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12/20/2024

Give 👏🏼 us 👏🏼 what 👏🏼 we 👏🏼 really 👏🏼 want! 🎁🎄

09/24/2024

Clearly, I have a much more thrilling night planned. 😴

01/02/2024

In the upcoming year of 2024, my approach will be centered around cultivating focus and intentions rather than setting explicit goals. I plan to dedicate my time and energy towards aligning with my aspirations for the future, across various aspects of my life. This involves consciously making choices that positively contribute to my mental, physical, spiritual, financial, educational, and social well-being. Additionally, I aim to release any elements – be it thoughts, feelings, individuals, or possessions – that do not have a positive impact on either my present or future self.

Do you have anything you are going to focus on this year?
#2024

04/05/2023

Love this story!!

Zoe the orangutan needed help breastfeeding after failing to nurse her first baby. Zookeepers worked with her tirelessly to kickstart her maternal instincts....

10/24/2022

You may have read about the national surge in pediatric hospitalizations - & the shortages of pediatric hospital beds - & I want to highlight why it matters.

We are at the start of respiratory season, but are seeing unseasonably high numbers of RSV, Rhinovirus, flu and other respiratory viruses.

This is only going to get worse.

As the weather gets cooler & we all congregate in an effort to make up for the missed social events of the past 2 years, this will worsen.

This post is written NOT to make you freak out. I get why our health anxiety surrounding our kids’ illnesses is at an all-time high. ❤️See tomorrow’s post for tips on how to keep your child healthy❤️

Today, I am writing this as a plea. To remind you to be patient and KIND with each other and with your healthcare workers.

And to highlight the importance of a shift in our thinking - a shift towards making responsible, community-facing, thoughtful decisions, as we begin to think about Halloween parties & Thanksgiving & the holidays.

Of course, school exposures are somewhat unavoidable. But if you keep your child home from school and minimize discretionary activities when your child is sick, rather than giving them Tylenol & sending them on their way, you may make a huge difference to another family. And to the burden on hospitals.

Yes, our healthcare system has created this problem. Studies have shown that pediatric inpatient beds have decreased across the country because pediatrics is not a lucrative area of medicine (PMID: 34127553). Hospitals are short-staffed because so many healthcare workers have left. Combine that with sudden high demand & you should expect longer wait times in ERs, longer hold times on phones, and more stressed ppl. Working in healthcare is demanding - emotional, physically challenging, & especially in pediatrics, it takes a special willingness to handle stressed parents, sick children, and poor reimbursement. But pediatricians continue to slog on because what we do is IMPORTANT, and kids deserve good care.

My request to you: be responsible. Don’t add to the burden if you can help it. And please, please, give your pediatric healthcare workers some grace.

10/15/2022

6 months postpartum
I am dealing with postpartum depression and working hard to keep it together.

09/27/2022

09/01/2022

3 months postpartum update.

08/25/2022

Some information.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬!

1. Flat head syndrome is a real thing and prevalent in babies who spend a lot of time in devices. The more asymmetrical the head, the more difficult it is for baby to turn their head in all directions.

2. Younger babies may miss feeding opportunities, leading to poor weight gain and/or a drop in parent's milk supply.

3. Babies need to move--even when they are asleep! Many babies learn new mobility skills while they are sleeping. And lack of movement may restrict normal motor development throughout infancy.

4. Bonding happens through frequent touch and communication. If babies are lulled to sleep by a machine, opportunities for bonding are lost.

5. The startle reflex seems annoying to us. But it actually is there for a purpose and helps prevent a baby from sleeping too deeply, which many believe is a risk factor for SIDS.

👉🏼The SNOO seems like a comfy bed for a baby and if you have one and like it, that's ok! But I recommend turning off some of the features and to avoid using the built-in swaddle. You might also consider having baby sometimes sleep in other environments so you have flexibility down the road!

08/04/2022

It’s wild to think that this would probably be more controversial today than it was when it originally aired.

“Native Canadian musician, educator, and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie was featured on Sesame Street in the 1970s. This in itself was a powerful action, as it was — and remains — uncommon to see indigenous women on mainstream television programs.

But even more revolutionary was the decision to feature breastfeeding on an episode of the show. In a clip titled Buffy Nurses Cody, Sainte-Marie is seen nursing her baby, Dakota (Cody).

When asked by Big Bird what she’s doing, she plainly states, “I’m feeding my baby; see, he’s drinking milk from my breast.””

06/02/2022

Sometimes this is how postpartum feels. This was last week at 6 weeks postpartum. I was feeling lonely, yet I have not been alone since I gave birth. I was feeling overwhelmed with the thought of my husband going back to work. I was feeling sad that my baby and 4 year old needed me but could only care for one of them in the moment. I was annoyed that I was unable to control my tears and emotions. 6 weeks doesn't mean you are back to normal. There are so many changes, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually when you have a baby. In my experience as a mom of 7 I can tell you I honestly don't feel normal, or a new normal for about 2 years postpartum. At 2 years I finally start to feel like I know myself again. I finally feel like I know my baby. I finally feel like I know my partner again.

Tell me in the comments
❓If you have had kids how long did it take for you to "feel normal" again?
❤0-6 months
🧡6-12 months
💛12-18 months
💚18-24 months
💙2+ years

05/31/2022

Are you having a baby soon? Message me and we can set up your free consultation to discuss how a virtual postpartum doula can help you.