Breastfeeding Mama Talk

12/08/2025

Unpopular breastfeeding truths people do not like to hear…

1. Your baby is not using you as a pacifier.
You are the blueprint. Comfort feeding is biologically normal and emotionally powerful.

2. Breastfeeding is not the problem most of the time.
The real problem is the lack of support, misinformation, and rushed advice.

3. Your milk is not too thin.
Breastmilk always looks watery because the fat floats. Thin does not mean weak.

4. Crying is communication, not manipulation.
Babies cry because they need something and sometimes that something is you.

5. Your breastfeeding journey is not failing just because it looks different than someone else’s.
Every journey counts. Every latch counts. Every drop counts.

What truth would you add mama? Comment below. 🤱💬

12/07/2025

✨ We all grow up in different cultures… and moments like this remind me just how powerful that is.

Look at this. A whole circle of women holding one tiny baby with so much joy, pride, and love. A true village. A community that doesn’t just talk about supporting moms, they show up. They hold the baby. They hold the mother. They hold the entire family together.

And it hit me…
This is what so many of us are missing.
This level of support.
This shared responsibility.
This idea that motherhood was never meant to be done in isolation.

In so many places around the world, babies are passed from arm to arm. Moms recover with people surrounding them, feeding them, caring for them, teaching them, guiding them. No one expects a mother to “do it all” alone.

But here?
So many moms are drowning quietly because they have no village. No aunties helping with the baby. No community lifting them up. No shared wisdom passed down. And then we wonder why so many women feel overwhelmed, exhausted, unseen, and unsupported.

Different culture, same universal truth:
A baby thrives with a village.
A mother thrives with a village.
And we deserve to bring that back.

If you grew up with a village, cherish it.
If you didn’t, build one. Borrow one. Create one.
Because no mom should have to raise a child alone.

🤱 Tag a woman who has been part of your village.

Share this if you believe motherhood was never meant to be a one-woman job. ✨

12/07/2025

People think I am mad when really I am just calculating how much sleep I did not get.

12/06/2025

Okay parents… can we talk about this whole 6-7 thing?? 🤣

Apparently it’s the new trend kids say (don’t ask me why, I’m still trying to figure it out) and my friend’s Elf on the Shelf decided to join in on the chaos.

It’s December 6th… so of course the elves had to celebrate “6-7” like they’re in on the joke.

Is this just a kid thing now?? Have your kids been saying 6-7 too? Because I swear every year they come up with a new language and forget to tell us.

Drop a comment if you’ve heard your kids say it or if you’re just as confused as the rest of us 😂✨
Elf season is wild.

12/06/2025

Tell me your craziest ‘doctor gave bad breastfeeding advice’ story.

12/06/2025

There is nothing ordinary about what a mother’s body can do. We grow life from a spark, carry it with every beat of our heart, bring it safely into the world, and then somehow keep sustaining that tiny human with nothing but the magic inside us. We are strength and softness, creation and comfort, the beginning of someone else’s entire universe. And sometimes we need the reminder that this is not small or simple this is pure power. Mama, your body does magic. Never forget it.

12/06/2025

Sometimes I swear I am nothing more than a walking milk machine and I do not even know how that makes me feel.
One minute I love that my body comforts my baby in ways no one else can, and the next minute I am touched out and wondering if anyone sees me as anything other than the person who provides the b***s.

It is this strange mix of pride and exhaustion, love and frustration.

You pour everything into your baby and sometimes it feels like the only part of you that matters is the part that feeds them.

And you love them so much it hurts, but you also miss feeling like a whole person who exists for more than just their next feeding. Motherhood is beautiful, but it is real too, and this part deserves to be talked about just as much as the sweet moments.

12/06/2025

Sometimes being a mom feels like you are watching yourself fade in the mirror you used to recognize. The you who had time. The you who felt pulled together. The you who had color and glow. It can feel like she disappeared. But the truth is she is not gone. She is just waiting.

Motherhood takes so much from us. Our sleep. Our energy. Our confidence. Even our reflection. And it is normal to wonder where you went in the middle of all the chaos. Long nights. Big feelings. So many sacrifices that no one else sees. But this season does not erase you. It is simply asking more of you than usual.

And mama you will find yourself again. Little by little. In your own time. You will feel that spark come back. You will feel proud of the woman you are becoming. You will look in the mirror again and see someone who has lived and grown and survived things she never thought she could.

So if you are in that place where you feel lost just know you are not. You are becoming. You are carrying love and strength that was never there before. You are still here.

And when the moment comes you will rise again. Not the same as before. Better. Softer. Stronger. More you than ever.

This is not the end of you. It is a pause. And when you are ready you will bloom.

12/06/2025

Tell me the moment breastfeeding almost broke you but you kept going.

12/05/2025

🥱🤣 The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade

Doctors: B’feeding to sleep is a BAD habit!
My baby during every nap:

12/05/2025

This happened to a mom in our community and it still makes my eye twitch.

She took her three week old to the doctor because the baby had been cluster feeding, crying more than usual, and wanting to be held nonstop.
You know… classic newborn behavior.

But instead of reassuring her or actually assessing what was going on, the doctor shrugged and said:

“If he cries this much you should just switch to formula. Breastfeeding clearly isn’t working.”

That was the medical advice.
Not “let’s check weight.”
Not “let’s assess latch.”
Not “here are the normal patterns of newborn feeding.”
Just “quit.”

And here is the part that makes me want to flip a table.

Most doctors get little to no actual breastfeeding education.
Many get less than eight hours in their entire training.
So of course it is easier to say “just formula feed” than to spend time teaching a mom what normal breastfeeding looks like.
It is easier to blame breastmilk than to admit they were never properly trained to support nursing families.

But this mom?
She trusted her instincts.

She told him:

“My baby is crying because he is a newborn and his brain and body are still adjusting. My milk is not the problem. My baby is communicating. Cluster feeding is normal. Growth spurts are normal. Comfort nursing is normal. What he needs is me… not a switch.”

She walked out feeling shaken but also proud of herself for not folding under pressure.
And guess what?
Her baby was gaining weight beautifully.
Her supply was fine.
And the crying phase passed… just like it does.

If she had listened to that doctor she would have quit something she actually wanted to continue.
All because someone with a degree did not have the education to guide her.

Let this be your reminder:

Crying does not mean breastfeeding is failing.
Crying does not mean you are not enough.
Crying does not mean you need to quit.
It means your baby is talking to you in the only language they have.

And you, mama, are doing better than any quick fix a doctor throws at you because they do not have the training to support your journey.

12/05/2025

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