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April Kerwood•parent educator•growing family consultant •certified lactation counselor•
Education-Support-Confidence
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{you are} Motherhood can shake us. This immense

Because I watch you go from newly pregnant to full

Happy Father’s Day 💙 To the partners who ho

{it could’ve been worse} Women literally crack

{not all or nothing} Breastfeeding can look so ma ${not all or nothing} Breastfeeding can look so many different ways. It’s not an all or nothing endeavor. And those ways can include bottles. Making baby an active participant in bottle feeding is just another way we acknowledge that they are their very own person from the start. #pacedbottlefeeding postpartum #postpartumjourney #newborn #motherhood #newbaby #postpartumdoula #breastfeeing #clc #inthistogetherdoula #columbusohio #columbus #Repost @soslactation with @make_repost ・・・ When breastfeeding babies bottle feed, we ask them to demonstrate as many of the same skills when breastfeeding as possible. A full bottle feed should take at least 15 min. When parents don’t understand how to pace feed they pretend try to slow the bottle down by taking it out of the baby’s mouth every few sucks. This often leads to a frustrated baby and it’s not necessary. But what IS important is that we ask a baby to open wide every time they are breastfeeding or bottle feeding to insure they continue to open wide for a good latch. Thank you baby Everette and Nicole for capturing!$

{tenacious} Determined. Steadiness despite chall

{process} Verb 1. to integrate sensory informati

{versions} Every baby is born into a different ve

{4th trimester bodies} #Repost @lish.hunt with @m ${4th trimester bodies} #Repost @lish.hunt with @make_repost ・・・ Getting really real here— the only way I know how to be. This 4th trimester is hard. I’m not going to pretend that leaky boobs, postpartum BO & night time Depends are glamorous. Toss in nothing fitting/raging hormones and you just have a snippet of my current life. 5yrs ago you would not have caught me posting postpartum photos. Hell, I didn’t even leave the house. A major part of my PPD during that time was my weight. I did everything possible (and not in a good way) to shed those pounds. I was not good to the body that had just given life to an amazing baby girl. I don’t know when the lightbulb went off but I’m so glad it did. One day I realized I was not defined by how much I weighed but by who I am as a person. And not only that, but I never wanted my kids to base their worth on what the scale said. Fast forward to the end of last summer when we found out that I was pregnant, but also my weight was the most it had ever been. At that time I vowed to 1. not look at the scale for any of my OB visits and 2. nourish and be kind to the body that is giving life to our last baby. It’s amazing how great life can be once you let go of the toxicity that the world tries to shove down your throat in regards to a woman’s body. Not only was this the best pregnancy I’ve had, but I also gave birth to a beautiful 8lb baby boy— MY BODY DID THAT!! Ladies, our bodies do such amazing things! We are so phenomenal and wonderfully made!! The next time you don’t want to buy the swimsuit or be in the pictures remember that these little humans (and our SO’s) don’t see a size or a number on the scale, and love us for the amazing creatures that we are 🤍🤍🤍 So here I am, embracing this postpartum body— Still doing all of the things, teaching my kids that “no mommy’s belly doesn’t magically disappear after a baby”, and sizing up in whatever is needed to allow me to live my best life for myself and my family! #postpartum #postpartumjourney #16dayspostpartum #selflove #lovemybody$

{new parts} You grow them inside and on the outs

{calm touch, heavy eyes} Babies don’t needed tr

{expanding} Everyone who loves you has visions of

{to the Google!} It’s so easy to do isn’t it

{home} For all the time they grew inside it’s

{working mom} I am not the same person I was 3 mo

{making mothers} The birth of a baby is also the

{motherhood} I watch you move from woman to moth

{on their time} Best laid plans. We read. We ask.

{seen & heard} This is true for a mother and her

{not wrong} The choices you make for you, your fa

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