BOHEME MOTHERHOOD
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Being a Mother |How Long to Breastfeed
Breastfeeding toddlers is not commonplace in America, people often ask me how long do I intend to breastfeed Noon. Yet I don’t really have an answer to this seemingly innocent question. Every time I catch a glimpse of Noon feeding, her body growing besides mine I’m reminded that I was once her home. That something born inside of me has the power to grow and change and be whatever it chooses. I’m reminded of how small I am and how the cell that would one day form this creature, I have the privilege to nourish, was created inside of me, inside of my mother before I was even a thought.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I…
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Being a Mother | Toxic Family Members
In the Caribbean toxic family members are a rite of passage. Family functions are filled with innuendo and compliments hidden deep within disdain.Children are raised to believe this way of being was the norm, that their elders know best and that toxic family members have thier best interest at heart. This My entire childhood was split between two houses three blocks apart. Every year around holiday time my mom would dress us up and we’d make the trek to the first house, nothing was in order nothing was planned but it was full of love. My mother filled her lungs with laughter and smiled till her cheeks hurt. She sang…
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FIND YOUR TRIBE
As if I didn’t have enough to be grateful to Noon for. I now count her responsible for joining me forever to some legendary souls that now comprise my mom tribe. She is my all-access pass to this new crop of loving women I could only dream of being in the presence of, otherwise. When I became a mom I feared mommy groups because I felt like they all were gonna tell me to wear sweatpants and give up on life. When a friend of mine started a mom group, I skeptically joined, and as the saying goes the rest is history. These women are an extension of my Tribe.…
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TODDLER TRAVEL HACK | BREASTFEEDING
Traveling as a family has its own unique set of challenges but throw a toddler into the mix and you’re on a totally new adventure. This year noon will be 3, she’s walking and talking questioning her existence and demanding more of me than I am ready to give on most Thursday’s. I cuddle her and giggle with her, we pick flowers and play peekaboo and yes we’re still breastfeeding. Everyone who knows me knows I’m breastfeeding I’m open about it and do it unabashedly. I’ve never had a negative experience or had someone request for me to cover or leave an establishment. Aside from all the stellar health benefits…
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On might and motherhood
Being a mother is a complex ball of constant emotion. Motherhood is two sides to the same coin, it’s realizing what complex individuals our mothers were at our age. Learning that even though they were our whole-wide-world they were still coming into their own. Learning this lesson through living it, through looking down into the wide eyes of your greatest creations and wondering who is this magical being they revere. It’s coming into your magic in the warm glow of the magic of another. It’s so easy to stop showing up in love, it’s hard work to love someone through their pain grief and sadness show up in so many…
