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"Remember you are not alone. Be gentle with yourself."
I swear, I just brought up the 18-month clothes, but now I need to get the 24-month size clothes out.
This TikTok will have you dreaming of moving into the nearest mommune ASAP.
Understanding that not every mom you come across is going to support your choices will make it easier for you to take those mean comments as a grain of salt and keep it moving.
Ask any toddler mom; they need a meal train now more than ever.
“If it's important to me, then it's gonna be important to other people.”
Sometimes, kids need to be given the opportunity to correct their mistakes and learn from them. And sometimes, that looks like allowing them to learn right from wrong in a way that’s constructive and not punishing.
"The thought of doing motherhood alone scared me so I was intentional about building my village."
I knew that if I wanted my village to show up, I needed to send out a call.
Because the village that surrounds you matters. And the people around you are the ones who help to weave you together.
"Rachael has always been supportive and knew exactly what I needed as she had already been down that road...So I was pumping four times a day at the time of her wedding. One was while we were getting ready and the other was right before the ceremony. I was trying to squeeze in a session while Amber photographed the groom and groomsmen."
I know things will go back to normal, eventually, but I feel so cheated out of the postpartum experience I wanted to have.