👩🍼
Woman Feeding Baby
wʊm.ən fiː.dɪŋ beɪ.bi
Definitions
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People · Family
Common
Depicts a woman feeding a baby with a bottle, representing motherhood, childcare, and nurturing. Used to communicate parenting activities, especially feeding time.
Commonly used by parents sharing childcare experiences, in family discussions, or when talking about maternal roles.
Up for the 3am feeding again 👩🍼 The joys of new parenthood!
Text message between parents
Thankful for my partner who takes the night shift 👩🍼 so I can get some sleep.
Instagram caption
Represents modern parenting imagery that acknowledges bottle feeding as a valid nurturing practice alongside breastfeeding.
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People · Profession
Uncommon
Represents childcare professionals, nannies, or caregivers who feed babies as part of their job responsibilities.
Used in professional contexts to indicate childcare services or in discussions about childcare occupations.
Our daycare has the most caring staff 👩🍼 They send us photos throughout the day!
Parenting forum
Reflects the professionalization of childcare and recognition of caregiving as valuable work.
Evolution Timeline
2020
Introduced as part of Unicode 13.0 alongside other gender-inclusive family emojis.
Growing recognition of diverse family structures and parenting roles.
2021
Gained popularity during pandemic lockdowns as parents shared childcare experiences online.
COVID-19 lockdowns increased visibility of parenting challenges and childcare responsibilities.
Cultural Context
The emoji represents evolving views on infant feeding, acknowledging bottle feeding alongside breastfeeding in visual representations of maternal care.
Younger parents more readily use this emoji to share parenting experiences online, reflecting greater comfort with discussing parenting challenges publicly.
Part of Unicode's efforts to create more inclusive family representations and acknowledge diverse parenting roles and methods.
Usage patterns often reflect regional differences in parental leave policies, with more frequent appearance in discussions about work-life balance in countries with limited support.
Regional Variations
United Kingdom
Often used in discussions about NHS support for new mothers and maternity services.
United States
Commonly used in discussions about parental leave policies and work-life balance for mothers.
Generational Usage
Gen_X: Used more sparingly, typically in family group chats or when discussing grandchildren rather than in public posts.
Gen_Z: Used matter-of-factly in stories about siblings, babysitting, or future parenting plans. Often used ironically when feeling responsible for friends.
Older: Limited usage, primarily in responses to photos of grandchildren or great-grandchildren shared by family members.
Millennials: Frequently used by millennial parents sharing authentic parenting moments on social media and in parenting support groups.
Common Combinations
👩🍼💤
Exhaustion from night feedings or sleep deprivation related to infant care.
Represents the reality of sleep disruption that comes with caring for newborns.
👩🍼❤️
The love and bonding aspect of feeding a baby; maternal affection.
Emphasizes the emotional connection formed during feeding time.
👩🍼👨🍼
Shared parenting responsibilities; both parents taking turns with baby feeding.
Represents modern co-parenting and equal division of childcare duties.
👩🍼⏰
Feeding schedule or routine; time for baby's next feeding.
References the structured feeding schedules many parents follow with infants.