Dear Michelle You are the mother of three beautiful children. You need to listen to older generations, take advice if you wish but always listen to your heart as you are the mum of these children and you have achieved so much by making these lives - it’s consistent work and nurturing, a full time [...]
Tag: postnatal letters
Put Yourself First. It’s Super Important.
Having babies and kids is super rad. Exhausting as hell but rad. Advice!? Not really as you'll probably be inundated with unwanted advice the minute baby is born. Practice your polite mmming and nodding and possibly eye rolling now to save time. But seriously, I'm not going to tell you to enjoy or cherish every [...]
A Mother’s Intuition Is Always Right.
Dear Post-Natal Self, Welcome to motherhood. It is a wonderful privilege, but it’s definitely something you have to work at. Babies do sleep a lot in the first few weeks. But they also need to eat. When Daniel isn’t waking up enough to feed, ask a medical person for advice. Daniel will be admitted for [...]
You Are Not A Burden.
Lauren, Don’t be scared that you couldn’t breastfeed properly and that having an unsettled bub meant she didn’t have a full tummy. If you need to introduce formula, do it! Don't feel guilty about this, you're trying and doing your best. Putting yourself down because all those other new mums breast feed like champs won't [...]
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