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This is the one thing I want to tell every mother since I was diagnosed with breast cancer

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In case you missed this 👆👏. Every climate protest is so full of feels. I like taking new friends each time and seeing them feel it too. It's magic. 💞 I've worked in climate change basically my whole life, but feel like I was more in denial than anyone else even tho I had the stats/scientists/policy wonks sat next to me swearing out loud in disbelief. 😯 Like I was editing a report once next to one, who said: "that stat can't be right or we are all f*cked" - then he realised the stat was right.. 😐 But because everyone else I knew didn't seem to care (I now know they were just not properly aware) I carried on flying/buying/driving without thinking, not crying myself to sleep at night with fear. 😿 I didn't want kids because I was quite scared, but didn't believe I'd see the end of the world in my lifetime. Now I know I'm likely going to see it tho - and I have cried myself to sleep a bit in the last year about it - but i'm actually positive. Because a) we have 2 options, freak out, or double up on love and live in moment. Life is amazing when u do the second thing. ❤ And b) I've never in my decades in the climate world seen so much care/awareness/action. At work I've been shouting into an abyss all this time with amazing moments, but only miminal movement. Now everyone is avoiding single use plastic/eating less meat+dairy/protesting. 👏 I used to believe only business & government can get shit done and people couldn't change it. Now I know complete opposite is true. We're changing business and government, who can slow the worst impacts. Even tho a LOT of these are locked in (the ice melt/extreme weather/climate refugees we see now are affects of CO2 emitted before the 80s), it's possible. People have done stranger things in history, like the technological and medicine advances in the war. Like when we closed the ozone hole. 🌍 I dunno but feel like if we do our best, as mums to our kids so they grow loved, confident and passionate, and as friends/family helping people do their best, then we might not just survive - but actually witness the next stage of human evolution. The end of inequality and capitalism. It will be anarchy, but it will be hope. 🐣

😐 It's all about us. You know how much we hate baby boomers for having everything and messing it up for us? Well we are going to be hated more than them. We will go down in history as the most hated generations on earth. Because we knew what was coming and we still did not do anything. Well, our elected leaders knew anyway. 🛑 So it's our job to make them act - and tell the truth. The very bloody truth. It's OUR lives that are going to see massive change. Society will - sooner than we are being told - be unrecognizable. Food, water and energy systems depend on a stable climate. A stable society relies on these systems. 👀 We are the ones. We are our kids' kids. It took me a while to realise that. And to realise that even if we weren't, how it's the same anyway. 🖤 We are one. Our species has massively f*d up. But we have a chance to make them listen. And a chance to make the impacts of climate change less horrifying. Obviously a certain amount of CO2 is already locked in. ☠ The storms, floods, climate refugees, heatwaves and ice melting we are seeing already are the affects of our emissions from before the 80s. It is going to get hotter and hotter and hotter. But we can choose TODAY if that's what kills us all. By showing our leaders we care about not dying. If you can, get to an #InternationalRebellion event in your city this week. Go peacefully. ❤ If you can't - and there are intersectional issues around race, as expecting applause for being voluntarily arrested is a privilege of middle class white people - show support by sharing, donating, supporting and lending to #XR. ✊🏾✊ And speak to people who have not woken up yet. We all know a few. 🙄 As someone who has worked on climate campaigns for over a decade, this is the first time I've seen them pay this much attention. Mass disruption may be our dying species' only hope. 🙏 Will you look your kid in the eye in a few years and tell them you did everything you could? Will you? #EverybodyNOW #ExtinctionRebellion #thefutureisnow @xr_families_london @extinctionrebellion @xrebellionuk @extinctionrebellionkids Cle x_X

Did you know babies are actually potty "ready" from birth? We train them into nappies. 🙄 Ashleigh @_theconstantwonderer explains how they nailed it. "She’s 2 years old now (or more specifically 26 months), and she wears knickers 100% of the time during the day. We still put a pull up on for long car journeys, but by prompting her to go for a wee before shorter car journeys and taking her to the toilet intermittently when we’re out (even if she doesn’t ask) we are now nappy free! 🥇🏅🎖🏆😁 It’s taken us about 6 months to get to this stage. There have been many many accidents on the floor, on the sofa, on the bed, in the car seat… 💩 And I wondered about giving up every time I had to stock up on anti-bac wipes and paper towels. But we persisted, took it slowly and patiently freed ourselves from the hell of public changing facilities! 🎉🎉🎉🎯 Children are different, and not every family has the freedom to be at home with their child to potty train in this way. But if you are home, have easy-to-clean flooring, and feel that your little one could live without nappies then here is a break down of the steps we used: ✔ 12 months – The Potty Mouth: Introduce toilet language as soon as you like. Toddlers learn from everything you do, so talk them through it every time they follow you to the toilet, let them look into the bowl, smell the fruits of your labor and see how fun it is to flush the loo and wash your hands. ✔ 15 months – The Potty (Bare Bum Time), Get a potty and let them roam around without anything on. Modern nappies and pull-ups are so well designed to keep them dry that they have little chance to experience how wrong it feels for pee to be running down your leg. ✔ Watch, Wait, Wipe up (or celebrate): You will definitely feel like you want to give up, but be consistent. Whatever breaks or disruptions arise you will get there. Praise and encourage your little one with little reminders to go to the potty, sit them on it throughout the day, and celebrate with them for all the little win.✔ More on the blog - link in bio! ❤

I never thought I’d ever get so comfortable looking at shit, examining it, or wearing it on my clothes (on rare, unfortunate occasions). 😶 I never thought I’d wonder at the colour of it, the smell of it, or the texture of it… or carry it in a bag for a doctor to poke at it. Then I became a mama. 🤪❤ My main (selfish) motivation for potty training my daughter Alleppey as soon as possible was that I hated changing shitty nappies. 💩 But there are a whole bunch of economical and environmental advantages 🌍 to getting your babe to kick that nappy habit: ✔ Nappies account for 400,000 tonnes of household waste a year. ✔ Nappies made by the most popular brands take 200-500 years to decompose in landfill. So the nappies that you and I were wearing back in the day are still taking up space somewhere. (We used a mix of reusable nappies by LITTLE LAMB, and a wonderful brand of biodegradable nappies called BEAMING BABY which cuts nappy decomposition time down to 4-5 years… but still UGH!). t✔By the time our little ones reach the recommended potty training age nappies will be costing us aþout £800 a year. Meaning you could literally save £800 by getting your little one out of nappies by the time they’re 2. 👉🏾 So get them out! Read Ashleigh @_theconstantwonderer's tips on potty training before 2 NOW. Link to blog in our bio. . . #pottytraining #potty #eliminationcommunication #toddlers #toddlersofinstagram #mumsofinstagram #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #babywearing #sling #babycarrier #blackfamilies #mixedfamilies #blackmoms #consciousmom #greenparenting #greenmother #nappies #diapers #clothdiapers #reusablenappies #clothnappies #zerowasteparenting

I quite like this rod for my own back. It's warm, cosy, calming, dreamy, soft, easy, relaxing, cute, joyful, magic, heart-warming, heart-breaking, funny, beautiful, awe-inspiring, wonderful, peaceful, cuddly, sweaty, wriggly, ludicrously twisty and sometimes kicky but co-sleeping is 100% the best decision I ever made. 💔 From day 1, (researched and done safely) conscious bed sharing has been one of my fave things about being a mum. The 3 year old has her own room now but often comes in at some point.. and I'm sad cus that's slowly stopping. The 1 year old still takes over the whole super king size mattress. And I'm cherishing every second. Every hourly feed. Cus this time is only a tiny wink of an eye in the super speed life of a kid, who will - waaay sooner than we want - be an adult. I am sleeping on a cloud with angels. How could I ever consider cry it out sleep training, or early room separation, or sleep consultants, or guilt, or shame, or worry, or those classic bullshit rods for backs. This is heaven. 💛 Art by @helenetheillustrator - and swipe for a beautiful poem by @mother_truths x x x ⬆️⬆️⬆️ #cosleeping #cosleep #bedsharing #attachmentparenting #ap #gentleparenting #gentleparent #consciousparenting #greenparenting #mindfulparenting #breastfeedingmum #breastfedtoddler #breastfedbaby #familybed

Striking for our lives! 🖤 #Fridaysforfuture #globalclimatestrike . Today we legit felt hope. We danced. We sang. We chanted. We shouted loud enough for the layabouts in Parliament to hear. Millions across towns, cities and countries shouted loud enough for the whole world to hear. We will not let you take our future away. We are here. We are united. And we are f*cking loud. All because one person sat down one day. We love you @GretaThunberg - move up and make room for a few more. 💔 . . Well done @UKSCN! London was acting as if its house was on fire. 🔥🌎 Cle x_X . #climateactivist #fridays4future #raisingthefuture #climateemergency #climatecrisis #climategrief #climatestrike #climateaction #actonclimate #gretathunberg #greenparenting #climatebaby

🖤 Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. But what can we do? Well it's our job to let our boys be emotional. Let them know they can be weak. They can be gentle. They can TALK to others when they need to. Because when we don't talk, we're on our own. And when we're on our own, sometimes there is no escape. No hope. Nothing worth living for. . Another thing we can do RIGHT NOW, is support mental health charity @calmzone, which provides support for families affected by suicide as well as a 24/7 helpline for people to talk about their problems. Next month, original Woke Mama Rachel is walking 20 miles overnight to raise money for CALM, following the death of her 20 year old little brother. Follow the link in her bio at @peachykeane13 to donate and read her story. We love you Rachel. 🖤 . Image via @thegentlemama #campaignagainstlivingmiserably #suicideprevention #suicideawarenessmonth #suicidehotline #letboysbeemotional #genderstereotypes #boyswillbeboys #fuckstereotypes #raisingboys #raisingthefuture #parentingtruths #raisingmen #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthquotes #charityfundraiser #charitywalk #donate

If you do one thing today: check yo tits. Right now! Even if ur on the bus. Or the soft play. Or.. just do it. Em @emlivingherbestlife is a mum, a doctor and has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. She tells us how to do it: . "There is no special way to check, just look and feel from your collar bone, across your chest and over your breasts. . "If you do this once a month you will get a sense of what is normal for you, then if anything changes you will notice. If you do notice anything that you are concerned about, go and see your GP (family doctor). The same applies to men and non-binary people. It is important to check once a month." . Hit the link in our bio to read Em's @emlivingherbestlife moving story and please please please follow her advice and check yo tits!! 🍉🍉 . #breastcancer #cancersucks #empoweringwomen #checkyourtits #feelitonthefirst #inspiringwomen #selfcare #selfcaretip #beatcancer #beatcancerlikeaboss #breastcancerawareness #breastcancerawarness #parentingtruths #parenting #mumoftoddler

“Most people with your diagnosis live for between 3 and 5 years.” This is what the oncologist reluctantly said when I pushed him for my prognosis. I wanted to know how long I have left to mother to Sophia. He had told me that my cancer is considered incurable and that I will receive palliative treatment. None of that mattered to me, the only thing that mattered was Sophia. . I don’t want to make this post about me. Instead I want to share my story and make it about you. I would love it if me sharing my story gets you checking your breasts once a month. Please “feel it on the first”. By this, I mean check your breasts on the first day of each month. Put it in your calendar if you have to. . Read the full powerful post by the beautiful, courageous, wise, incredible Em @emlivingherbestlife now - link in bio. Her story will change your life. 🖤🖤🖤 . #motherhood #ukblogger #ukparent #parenting #parentingtruths #mamababy #cancer #breastcancer #feelitonthefirst #breastfeeding #newmama #newmum #newmom #livingwithcancer #consciousparenting #parentsofinstagram #gratitude #dailymeditation #selfcare #newmother #motherhoodunfiltered #motherhoodjourney

This is the world’s first ever "magnetic resonance" image showing a mother and child’s bond. It is neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe kissing her two month old son. The child’s brain looks smoother and darker. This is because it has less white matter. White matter is comprised of myelin, which is fatty tissue that acts as insulation for the wires that communicate messages inside your brain. Kissing causes a chemical reaction in your brain, including a burst of the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin is often referred to as the ‘love hormone’ because it stirs up feelings of affection and attachment. Kissing activates the brain’s reward system; releasing dopamine which makes us feel good. It also releases vasopressin which bonds mothers with babies and romantic partners to each other. It also releases serotonin which helps to regulate our mood. . Text via NHS Neuro Training . Science is fucking beautiful. . #nhneurotraining #love #brainscience #serotonin #oxytocin #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #neuroscience #neuro #psychology #neurology #neurosurgery #motherhood #parenting #ifuckinglovescience #instagood #science #research #nature #stem

Kids may fry your brain, but they also provide free therapy. As well as holding a sticky mirror up to all of your triggers and behaviours - and forcing you to slow down and live in the ridiculous moment that is parenthood - they also rewrite your inner gloom narrative by totally trashing it. See, free therapy! 🤪 Hang on, I'll explain. Like a lot of new parents, my anxiety, ocd and intrusive thoughts have had a mega comeback since my second was born. Luckily, I had 12 sessions of free CBT, thanks to the NHS prioritising new mums. Feel very privileged for this. One of the best mind tricks I learned from this, was to talk to myself how I'd talk to my kids. Like, I would never put them down, or call them weak, or set impossible standards, or tell them to give up, or that they were worthless. So why would I talk to myself that way? 🧐 It blew my mind.💥 It will obviously take a long time to speak to myself entirely kindly, undoing 35 years of negative self chat. But i am getting there. And it's also a lot easier to control what comes out of my mouth now i'm aware of the fml brain train it came from. Especially because I always have a tiny wide-eyed audience. 👀 Because how I speak of myself, is potentially how they will think of themselves. 👁 Now I never put my appearance, skills or knowledge down, in case they're listening. And like the theory that if you smile, you'll feel happy, I hope that by talking positively about myself, I'll feel positive and talk better to myself. 💕 I hope this mind hack can help you too. 💕 While the lack of sleep from breastfeeding on demand in a western society that expects us to continue earning money is a straight up killer, fried brains are the ideal place to rebuild mega brains - and kids - from.👣 X_x Cle . #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #selfcare #mentalhealth #ocd #intrusivethoughts #anxiety #firsttimemum #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #gentleparent #normalisegentleparenting #mindhack . Image by @gentleparenting_memes

Meet beaut #WokeMama @JodieBrandman who chats on the blog about how to hack nutrition to level-up energy - this is the stuff we should all be doing as exhausted new parents! 👀👀 . She says her biggest struggle is, "SLEEP and lack of it! I try to make sure that my nutrition is as optimal as it can be so that I don’t put any extra stress on my system and give myself some fuel for the day. . "I really focus on eating natural foods so that I have loads of good quality nutrients to keep me going and avoid processed foods and sugar, as they really make me feel awful and mess with my hormones!" . Tap the link in our profile to visit our blog and read her full interview. 🌞 . And if you are or u know a woke mama who we should feature, DM us or tag below! 🖐 . #supportbreastfeeding #nutritionformums #nursingnutrition #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #breastfeedingstyle #normalizebreastfeeding #firsttimemum #normalisebreastfeeding #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #bedsharing #cosleeping #gentleparent #normalisegentleparenting

Also pls attach an umbilical cord from us to the fridge thanks 😝 Srsly tho, we've come up with bare inventions since having kids. Gaps in the market we can't believe exist. 👀 Even buggies seem like they haven't been properly tested; like actually used for more than a week, with 7 bags of shopping, off road in a muddy park, with 2 screaming kids -- and all using one hand 🖐. And it's not just cus we are all creative geniuses. (I mean 😏). It's cus men have made most stuff we use, so everything is designed for them and everything else isn't even considered. 🙄 You've all heard the terrrrrifying facts about drug doses and car seat heights based on male standard size, so women are more likely to die. WT actual F. ☠ It's just another classic day in the super fun patriarchal society. 👉🏾 So let's change things: build a community and share ideas! Make money out of them! Raise awareness about inequality! Bit by bit we will break and rebuild society. 💪🏿💪⚡ We're the generation that are going to change things for good, from breastfeeding and buggy hacks to climate action. Let's join forces and show our babies how to invent a world worth growing up in. 💜 And obviously a load of you are already doing this!! DM or tag us to share your business, campaign or idea with our followers now! 💚 Art by @helenetheillustrator #womensupportingwomen #supportbreastfeeding #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #breastfeedingstyle #normalizebreastfeeding #firsttimemum #normalisebreastfeeding #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #bedsharing #cosleeping #gentleparent #patriarchalsociety #equalrights #newmum #mumsofinstagram #normalisegentleparenting

It's a toilet roll. Just let her suck the mf toilet roll 😶 . Pic by @humorandwine #parentsoftoddlers #toddlerspace #toddlersareassholes #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #secondtimemum #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #toddlertoys #siblingrivalry #gentleparent #siblings👫

>> In the US, a black child was kicked out of school because the white executive director didn't like "the tone" of his mother, when she complained about him being bullied. The same director that locked a 4 year old black girl in a tiny room for not tidying up. During a tiny peaceful protest the 2 mothers held, the school called the police. ☠ This is America. This is racial bias, systemic racism and the white supremacy at work. Please follow the incredible Megan Torres @melanatedrebel_ 🖤 and use #weseeCMEC 😐 in your posts of support. [Swipe pics above for more info] ❤ Photo by @racheljoybarehl . #listentoblackwomen #believeblackwomen #racialbias #whitesupremacy #systemicracism #justice #montessorischool #whitepeopleagainstracism #antiracism #antiracist #blackparents #blackfamilies #racism #implicitbias

❤ no pressure tho 😁 . Pic by @gentleparenting_memes #supportbreastfeeding #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #breastfeedingstyle #normalizebreastfeeding #firsttimemum #normalisebreastfeeding #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #bedsharing #cosleeping #gentleparent #normalisegentleparenting #sleeptrainingsucks #cryitout 😭

🖤 Let that one sink in. If you're not scared, you're not paying attention, say the placards. Yeah, we're scared alright. But we also have kids to raise. And how do we talk to them about the future - and ways we can change it - if we're paralyzed with fear? We have to be the grown ups here. 😐 So calmly, confidently, explain things bit by bit as they grow.. but most importantly, always focus on positive actions. Things we can do to make things better. Because if you're faced with all the climate facts at once, as you probably know and feel, it seems hopeless. We obviously can't sugarcoat the #climatecrisis. But we can learn together, to be hopeful. One way I am doing this with my toddler, is with beautiful kids books. Tap the link in our bio for 5 current faves. You don't have to be scared, to be paying attention. 📖📚❤🌎 . Art by Harry Burton on Twitter via @onestrangerock_natgeo #wokekids #mummyblog #lovetheplanet #protecttheearth #thereisnoplanetb #plasticfreeforthesea #climatekids #greenparenting #ecoparenting #ecomum #ecomom #greenkids #ecoliving #greenparent #kidsbookstagram #kidsbook #booksforkids #booksforchildren #raisingreaders

🌎 It’s a funny (aka f*cking terrifying) thing, being a parent in 2019. While we wipe up triple regurgitated pasta and catch feels between poo grenades, we know we have 18 months for governments around the world to pull their grubby fingers out and start to cut emissions enough to keep global temperature rise to safe levels by 2030. What that actually means, is that in 18 months we find how soon we’re going to be extinct. . So we do our best to do the green thing, flipping untold textures out of #reusablenappies and unleashing depressing #plasticfreepartybags. 🎉😐 But equally, we have kids. That’s pretty much the worst thing you can do for the environment. And it’s also the scariest thing, when a safe future is so uncertain. But, because we have kids, we’re invested in that future. So we also have hope... 🖤 it's just impossible to explain it all to them. I've tried and failed. . So like all major life drama that I can’t find the words for myself*, there is always books (*like why we should not hit, potty training, getting a new sister, stopping breastfeeding, starting preschool… you name the drama, we’ve read it). 😎 Books ftw. . Tap the link in our bio to see 5 beautiful books about the impact of humans on our planet, that my toddler Iyra properly engages with, and my baby Zia properly drools on. They are not terrifying, i promise. And let me know which ones I missed below! Cle x_X . #wokekids #mummyblog #lovetheplanet #protecttheearth #thereisnoplanetb #plasticfreeforthesea #climatekids #greenparenting #ecoparenting #ecomum #ecomom #greenkids #ecoliving #greenparent #kidsbookstagram #kidsbook #booksforkids #booksforchildren #raisingreaders

Stop scrolling & 😍 at @Katiekreep 💖 She says being a #WokeMama means: "Being aware of the rules and so called 'correct ways' of raising kiddos society has in place, and challenging them. . "It means never going against your own maternal instinct and always trusting your heart with what is best for your children." . Her most awesome moment so far? . "Seeing my daughter grow and develop her own feisty personality, while still having manners. . "I love seeing her wake up beside me every morning with a big ol’ smile and giving me hugs and kisses. . "She knows she is loved and safe with me, and it’s truly the most incredible feeling." . And her biggest struggle so far? . "The #fourthtrimester, or first three months after birth. I had very bad postpartum anxiety, and it affected me, my husband and Scarlett negatively for the first few months. . "To any new mamas facing distressing mental thoughts: don’t be afraid to talk about it or get help!" . Read the full interview now over on wokemamas.com - link in bio . #supportbreastfeeding #attachmentparenting #gentleparenting #newmama #breastfeedingstyle #normalizebreastfeeding #firsttimemum #normalisebreastfeeding #mummyblog #ukmums #mummydiaries #matleave #bedsharing #cosleeping #gentleparent #normalisegentleparenting

But it's kids, not grandkids tho. "Why is it so hot mum? Look how wet my neck is! Am i melting?" 😔 Extreme weather is the new normal. Summers are going to get hotter and hotter from now on. This is the season to be scared into action. Now. ➡️ Cosume less, reuse more, shout louder. Governments and businesses have no choice but to listen to the masses. We do have the power to change things. And we do have the chance to tell our kids: we tried our best - and we sorted it out. For you. 💖🌎 . . #consciousmom #consciousmum #consciousmama #consciousparenting #greenmama #greenmum #greenmom #greenparent #greenparenting #consciousparent #gentleparenting #mindfulparenting #environment #climatechange #climateaction #wokeparents #thetimeisnow #schoolstrike4climate #climatekids #thelastgeneration #extinctionrebellion #parents4climate #wokemama

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