#teammotherly

📷 @bottlesandblankets - . #VolumeOn Sometimes breastfeeding is inconvenient, sometimes it's uncomfortable, sometimes it's painful or even agonizing. Very rarely it is enjoyable and to have a beautiful breastfeeding moment is extremely rare for me, but this was one of those moments. #momtruth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #momentsinmotherhood #teammotherly #myformerbump #breastfeed #breastfeeding #breastfeedingmama #honestmotherhood #sharetheeverymom #breastfed #breastfeedwithoutfear #breastmilk #normalizebreastfeeding #breastfeedingmom #nursingmom #breastfeedinglicious #fedisbest #bestofmom . Congrats @bottlesandblankets - you are one of the #world4babies. Thank you very much for sharing your baby with us . Follow @world4babies and tag #world4babies for your chance to be featured https://www.instagram.com/p/BqZidHKiFT-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13lbrted8tny4

She's a lil fashionista in the making 🎀#demcheekstho #lookatthathair . . . . . . . . #ilovebabiesssss #mom_hub #stopanddropmom #candidslumber #getinspiredshare #myhonestmotherhood #motherhoodsimplified #ig_motherhood #dailyparenting #magicofchildhood #newbabygirl #letthembelittle #babiesofig #styleblogger #kidzfashiontrends #simplychildren #inspiremothers #cutebebee #kidspotmoment #childhoodunplugged #mumlife #mumblogger #babysmile #melbournemum #cutebaby #teammotherly #8monthsold #teething

The weekend is here and summer rolls on. We have only two weeks until school starts. That’s insane to me! It went too fast and now I’ll have two kids in school, not just one. Honestly the thought of school is a little daunting. The whole online situation isn’t great for my kids and I am not looking forward to that. Are you ready to go back to school? . . . . . . . . . . #mumsquad #motherhoodcommunity #unitedinmotherhood #teammotherly #homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoollife #homeschoolers #homeschooldersofinstagram #dailyparenting #momfluencer #documentingmotherhood #honestmom #lifeandlensblog #honestmomconfessions #mamablogger #momadvice #momblog #momswhoblog #mommyblog #habitandhome #honestmotherhood #holdthemoments #ig_motherhood #eternalmotherhood #mamahoodsisterhood #bestofmom #sandiego #californiaadventure (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBt2HjlIgA/?igshid=8l7ulanndtim

We see you Mama! #Repost @mother.ly • • • • • • "I took this photo while I was hiding in my closet crying, my 2 month old strapped to the front of me sleeping and my 2 year old and 7 year old were in the living room. I was triggered when my older sons school sent a short video of how the progressive school's values live on in the home school environment. As I watched all of the photos of various kids in their home I sat judging myself, this isn’t even close to what our days look like. Then I look up and my son has tears running down his face as he clicks play again. I ask him how he is feeling and he barely gets out, "sad." We had to give up on homeschool today because dad was at work, furloughing 20% of his workforce, and between my anxiety being so high for his day and the straddle of 3 kids with all very different needs it just wasn’t working. By 10am I tried to get everyone in the minivan to go jump in the ocean for a swim, it took us 45 minutes to get halfway there because we had to stop the car 2x for the crying baby. The second time the 2-year-old lost it and wanted out of his seat too. In the midst of the chaos, my 7 year old looked at me and said, "Mom forget it let’s just go home." When we pulled in the driveway at 12p both babies finally fell asleep, after carrying them in I jumped in the shower, only to have it cut short from my 2-month-old waking up from her hundredth snap (short nap), of the day, I look at the pajamas on the rack, and said to myself just surrender, I slide into them and quickly tended to her nursing needs. Having a newborn during a pandemic is hard. Add more children, homeschool, and work, it’s hard. Regardless of my privilege in comparison to most folks, it’s relative to my life, and it’s hard. I recognize my tendency is to want to say everything is okay, it’s not, and I give myself permission to be vulnerable and share with you this is HARD." 📷: @brynnelyn #teammotherly https://www.instagram.com/p/CCI5_rMADxn/?igshid=r7ods75129u

Today is such a special day 💛and I woke up to this! My heart is so big right now! Days like today make me appreciate being home. You see for many years I was always gone for Mother’s Day. And I remember always asking people to make me paper flowers. Well now I’ve got the real thing. I’m not only blessed to have my babies with me but to have them give me actual flowers! My daughter made these beautiful earrings by hand and they are EVERYTHING!!! Thank you so much @11arika11 I absolutely LOVE them!! Thank you @11arika11 & @ethan_castano for making me the happiest mom today. I love you guys and I’m so proud to see the incredible people you are becoming. I hope everyone has their heart filled today. Happy Mother’s Day friends! . . . . . #teammotherly #unitedmotherhood #parenting #momsofinstagram #joyfulmamas #mom #thisismotherhood #motherhood #motherhoodinspired #momswithcameras #momblogger #childhoodunplugged #sahm #motherhoodrising #candidchildhood #honestmotherhood #momlife #sahmlife #boymom #momlifebelike #letthembelittle #modernmom #love #holdthemoments #mommyblogger #momlifeisthebestlife #ohheymama #dailymotherhood #motherhoodunplugged #rawmotherhood (at Virginia Beach, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAr2XInJDc/?igshid=xkmtwr5k71bo

We see you Mama #weseeyoumama You are not alone! #Repost @mother.ly • • • • • • "Today. As much as Andrew and I are keeping life together - as much as we are all keeping life together - really, big tears have been hard to hold back. For Poe not understanding why he can’t see his friends. For those working selflessly, tirelessly. Giving all of themselves so we can stay well. For those struggling, surviving, fighting It’s ok to feel moments of calm. It’s also really ok to cry." 📷: @tallulahalexandra #teammotherly https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Yd43wAAmy/?igshid=1qz7mtwjdonbb

#Repost @mother.ly • • • • • • "I knew so many people who struggled with getting pregnant that when we started to try to expand our little family, I wasn’t surprised it didn’t come easily. Each month would come + go, and I’d experience such a sadness when we weren't pregnant. A year later, we decided to pause on trying because life was getting busy and complicated with work, and the stress + sadness of finding out each month we weren't successful was weighing on me. My world was becoming ovulation apps, ovulation sticks, pregnancy test and endless tracking. So many things went through my head about maybe not having this be my path, or that maybe I wasn't deserving, or maybe I was just here to document others + their life stories, but that motherhood might not be a part of my story. Friends + clients around me were all getting pregnant, and as happy as I was for them, my little heart felt such sadness as well. Then, that same month we took a pause, we were lucky enough to find out that our world was going to be totally different in nine months time. Maybe it was letting the stress go, maybe it was just timing, I'll never know. We waited a while to share the news. I've always read into signs and the day we found out we were pregnant, a friend of mine had experienced the loss of her one-month-old, then a week later another friend had a miscarriage. I was nervous about sharing our news, afraid maybe things would take a turn for the heartbreaking. When we did finally share it, I tried to be very conscious of those still trying to get pregnant, or dealing with pregnancy loss. Especially because so often we don’t know the struggles the people around us are going through. I'm thankful every day for being able to experience motherhood, but what I’m very thankful of is that I feel I’ve come into it at a time where aspects of motherhood that haven't always been shared openly, are finally being brought to the surface." 📷: @scarletoneill #teammotherly #thisismotherhood (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7fbrURg4nn/?igshid=1vp5uqvjjvvr5