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Parents of 2. Playing DnD. Normalizing the Spectrum. Not Perfect.

11/08/2023

Throw back to 31hrs after giving birth to Marcy. 👶🏽

Something I was not aware of, at the time, was how long it takes for your belly to "deflate". 💨

Movies and stuff make it seem like your baby comes out then you go back to a pre baby belly. I lost count of the amount of things I learned were not true and very romanticized in the media. But this was number 2. Number 1 is for another day.

This and all the other things I learned along the way are the main reason I started this account. I wanted other new moms to see that it is ok if we don't have abs the day we leave the hospital. That we all are terrified to p*e after having a baby even if it was a c-section. Also I like to make people laugh!

So welcome to my family, welcome to our journey, I hope it can be a safe space on social media for you. One that makes you realise it doesn't need to look like it does in the movies and it doesn't mean you are less than for it.

Everyone has a different journey so don't measure your worth by someone else's glamour shots of their family. The garbage pile is usually just pushed aside to take an insta worthy pic! 📸

21/06/2023

Guess how old I am now!
10,958 days old, for the parents out there I am 360 months!

#30

25/05/2023

Post pardum snuck up on me last week. It started out small so I chalked it up to exhaustion.

Then it started affecting my mood because an intrusive thought would spiral into fear then self hatred for the remainder of the day.

Well I guess my body had enough and responded with what I think is shingles again. I had it when I was 22. A couple years back, I was anxious due to working with a racist which resulted in the pain coming back. Fast forward to yesterday where it was at its most sensitive

Despite my pain, stress and depression my kids still wanted me to be in their world and I want to be in theirs but they are learning to understand that I'm not always capable of being 100% there everyday.

Don't be hard on yourself if you can't be the mom you think they need 100% of the time. And it is hard for you to think of it that way try this alternative: if your kids never see you taking some down time to heal and recoup how will they know it's ok to do it for themselves?

Selfcare is badass
Selfcare is necessary
Selfcare doesn't have to be a solo thing either.

04/04/2023

Ronan wanted a haircut but we forgot we have kids so...

Marcy wanted to be a hair stylist like mom was so she started cutting his hair with her safety scissors. 😬

She then moved on to simply styling by putting clips in his hair!

Dwayne wanted to play with the faucet because he is obsessed with water so he became a sink baby but we turned off the water line so he wouldn't soak himself. He noticed that hence why he is trying to climb out of the sink in this pic.

Basically the best way to describe this haircut, and everyday in this family for that matter, is one word: chaos.

02/04/2023

Got our eyes checked! The kids are good, mom and dad still have astigmatisms 😅

11/11/2022

Omg Costco doesn't sell it anymore. Help!

03/11/2022

I carried you for 39 weeks, endured your kicks, punches and stretches. I pushed you out, I make your food. He changes your diapers, rocks you to sleep, tickles, feeds and bathes you. Of course you are so excited to see him!

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