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This is me, raising little brown, holistic, vegan humans

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On a full moon, or just any day of the year ❤️🌕..

WokeMamas newest recruit!! // Welcome to this world Baby Zia!💗 You are loved so much already!!! Can’t wait for all the pending adventures we will share with you and your crazy big sister Iyra!! // CLE you created this you Super Woman!! 😱😩😍💗🦔 congratulations to all of your beautiful family xxxxxxxx

iyra's new sling has arrived so she can carry her friends about 💔💔💔 . . . . . #babywearing #sling #babycarrier #gentleparent #attachmentparenting #attachmentparent #gentleparenting #consciousparenting #consciousmama

👆 true dat. Applies to parenting big time. The endless wisdom of 👑 O. [via @spiritguidesmag]

This poem "The Republic of Motherhood" by Liz Berry just won a major poetry award 💖 . I crossed the border into the Republic of Motherhood and found it a queendom, a wild queendom. . I handed over my clothes and took its uniform, its dressing gown and undergarments, a cardigan soft as a creature, smelling of birth and milk, and I lay down in Motherhood’s bed, the bed I had made but could not sleep in, for I was called at once to work in the factory of Motherhood. The owl shift, the graveyard shift. . Feedingcleaninglovingfeeding. I walked home, heartsore, through pale streets, the coins of Motherhood singing in my pockets. . Then I soaked my spindled bones in the chill municipal baths of Motherhood, watching strands of my hair float from my fingers. . Each day I pushed my pram through freeze and blossom down the wide boulevards of Motherhood where poplars bent their branches to stroke my brow. I stood with my sisters in the queues of Motherhood – the weighing clinic, the supermarket – waiting for Motherhood’s bureaucracies to open their doors. . As required, I stood beneath the flag of Motherhood and opened my mouth although I did not know the anthem. . When darkness fell I pushed my pram home again, and by lamplight wrote urgent letters of complaint to the Department of Motherhood but received no response. . I grew sick and was healed in the hospitals of Motherhood with their long-closed isolation wards and narrow beds watched over by a fat moon. . The doctors were slender and efficient and when I was well they gave me my pram again so I could stare at the daffodils in the parks of Motherhood while winds pierced my breasts like silver arrows. . In snowfall, I haunted Motherhood’s cemeteries, the sweet fallen beneath my feet - . Our Lady of the Birth Trauma, Our Lady of Psychosis. . I wanted to speak to them, tell them I understood, but the words came out scrambled, so I knelt instead and prayed in the chapel of Motherhood, prayed for that whole wild fucking queendom, its sorrow, its unbearable skinless beauty, and all the souls that were in it. I prayed and prayed until my voice was a nightcry and sunlight pixelated my face like a kaleidoscope. 🌹

😁 innit.. no clue. But no worries. By the look of them, we doing alright - no weighing utensils needed. [Pic via @birthbabyandbeyond] . NHS says: When you first start breastfeeding, you may be concerned your baby is not getting enough milk. You can't always tell how much a breastfed baby is drinking. . It's very rare that women don't make enough breast milk for their babies, but it may take a little while before you feel confident your baby is getting what they need. . "Your baby will generally let you know, but wet and dirty nappies are a good indication, as well as hearing your baby swallow," says Zoe Ralph, an infant feeding worker in Manchester and Fellow of the Institute of Health Visiting. . See Unicef's checklist How can I tell if breastfeeding is going well? (PDF, 72kb) for more guidance. . If you need some reassurance your baby is getting enough milk, it's a good idea to get a midwife, health visitor or breastfeeding specialist to watch your baby feed. . "They can offer suggestions to make sure your baby is properly positioned and attached at the breast and is feeding well," says Zoe Ralph. Try to carry on breastfeeding if you can. . Introducing bottles of formula milk can fill up your baby's stomach so they no longer want to breastfeed as frequently. This then reduces the stimulation for you to make more milk.

It's amazing how 2 hours is the new 5 minutes when you have a kid. Eternally late, confused and sweaty. But wouldn't want it any other way tbh [Via @seventeen]

"What I don’t understand though, is why shouldn’t boys play with dolls? Why can’t my son role-play something so natural? . "Why should I bring him up to think only girls/women look after their offspring and that boys only play with trucks and trains? . "Believe it or not, conditioning our children into gender stereotypes starts from such a young age.." . New blog from Teesha @hiccupsandcuddles on gender stereotypes in kids clothes and toys - link in our profile! 👆👆👆

"Why should I bring him up to think only girls/women look after their offspring and that boys only play with trucks and trains? . "Believe it or not, conditioning our children into gender stereotypes starts from such a young age. . "How many times have you gone on a toy website and seen a load of cars and trucks that are blue or green? Why are the domestic role play toys always pink or purple? . "I have nothing wrong with these colours but we all know this is no accident, it’s to appeal to boys and girls individually." . New blog from Teesha @hiccupsandcuddles about gender stereotyping in clothes and toys - link in our profile ❤

Aquadural: “Waterbirth has primitive history as early as 2700BC when women of ancient Crete, Japan, South America and New Zealand were known to birth in shallow ocean and rivers. For this chapter of my series I wanted to construct a waterbirth image representative of ancient past: a woman birthing beneath the surface of the ocean.” — @natalielennard / mama — @ijeomasady / via @tribedemama @mamaroots__

This is your Thursday reminder to not give a F about what ANYONE thinks of you and your parenting choices. It is a massive thing to raise a human being and we all do what we can to do this ting in the best possible way. None of us are perfect. None of us have all the answers. And none of us should care about judgement from any other mother, friend, family member or complete stranger on the internet (or the bus). Surround yourself in a positive parenting bubble. We are your safe space. Who cares? We do. We ❤ U. [pic via @fe.male.store] . . . . . #attachmentparenting #consciousparenting #gentleparenting #gentleparent #attachmentparent #responsiveparenting #gentlesleep #janetlansbury #sarahockwellsmith #parentingblog #newmum #newmama #newmom #parenting #dgaf #whocares #millenialparent #millenialmom #millenialmum

"The internet, forums, women on buses all giving us their view on how to mother our children chips away at our self confidence. . "I am constantly working at being unapologetic in my approach to loving my children and showering my and other people’s children with smiles and love." . Meet wise #WokeMama of 2 Meg @megmurrayjones @reflexologyhouse who talks about ptsd, being a working parent and amping up self care 🌱 in her interview on wokemamas.com - link on our profile 💘💘💘

😍 tag us in your breastfeeding or baby tattoo pics! (This is @spiritysol) . . . . #normalisebreastfeeding #normalizebreastfeeding #breastfeedingmom #breastfeedingweek #breastisnormal #breastfeedingart #breastfeedingtattoos #motherhoodtattoos #consciousparenting

This is a public (pubic😁) service announcement! It's normal. And it's YOURS. So do with it what tf YOU want. 🌱 [via @rachel.cargle] . . . . . . #bodyhairdontcare #bodyhairisnormal #bodyhair #feminism #feminist #bodypolitics #patriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #misogyny #womenempowerment #bodyhairisbeautiful #normalisenaturalhair #normalizebodyhair #naturalbodies #naturalbeauty #fthepatriarchy #mybody

Meet eco blogger #WokeMama Addie @oldworldnew 🌱 who says: "I want Greyson to be multilingual so that he can be open to more in the world, and openly communicate with people everywhere." 🌎❤ . Read her full interview on wokemamas.com - link in our profile 🙌💃 We love you! 😍

😏 via @feministvoice @drawingsbynicole

Meet Sami, who needs your help! She says: "i've been struggling breastfeeding my 2 week old. It seems like last week my breasts would swell with milk and now (the past 2 days) they dont fill. . "My babygirl is really frustrated and so am i and i dont want to mess up our bond. I have pumped my milk 5oz from each breast to give to her, to make sure she's eating. Please help 😭" - @samiknucklehead, West Virginia USA . Comment below with any advice! We recommend speaking to @lalecheleague @lalecherausa asap ❤ . . . . #breastfeeding #newborn #breastfeedingnewborn #breastfeedingmom #breastfeedingbaby #breastfeedingadvice #normalisebreastfeeding #normalizebreastfeeding #blackwomenbreastfeed #newmama #newmom #breastfeedingmum #breastfeedingmama #breastfeedingweek #breastfeedingstruggles #breastfeedinghelp

Speechless. Power mama @ultra_sophie feeding her 3 month old son at an aid stop during a 43 HOUR run. She pumped at every stop in first 16 hours before she could hold him!! 😍 . Via @suziet1974 RG @ruthnaylor7 I mean, where the hell do we start with this??? (She’s asks, sat under a duvet watching Peppa, mid-afternoon) . The fact that her son is 12 weeks old and she already has her shit together? . That she can simultaneously feed and express, under pressure? . That she’s confident enough in her mothering to spend 43hrs33mins away from her baby ... running up frigging mountains? . The general fact that she can run for 43hrs33mins? . The fact that her husband was waiting at every aid station to work with her to feed their son and achieve her goal? . @ultra_sophie you are the very definition of Wonder Woman. What a girl, what a bloody mum 💪🏻 . #Repost @womenshealthuk ・・・ British Ultra Runner Sophie Power breastfeeding during the 166km Ultra Trail Mont Blanc. ⠀ . @strava photographer166km Alexis Berg captured this moment with her and her 3-month-old baby at one of the aid stations during the iconic #utmb ⠀ . "Oh my god I was in agony! Cormac [her son] usually feeds every 3 hours and it took me 16 to get to Courmayeur where he could first meet me so I was hand expressing everywhere I could en route. I was so relieved he was hungry!" Power explains. ⠀ . Her husband was collecting expressed milk from aid stations along that 16 hour route to take back to their son.⠀ . Sophie also altered her approach to the run having given birth so recently: "I couldn't raise my heart rate too much as my body isn't primed to burn fat and I couldn't fully run downhills to protect my pelvis. In a typical race I would get in and out of the aid stations as quickly as possible but here I had to focus on keeping down enough food for me and for Cormac, and resting." ⠀ . Sophie completed the race in 43 hours and 33 minutes. @utmbmontblanc

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