Do You Want to Quit Breastfeeding? Top Three Things that Helped Me When I Did
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4y ago
I have been thrust right back into the world of breastfeeding. I have to admit, there are a lot of things that I forgot, and a few things I’ve learned, since I am breastfeeding an entirely different person. My daughter, as beautiful as she is, has reminded me that there are a couple things about breastfeeding that make it hard to stick with. This post is to offer tips to any of those mamas that feel so overwhelmed by breastfeeding. You’ve tried to do what the nurses told you to do when they showed you how to do it in the hospital, but nothing is working. Or it’s just too painful, and you ..read more
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Dad's Way of Parenting
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4y ago
My son didn’t have a dad to parent him for a while. His dad isn’t really a dad. He’s more like someone that pops up every now and then and takes him out of the house. When my boyfriend and I got serious enough for me to trust him around my son, I got to see what it’s like for my son to have a father in his life. My boyfriend slid easily into the role like my little boy was already his. Because it was such a change, it took some adjusting on my end. It was very interesting to see how my son would mind better when a man that took care of him told him to do something. I could say and do whatev ..read more
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My Biggest Failure As a Mom
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4y ago
Story time! I have had many failures as a mom. Like I said in my previous post, this job, motherhood, is, unfortunately, a job we as women go into with no prior training or experience. There is one major failure that comes to mind though, and it breaks my heart every time I think about it. To preface this, I do need to explain that my baby boy has a skin condition called eczema. I’m sure most of you mamas have heard of it, but if you haven’t, Oxford defines it as “a medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed with blisters that cause itching and bleeding, sometimes ..read more
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What No One Tells You About Motherhood: How to Know When to Step Away
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4y ago
TV and social media makes us think we’re supposed to have it together at all times. Like motherhood is just this amazing photoshoot of you and your daughter in matching outfits. You and I both know there is so much more to it than that. You are shaping and molding the mind of a literal person to make him into the best person he can possibly be in this world so that when he grows up he can contribute to the world the very best of himself. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to mold something into the perfect shape, but I’m here to tell you it takes a hell of a lot of elbow grease and patience ..read more
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Breastfeeding VS. Bottle Feeding
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4y ago
Breast is Best…? This is the most annoying argument in the world to me, but it’s still happening and getting more and more prevalent. Should I breastfeed? It is okay if I bottle feed? I didn’t realize it was such a real cause of anxiety for a lot of women. When I was pregnant with my son, I didn’t give it much thought. I knew I would primarily breast feed, but I didn’t mind substituting a bottle when I needed to.  There’s this whole mantra “breast is best”. It is true that breast is healthier. Breast has so many benefits for your baby. You’ve read all the articles about it. You know ..read more
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Five Things Your Mama Didn't Tell You About Pregnancy
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4y ago
I am coming up on the third trimester of my second pregnancy. I was pretty surprised to learn from both my pregnancies that everything you read/see on tv is not the whole story. There are things that happen that I could have never imagined and knew nothing about. Whenever I developed a new symptom, I’d run to my mama. “Mama! Why didn’t you tell me my boobs could start leaking this early?” And she’d say “Oh yeah, I forgot about that.” My mother, as wonderful and beautiful as she is, did NOT properly prepare me mentally for pregnancy. I wouldn’t say it’s her fault. Both my pregnancies wer ..read more
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Pregnancy Brain: Real or Not?
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4y ago
Can y’all believe there are scientists out there trying to say that pregnancy brain isn’t real, like we just come up with this madness off the tops of our heads for attention or something. Of course there are studies that agree that pregnancy has an affect on cognitive abilities and so on, but just the fact that there are some people trying to argue that we as pregnant and postpartum women are making up these symptoms really annoys me. What is pregnancy brain? Honestly? Something I’m in the middle of while trying to work through the fall semester of the school year. Imagine how difficult t ..read more
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Self Care for Mamas: Kameelah's Edition
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4y ago
As a mom, it’s hard to find time to think to yourself, let alone do anything for yourself. You’re always needed for something. Even when the children are at school, you still have work yourself if you’re a working mom, and if you’re a stay at home mom, you use the time to run errands and take care of the house. Hell, sometimes you even squeeze in those episodes you know you won’t be able to watch when the kiddies come home, and you also expend a lot of energy procrastinating on doing the things you know need to get done like laundry, for instance (ahem me). With that being said, a lot of us m ..read more
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Five Things I Didn't Expect in My Second Pregnancy
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4y ago
My second pregnancy was a surprise to say the least. My first pregnancy was unplanned and unexpected, but I wasn’t the least bit surprised. I was between birth controls and looking for something that would give me the smallest amount of side effects. Although I didn’t want to get pregnant, I wasn’t at all shocked when I found out I was. My second pregnancy was a total shock. I was faithfully taking my birth control pills at six a.m. every morning. I felt secure and protected. I’d been on them for two years without a problem (ever since my son came). You can imagine my first disbelief then ..read more
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How to Successfully Do Laundry with a Toddler
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4y ago
I’m nearly a mom of two. By nearly I mean I have one coming at the end of December and one born already two years of age. The first born, or toddler, I usually refer to by “Monster”. We’ll see what happens in December when my little girl makes her appearance. I’m sure her behavior will produce some relevant nickname by which I feel I have no choice but to call her.  Anyway, in my two years as a mother, most of that time being a single mom, I’ve found that it’s ridiculously and unnecessarily difficult to complete every day or week tasks with the same thoughtless ease I once took for granted ..read more
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