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Beautifully Written and Captured by: Tanisha Snell "To the mama’s, papa’s, dreamers, visionary’s, SAHM etc. out there, kudos to you! For going so hard, for not quitting even on the worse days, even on the tired days, even on the days you don’t know how you’re going to do it, or don’t feel like you can. You know it’s okay to have some patience, grace, and forgiveness with yourself right? .⁠.⁠Our children are the future. I had to learn to give myself some grace, sometimes evaluating and not being exactly where I want to be or could’ve been by this time frustrates me, or gets me down, I’m so hard on myself. But then I realized if the ONLY good...

WE did it!!⁠ over 500 hours of pumping and over 10,000 ounces pumped. ⁠ and i hope you see alllll of the emotion from the past year on my face. ⁠ i have pumped in front of every single person i know, i have pumped in front of you guys (in stories) more times than i can count, i have pumped in the kitchen, living room, in bed, in the closet, on the toilet, at work, during in-person meetings, in the car, on a balcony, while getting my hair cut, at the beach, in the backyard, while cooking, while trying to soothe a crying baby, half asleep, with an infection on my nipple, and the list goes on. ⁠ i...

i’ve been trying to figure out how to share what’s in my heart and mind. and even though i can’t seem to get the words right, i think the most important thing is that i actually speak. ⠀⠀as i shared in stories, we have the opportunity to make a difference right now in the world by how we raise our little ones. how we raise them will affect what our future looks like. ⠀⠀let’s change the way we talk. let’s change what we talk about. let’s talk about social injustice, privilege, racism, love, acceptance, and kindness. let’s change the books we read and the stories we tell. let’s not keep letting history repeat itself. ⠀⠀by the time your little one...

Written By Jamie Labbe, MS Owner/Founder of Oh Baby Consulting Pediatric Sleep Consultant | @ohbabyconsulting   One of the easiest ways to establish a healthy sleep foundation from Day 1 is to create and maintain a bedtime routine. Infants and young children thrive on routine; in fact, they are comforted by predictability. A young mind is exposed to so much new information every day that it’s reassuring for a child to know that they can depend on certain events to have a predictable structure. Routines also cue your child’s brain and body that sleep time is coming. Your child will start to recognize the order of the routine and begin to anticipate what comes next. With enough repetition, this process...

Written By: Stephanie Gandelman  @Schtoofa We honor you our birthing warriors!! "My journey to motherhood began 3 years ago when my husband I decided we were ready to start trying to have a baby. After 1 year and no luck I went to my OBGYN who referred me RMA where I would begin my fertility treatments.  Tests showed that I had a low follicle count and my doctor recommended we start IVF. I however, was not ready to jump right in head first, so I decided to try a few IUIs first. After 4 months of unsuccessful attempts, it was time to begin my IVF journey. I had a positive attitude, thinking I would do it once, get pregnant, and that...