my dad asked someone where he could buy some fags, meaning cigarettes and this american man burst out laughing my dad was so confused, it wasnt until the man explained that they dont call them fags that we fully understood why he found it hilarious.

L
I'm sorry I had to laugh at the "fags" story.. in the us that world is actually a derogatory term for gay men.

 

[winegums]

Tea in my area is when your dinner hasn't filled you up enough so you have something small in the evening.

My OH calls lunch (mid day meal) dinner which really confuses me, as dinner for me is in the evening...

 

[1stTimeOct.12]

A onesie is like a one peice top for baby.....those tops you snap at the bottom. I really like calling a pacifier dummies. It's just more fun to me.


And Canadians have different words for baby things!?! Like what I want to know!

 

[winegums]

I think here our 'A&E' is the 'ER' in america, or I may be wrong?

a stroller in the UK is a pushchair
I think a buggy can mean either a pram or a pushchair but not sure?

 

[BabyBoyLove12]

What is NHS? Is that who you call for non-emergencies? Who do you call for emergencies? Or is it NHS too?

Also, I think what UK ladies call a trolley is a shopping cart here...I think. And the boot of a car is the trunk here. A boot is a type of shoe here.

 

[hanfromman]

What is NHS? Is that who you call for non-emergencies? Who do you call for emergencies? Or is it NHS too?

Also, I think what UK ladies call a trolley is a shopping cart here...I think. And the boot of a car is the trunk here. A boot is a type of shoe here.

yep youre right about trolley and boot! We also call a type of shoe boot - not sure why we have that double meaning!

NHS is the National Health Service and encompasses all medical services - GPs, hospitals, midwives, nurses, ambulances etc. It's free - well it is paid for by taxes but there are no on the spot fees (apart from prescription charges). The NHS deal with all emergency and non emergency situations

 

[winegums]

What is NHS? Is that who you call for non-emergencies? Who do you call for emergencies? Or is it NHS too?

Also, I think what UK ladies call a trolley is a shopping cart here...I think. And the boot of a car is the trunk here. A boot is a type of shoe here.

NHS is the national health service, we can choose to have NHS care or pay for private (if we can afford it) for emergencies we dial 999 (not 911 ) or go to the A&E department of a hospital

boots are shoes here too - but also the boot of a car. the front of the car we call a bonnet (not sure what you call it in the US).

And yes we have trollies not carts when we shop. we also use lifts (not elevators) and have pavements (not sidewalks - i think that's what they're called in the US)

I've also noticed the word 'purse' in TV shows. we put our purse in our bags but I've seen people call their bag a purse...

language is confusing.

 

[BabyBoyLove12]

Thanks! It is very confusing!

The bonnet of our car is called the hood

 

[deafgal]

I call shopping carts as buggy

 

[deafgal]

we call front of the car as hood, front bumper, or "front of the car" (back: trunk, back bumper, rear end, or "back of the car")

 

[minties]

Tea in my area is when your dinner hasn't filled you up enough so you have something small in the evening.

My OH calls lunch (mid day meal) dinner which really confuses me, as dinner for me is in the evening...

My MIL calls any and every meal dinner! Confuses my 2 year old frequently.

 

[BabyBoyLove12]

Tea in my area is when your dinner hasn't filled you up enough so you have something small in the evening.

My OH calls lunch (mid day meal) dinner which really confuses me, as dinner for me is in the evening...

My MIL calls any and every meal dinner! Confuses my 2 year old frequently.

That would confuse me!!

 

[pinklightbulb]

We eat breakfast, lunch and tea here

 

[baby287]

This is fascinating.

 

[wamommy]

We eat breakfast, lunch and tea here

We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner I thought tea was only snacks and a cup of tea in the afternoon. It makes SO much more sense to me that it's dinner after hearing people on here talking about what they made or ate for "Tea".

 

[daisy72]

Are there any guidelines in the UK about how long a baby can stay in his carseat? Here in the US I can see a lot of moms going for a walk with a car seat attached to the stroller. It is actually considered more safe. I was never advised against it or told not to use a carseat longer than a certain period of time a day. In my home country however everybody thinks that a baby should be put flat in a pram, and the carseat is only for the car. So I am the only person with a pram in my neighborhood, and everybody knows that I'm a foreigner