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I offer birth and postnatal support as a DONA trained Doula. I specialize in families who are expecting a child with disabilities.

I educate and support parents as they begin an amazing adventure! I am DONA trained in both birth and postnatal services. I am also trained in breastfeeding support

07/01/2022

Ontario hospitals are reporting an uptick of infants admitted with COVID-19 and they are urging those who are pregnant to get vaccinated.

15/12/2021

These are not bruises! They are blue grey spots also known as blue spots or slate grey nevus (congenital dermal melanocytosis)

You may know them as 'Mongolian blue spots' but this is colonialised medical terminology.

Blue-grey spots are a kind of birthmark that are flat, blue, purple ish or blue-grey, and can vary in size. They are often found on the buttocks and lower back, appearing at birth or in the first few weeks of life. They do not hurt.

These spots are more common in non-White infants BUT, as many blood lines are pretty mixed, there are some babies who are considered to be White that will have these spots.

At least one spot is present on over 90% of Indigenous Americans and people of African descent, over 80% of Asians, over 70% of Hispanics, and just under 10% of fair-skinned infants. This 10% is mostly made up of babies with roots in the Mediterranean.

If a blue spot is noticed at birth, it should be documented by the person examining your newborn so that they are not mistaken for bruises. If its not documented and you notice it, ensure a health professional notes it down.

These spots usually fade but can take months or even years!

I've been practising my drawings and had to update this post from last year as the old one looked a bit like a partially seasoned chicken 😆

Myself and all of my children have had them. Have you ever noticed any?

14/12/2021

❤️ everyone needs something different

"Because treating people fairly often means treating them differently.

Image: Four people with different needs, who wish to cycle.

Panel 1: 'Equality' Four identical bicycles - only one of the people can cycle comfortably.

Panel 2: 'Equity' Four different bicycles, adapted to the needs of each person - now all four can cycle comfortably.

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"Because treating people fairly often means treating them differently.

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"This is something that I teach my students during the first week of school and they understand it. Eight year olds can understand this and all it costs is a box of band-aids.

"I have each students pretend they got hurt and need a band-aid. Children love band-aids. I ask the first one where they are hurt. If he says his finger, I put the band-aid on his finger. Then I ask the second one where they are hurt. No matter what that child says, I put the band-aid on their finger exactly like the first child. I keep doing that through the whole class. No matter where they say their pretend injury is, I do the same thing I did with the first one.

"After they all have band-aids in the same spot, I ask if that actually helped any of them other than the first child. I say, “Well, I helped all of you the same! You all have one band-aid!” And they’ll try to get me to understand that they were hurt somewhere else. I act like I’m just now understanding it. Then I explain, “There might be moments this year where some of you get different things because you need them differently, just like you needed a band-aid in a different spot.”

"If at any time any of my students ask why one student has a different assignment, or gets taken out of the class for a subject, or gets another teacher to come in and help them throughout the year, I remind my students of the band-aids they got at the start of the school year and they stop complaining. That’s why eight year olds can understand equity."

momo-de-avis.

"I remember reading somewhere once “we should be speaking of equity instead of equality” and that is a principle that applies here me thinks."

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