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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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This is some of the beaut gang who will be walking in London tomorrow to raise money for the amazin @sandscharity! We've almost reached our target - and will smash it tomorrow. Hope you can join us!! Dress in rainbow colours and DM for time and place. And if you can, please donate too! Link in bio ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

"I’m so proud of who I am as a black woman, because there are not too many positive outlooks or positive representation – and we do exist!" . "We do breastfeed! We do cloth diaper! We are vegan! We do homeschool! And WE ARE BLACK AND PROUD!" . NEW blog from #WokeMama Courtney @pslovejoli 💜💜💜 hit the link in our bio for more! ☝🏽 . #blackbreastfeeding #blackwomenbreastfeed #normalisebreastfeeding #normalizebreastfeeding #blackmom #blackandproud #blackfamilies #veganfamily #veganparent #consciousparenting #greenparenting #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #breastfeedingmom #breastfeedingtoddler

We're at 89% of our target!! 🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU to everyone who has donated or shared (link in bio) so far. And if you haven't, please do! Or better still, join us in London this Sunday dressed in rainbow colours to raise money for @sandscharity on our buggy walk. DM for time and place! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Meet #WokeMama Erica @liverichmommy 🤩🤩🤩 on the blog now chatting about balancing self and motherhood.. . "Juggling my need to create (blogging, video, and other personal projects) while momming [is a challenge]. . "It’s really tough making time to do both without feeling like I’m sacrificing one for the other — time with the family and making sure home life is taken care of versus me fulfilling my need to make stuff and do things for myself. . "So far, most of the time I just have to bite the bullet and work late at night into the morning hours in order to get my creative stuff done." . Read her full interview on wokemamas.com - link in bio! 💜

Haaappy birfday to #wokebaby iyra! 2 years of head banging, skateboarding, singing, raving, travelling, bossing and chatting breeze.. this punk qween alien bam-bam animal has made me lol and swoon for each of the 730 days she's been on this planet. I love you to the next parallel universe & back. Cle x_X🌛🌞🌜

Read between the lines.. and offer a hand/shoulder/ear. Cus we got each other's backs. 💜👭 [Via @mothering_mothers]

"I grew up with an addict mother. I also had a spiritual awakening a few years back and became very conscious of myself and started questioning the world around me. . "Being a Woke Mama means being conscious and aware of yourself, your environment and your baby. It means making informed decisions from your heart and soul." . Meet beautiful #WokeMama Niki @niklnips, who talks frankly about raising the next generation for a better future 💜💜💜 Link in bio ☝🏽 . #gentleparent #gentleparenting #consciousparenting #attachmentparent #attachmentparenting #breastfeedingweek #breastfeedingmom #breastfeedingmum #normalisebreastfeeding #normalizebreastfeeding #wokemamas

Or the people IRL. 😑 Sigh. So do WTF U want 😁 for a happy, independent, confident, kind, smart, content, calm baby. Cus theirs is the only opinion u should GAF about. K? 💜 💻📺📱🔇

😍mama goals. Via @sarahockwellsmith 🌱

#WokeMamas toddler crew did yoga in the park and bloody loved it! Thank you @zenchildyoga 🙏 💚🌱

“After the birth of my first child, I believed in the things society said about how my body should look. I put pressure on myself to lose all the baby weight in three months, and scheduled a small tour to assure I would do it. Looking back, that was crazy. I was still breastfeeding when I performed the Revel shows in Atlantic City in 2012. After the twins, I approached things very differently. . "I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth to Rumi and Sir. I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section. We spent many weeks in the NICU. My husband was a soldier and such a strong support system for me. I am proud to have been a witness to his strength and evolution as a man, a best friend, and a father. I was in survival mode and did not grasp it all until months later. . "Today I have a connection to any parent who has been through such an experience. After the C-section, my core felt different. It had been major surgery. Some of your organs are shifted temporarily, and in rare cases, removed temporarily during delivery. I am not sure everyone understands that. I needed time to heal, to recover. During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to be. After six months, I started preparing for Coachella. I became vegan temporarily, gave up coffee, alcohol, and all fruit drinks. But I was patient with myself and enjoyed my fuller curves. My kids and husband did, too. . "I think it’s important for women and men to see and appreciate the beauty in their natural bodies. To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real. Whenever I’m ready to get a six-pack, I will go into beast zone and work my ass off until I have it. But right now, my little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.” . ~ @beyonce in @voguemagazine via @thepositivebirthcompany

Happy #breastfeedingweek! RG this beautiful truth from @mothergoddess.co 👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽 "Society expects far too much of babies/toddlers. And as a result, mothers expect too much of themselves. . It’s no wonder that so many mothers struggle not only to breastfeed, but to just survive the first 12 months. . It’s crazy to think that at as the same time expectations have gone up, the proverbial ‘village’ that once surrounded women has all but disappeared. . People ask mothers whether their tiny baby sleeps through the night, as though it should. It’s unsafe for babies to sleep too deeply and it’s normal for them to wake wanting milk for their tiny tummies for up to two years. . People see a baby glued to a mother or fussing on and off for hours, and suggest to the mother that her milk isn’t enough. Cluster feeding during the first months is so entirely normal and it’s just as much about (dis)comfort as it is about the milk. . People expect a baby to be able to feed to a routine, as though it knows how to read a timetable and never feels the very human needs of thirst and hunger. Babies have tiny tummies and to deny them milk because of the clock not only leaves them hungry and thirsty (imagine if you only allowed yourself water at certain times of the day), but reduces a mother’s supply. . People suggest that babies should be given a top-up of water or baby cereal before 6 months. Not only is this outdated advice from a time - almost 100 years ago - when said clock-watching as above (recommended by well-meaning doctors) saw women’s supplies dwindle, but it is seriously dangerous for intoxication. . People cite not being able to drink as a reason to stop breastfeeding, and suggest that women ‘pump and dump’ if they do. Again, totally outdated advice. Mothers can certainly drink (in moderation of course) and only a tiny amount will get passed on - it all comes down to being able to safely hold the baby. Don’t dump that valuable milk. The advice to not drink during pregnancy still holds - that’s different. . People get mothers excited about the prospect of losing the baby weight through breastfeeding. That is true for a lucky 50% of women. (Continued in comments..)

Come & change the world with us. Sponsor our rainbow buggy walk to raise money for @sandscharity by hitting up wokemamas.com via the link in our bio or googling "justgiving woke mamas rainbow walk". And if you can't donate, join us in London on August 19th! DM for time and place. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 [art by @florencegiven]

"Parenting with chronic pain has really opened my eyes to things I wouldn’t have taken so deeply on board before. . "For example, when me and my son were out shopping the other day, he pointed at someone in a wheelchair. . "I felt so bad as I hadn’t taught my son about children with differences. It just never came to mind. . "Seeing that situation made me question myself as a mother: how would I feel if my son was being pointed at? And also, how would he feel if he was being pointed at?" . New blog on educating kids about disability now live from @spooniemama_x - link in bio! ❤

TRUTH!! ❤ "The internet is a very scary place for new moms and if someone is putting you down – run away fast. Don’t feel pressured to be like anyone else." 👏🏾 . Meet #WokeMama Kate @astoriatissue who talks about being a hyperlactator (she has donated a whopping 9k+ oz!), avoiding judgy people and applying gentle parenting to life - including road rage! . Link in bio for full interview 🤗

Woke Mama spotted in Malaga!! 😂❤️ (David you legend) @afroblue89 your family is beautiful! Would anyone be interested in a WOKE DAD/WOKE BABY tee? X

Please 💜👉🏽 We are raising money for neonatal death and #stillborn charity @sandscharity, link in bio. If you can't donate, why not join us in collecting money in London on August 19, dressed as a rainbow? ❤🧡💛💙💚 We would love to meet you! [Pic via @anniem_author]

What are your fave compliments to receive? Try them on your babe. Yes it is so hard to not just say "beautiful" and "clever" over and over.. for both genders. Cus they are. But just being conscious of the limits and impacts around the positive and negative names you call them is a good place to start. Once you pay more attention, the words are endless. 💜 [Via @1thatgotawayy]

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