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normalize motherhood ✊🏼
wife, mom, RN 💙💙💗
📍east coast

Ashley Spinelli vibes but make it fashion. If you

Ashley Spinelli vibes but make it fashion. If you don’t get that reference, I might be old 🙈

Her little laugh 🥺 Lately, so many days of moth

Her little laugh 🥺 Lately, so many days of motherhood have felt more like a job than my actual life, you know. Feed the kids, clean up after them, provide them activities, provide them structure, break up fights, change diapers, give baths, and on. I found it really hard to balance all the tasks of motherhood and feel like a person, not just a mom robot. I felt like everyone I knew was better at being a mom and enjoyed it more. I felt like maybe I wasn’t cut out to be a mom of three. But you know it just takes time to learn new things. Being a mom of three is a new thing, and whether it’s your first kid or your seventh kid, I think it is all an adjustment and feels new all over again. And then one day you are crying over the sweetest giggly kisses and you realize you’re not just treading water anymore but you are really soaking in every moment. I don’t want to “influence” you that motherhood is all sunshine and daisies, but I want to encourage you that seasons of motherhood change and they are hard and beautiful. And every day that you keep going through tears or smiles makes you a great mom ❤️

My little galentine. Cici and I used these heart g

My little galentine. Cici and I used these heart glasses for pictures. The boys used them to pretend they could shoot lasers out of their eyes, and then used them as pretend light sabers. Thank you, children, for this rich and varied life 😂🤪

Cecilia’s face is like what is happening?! And I

Cecilia’s face is like what is happening?! And I’m over here like SAME GIRL, could ya stop trying to walk? She’s pulling up on everything and cruising along the furniture. You know when you’re a first time mom and you’re like “yay this is so exciting!” And then you’re a third time mom and you’re like “bring me alllll the baby gates.” I chatted about baby proofing and safety with the pediatrician at her last checkup, but honestly if her brothers haven’t destroyed her yet, I’m pretty sure she’s indestructible.💪🏼
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There are so many milestones in the first two years, and as a mom, I truly value every baby checkup just to have a chance to talk with the pediatrician about my baby’s development, how I can help foster her growing brain, what health/safety concerns I need to be aware of, and what vaccines are recommended by the CDC.

I’ve got the link in my bio to a website all about baby checkups and what to expect, including helpful questions to ask your pediatrician with each visit! #Pfizersponsored #babycheckupscount

This girl is trying real hard to walk. Don’t wor

This girl is trying real hard to walk. Don’t worry, I pushed her down. #calmdownkaren #itsajoke

Mom confessions: sometimes after cici eats mac and

Mom confessions: sometimes after cici eats mac and cheese, I don’t clean her face up so that it smells like mac and cheese later when I kiss her 😘#honestmotherhood #neverashamedofmyloveforcarbs

Guess who slept through the night for the first ti

Guess who slept through the night for the first time EVER? It only took one year. Actually 379 days to be exact, but who is counting? 😆 #notme #teamnosleep #whyamistillsotired

My DMs have spoken and apparently this deserves a

My DMs have spoken and apparently this deserves a permanent spot here 🥳 lots of sass and personality in one cute little face. Twitter cici looks like she’s about to deliver a next level clap back and I am here for it.

I took this picture exactly one year ago and wrote

I took this picture exactly one year ago and wrote this:

I forgot how much I love and hate this stage. Snuggly sleepy baby, tiny fingers and tiny toes. A little miracle that I am totally in awe of. A human that I grew and birthed. But suddenly feeling out of place in this body that is no longer carrying life. Leaking fluids, sore boobs, a saggy stomach. Days that seem to last forever but also fly by. I remember the adjustment after my first was so hard. No one told me how sore my boobs would be. That I would leak milk all the time. That I would wake up soaking and wonder if it was sweat or milk or what. That I wouldn't see an end in sight when I felt so unsure of everything I was doing.

I didn't know that I would feel the happiest, most peaceful in my life, but also so lost. Trying so hard to keep feedings straight and which side was which for nursing, and didn't I just change a diaper? Didn't I just finish feeding you? I haven't done anything all day and yet I am exhausted and haven't rested either. Struggling to find something, anything, that feels familiar.

If you're a new mom and you're in the thick of it, I can tell you what I know. I know you do find something familiar. You find your baby. You find yourself. You can take the time to heal because "getting back" after having a baby isn't a competition. You don't have to prove to yourself or the world how good you are at being "you" again. Because you're not really you anymore. You're a better, more selfless, more imperfect version of you. Even on the days when your baby keeps you up all night and cries all day and you cry all day but you don't even know why and your husband is at work and you feel like no one sees you. Look at yourself in the mirror, and tell that woman “You are amazing.”

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