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Jessie, Mumma to 11 month old Baby Noa. Young family winging it! Crap at spelling, fantastic at eating. Favourite colour is green. Favourite animal is an elephant. Wishes to win the lotto so can travel the world and shop in Waitrose View all posts by Jes5ie

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Picture perfect right? To keep a toddler this still takes mad SKILLS. Super mama here @iamsandyesprit talks us through how she stops her mega cute toddler fidgeting while she does her hair. Hit the link in our profile for all her sneaky tricks of the trade. No miracles or straight jackets necessary. ❤ . . . . . . #toddlerlife #toddlersofinstagram #blackhair #blackhairmatters #blackhairrocks #blackhairstyle #blackhairstyles #blackmomskillingit #momblogger #blackmomblogger #mumblogger #mamablog #momblog #mumblog #mumoftoddler #toddler #raisingdaughters #raisinggirls #newmom #mumhacks #momhacks #motherhood #ittakesavillage #mamahacks #motherlove

Useful reminder for some people.. the amount of times I've had to refer to this is so depressing. [Pic @munroebergdorf via @graceneutral]

Sigh 🙄😁 anyone else found a way to get the song out their head yet btw? Seriously tho, biting babies. We had it bad at about 7, 9 and 11 months. But we and both nipples survived to tell the tale.. 🦈

Love this random act of kindness: getting a meal bought for you by a stranger, for breastfeeding in public ❤ via @mcphersonangie

Never a truer word spoken on the gram. Whether or not we post only rose-tinted smiles, we're all guilty of assuming a friend is OK when we see their filtered feeds. Always ask - and be prepared to listen. See our latest blog post (link in profile) for one incredible mother's experience of something in particular that few people talk about publicly: #stillbirth. With 3,000 babies stillborn each year in the UK, it's time to share, listen and raise awareness. #breakthesilence on #infantloss - see @sandscharity for how you can help ❤ [pic by @parentinginbritain]

9 babies are stillborn every day in the UK. Our latest blog (in bio) is a deeply personal account of losing a child at birth. Keep talking about #infantloss or the rates aren't going to get better. ❤ [art by @doodlebotillustration via @alexandrasacksmd]

"I'm sorry, theres no heartbeat. Trying to document the day your life changed forever is not easy. You see, those six words above will forever be imprinted on my brain and heart. Memories become fuzzy over time, but those six words, will always be clear, crystal clear." . Visit the link in our profile to read a deeply personal account of stillbirth. In the UK, 3,000 babies are stillborn every year. We need to talk about it. . If you can, please donate to @sandscharity so they can continue to do their important work to support people affected by stillbirth and neonatal death - and promote research to reduce the loss of babies' lives. . #sandscharity #neonataldeath #stillbirth #stillborn #stillbirthawareness #pregnancyloss #infantloss #angelbaby #rainbowbaby #pregnancyandinfantloss #sands40

This pumping pumpkin won Halloween btw [by @jessiekattz via @normalizebreastfeeding]

Meet #WokeMama Brandy @mymotherhoodmagic and her awesome girl gang! She is a school therapist and says of parenting: "Be aware of your own childhood traumas and experiences. Use that to guide you. The challenges will push you to become a better human. Face them and don’t allow them to consume you. . "Enjoy the small moments and don’t compare your parenthood journey to no one. Gentle parents raise gentle humans. Be gentle with yourself first!" . Read her full interview on our blog (link in profile) - and DM us if you or a mate would like to be featured! 🧡🧡🧡 . #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #greenmama #hippiemama #hippiemom #blackwomenbreastfeed #ecoparents #blackmom #blackparent #girlgang #raisinggirls #raisingdaughters #gentleparent #gentlemama #attachmentparent #consciousparenting #greenparenting #raisingthefuture #wokemamas

Amazing. It has a word! This transition is life changing for all of us. How is this not as widely used as negative terms like "baby brain".. 😞 . RG @alexandrasacksmd via @sarahockwellsmith . Did you know that there is a word, coined in 1973 by medical anthropologist Dana Raphael and popularised recently by Dr Alexandra Sacks (the image is her quote), to describe the huge physiological and psychological transition that women make when they become mothers? . The fact that most have never heard of this word is a good example of how under-researched, misunderstood and undervalued this tremendous transformation is for new mothers. . But understanding is so needed. As the Rajneesh quote goes: “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” . This is why they need support, empathy and understanding and time....not unwanted advice and expectations that they should “get back to normal” (whether that be their pre-baby bodies, their careers, their social life, or their housekeeping) quickly. The thing is, that normal has changed. There is no “getting back” to anything, because now everything is different for her. Body, mind, heart and soul....she will never be the same again.....and that’s something I strongly believe we need to understand and accept more in our society. Don’t you? . Image by @alexandrasacksmd . . . #motherhood #motherhoodquotes#motherhoodrising #motherhoodunplugged#motherlove #mothersofinstagram #mummydiaries#mamalife #mumssupportingmums #mumsofinsta#mumsofinstagram #mindfulmotherhood#mindfulmothering #gentlemothering#gentlemother #newmummy #newmumlife#gentleparenting #newborn #newmother#sarahockwellsmith

🙌 Are you smart or stupid, kind or mean, doomed or lucky? The words you use matter. Be mindful of how you speak about your kids & yourself. You just might be creating your own reality.. 🧡

Please help a desperate mama and baby out! This evening my 5 week old has fiiiinally stopped crying & eaten some boob. But it's been another night of screaming cus of "colic", despite me eating the blandest food all day... 🍞🍳🍲🍏🍌 . I gave up dairy 3 weeks ago and she stopped screaming a bit, yay, but i keep finding delicious new things (strawberries, coffee, fizzy drinks, OJ, tofu, maybe 🥑!.. whattt) that kickstart the tears. 😐 As a vegetarian t-totaler I am running low on soul 🍕 right now! But am open to try anything to not see her red little face so sad and scared. . So please let me know: what foods have you cut out that aaaactually stopped the tears?? Or should I just stop trying and embrace the crying?! (Tho that isnt an option cus my back can't take much more dancing/squatting/pogoing!) Please let me know before we both implode. Cle x_X 🧡 . [Art by @tayneetinsley] #colic #newborn #newbaby #newmum #newmom #breastfeeding #normalisebreastfeeding #normalizebreastfeeding #breastisnormal #vegetarianmum #veganmom #breastfedbaby #colichelp #newborncolic #veganbaby #vegetarianbaby #vegetarianmother #newmother #mumblog #wokemamas

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This pic of Daniel Craig triggered a storm. Love response from BabyWearingMatters.com: "Piers Morgan hit the Twitter and news headlines in the UK recently with comments he made on a morning TV program about babywearing and masculinity. He suggested that men who chose to use baby carriers were somehow "emasculated". This, rightly provoked a backlash from families eager to prove him wrong. . "Many people encouraged Piers; agreeing with him that fathers only wore carriers because their wives and girlfriends told them to (what does that imply about gay dads who choose to babywear? Are women nags to their boyfriends and husbands?). Others said that they wouldn’t be seen dead using slings, and that baby carriers are “modern montrosities”. . "Such statements and tweets are both incorrect (baby carriers have been around for generations and across the world’s cultures) and also serve to reinforce the idea that being emotionally intelligent or loving towards your family is somehow undesirable. . "If you want a true status as a “man”, you won’t show this kind of loving interaction to the small people in your life (or play an active shared role in the journey of parenthood). A lot of it may have been jokey, but given that we live in a culture that still seems to take pride in this form of masculinity, it isn’t helpful. New fathers and fathers-to-be who are already anxious about the effect of fatherhood on their lives may have had their stereotypical ideas reinforced; “don’t start thinking you’ll be getting one of those things on me!” “My mates would laugh at me!” . "We live in a culture that encourages isolation. “Put that baby down, you’ll spoil it.” “Your child must learn to self soothe, you’re making a rod for your own back.” Indeed, we will all pay the price for this isolationism in the long run. . "If we are living with this background, babywearing becomes more and more important, as we know that children need loving, close contact to thrive. Their interactions with their parents build their brains; babies and parents grow and thrive when they are connected, learning how to be together as they go. This is especially key in the first three years. (Continued in comments)

😁 phone, remote, snacks, water, book: must be 30cms away max. Pref in that order. [pic @saraaemiliee via @positivelybirthing]

♥️ to all the parents braving their social media feeds to share words and photos for #BabyLossAwarenessMonth & #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #blaw2018, which ended yesterday with the #waveoflight. Talking about the beautiful lost angels is all we can do. #breakthesilence . We have posted the link back to our fundraiser for @sandscharity - anything you can give is appreciated. #sandscharity #blaw #babyloss #babylossawareness . This art and a powerful post on loss is by @tulipandmoss

This one goes out to all the beautiful people. ♥️ [Via @spiritguidesmag]

Still laughing at this mum's sketch (swipe right) that went viral this weekend 👏😁😒 #uselessnipples . Mattea Goff wrote on Facebook: "So this past weekend I was having a hard time finding the words (probably because I haven't had any sleep) to express to Kris why I'm not in the best of moods first thing in the morning. So I sat down with my coffee and drew him a visual." . Via @tinytotsrentals ♥️

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