Kimbro Lactation

I talk about bassinets and sleep devices often with my families. 😴

7 Reasons Not To Use Bassinets Like This Discussion of 7 concerns regarding popular mechanical bassinets and their impact on baby development

Pumping and back to work is one of my specialties! ALL parents are guaranteed by law to have time and space to pump while working! If a parent is unable (or feels unable) to take the time to pump while working and as a result their supply decreases and supplementation is required, I guarantee their employer isn’t going to give them a raise so they can pay for that. ☝🏻

Do you know your rights as a breastfeeding employee? Learn more: https://bit.ly/2H3Cqij

❤️ MODERN 🧡PARENTING 💛 IS 💚 EXHAUSTING 💙 AF 💜
👉🏽It’s because we are expected to do too much, while our babies just expect us. 🥺

When you have a baby and people say “let me know if you need anything!” Let them know. The more we embrace help in a time of need, the more we breakdown the belief we need to do it all. We were never intended to do it all, that’s why we’d lived in villages. 👩‍👩‍👧👨‍👦‍👦

What’s the most helpful act someone did for you after baby?

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but
attachment parenting in a detached society is exhausting.
No. It’s not your baby.
There is nothing wrong with them if they want to be held all the time.
No. It’s not you.
You’re not doing it wrong.
Your feelings of exhaustion and depletion and being touched out are normal- considering the weight you’re carrying. Those feelings, and the deep ache underneath them - are a reminder that you were never meant to do this alone.
Babies want to be held. And we want to hold them close. Exclusive/extended breastfeeding, cosleeping, babywearing- all of these are intuitive, ancestral practices that have kept our species alive throughout history. Attachment parenting is just parenting!!
But never before have we parented in such isolation. There were always other hands stirring the soup pot, other aunties, and sisters, and uncles and grandmas, and cousins, and neighbors helping with the daily tasks and child rearing. Other arms carrying the weight of raising humanity. Together.
And now, it’s just you. Alone in the kitchen, trying to stir the soup and bounce the baby and play with the toddler and keep an eye on the big kid and answer the phone and sweep up the mess and tackle the laundry and .....
No matter how magical your baby wrap is — it can’t take the place of a whole village.
So no, you’re not doing it wrong. You’re just trying to stay connected in a world set on tearing you apart.
But don’t give up mama. I know you’re tired and touched out, but you’re giving your baby exactly what she needs. And maybe one day, when she’s raising her own babies,there will be a village around her, helping her hold it all together.