Mama Tembo and All Mother Birth Doula

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01/09/2023

Moms, fix each other’s buns- you’re doing great.

Breastfed or Formula-fed,⁣
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sleep training or co-sleeping,⁣

potty trained at two or potty trained at four,
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Stay At Home Mom or Working Mom,⁣
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iPad or no iPad,⁣
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epidural or natural birth,⁣
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c-section or vaginal delivery,⁣
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made-from-scratch-organic everything or non-organic and order in at times,⁣
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crawled at six months or crawled at one year,⁣
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pro-junk food or against junk food,⁣
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portraying a perfect life on Instagram or embracing your mess,⁣
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Holding the baby “too much” or “too little,”⁣
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pacifier or no pacifier,⁣
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all our kids will struggle with something,⁣
whether it’s their mental health,⁣
making friends,⁣
learning,⁣
or a tough diagnosis⁣
to name a few,⁣
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and none of them will be perfect despite all the made-from-scratch food and breast milk we get into their growing bodies.⁣
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So, let’s raise each other up.⁣
If you hear another mom being shamed, defend her.⁣
Own 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 choices, and respect 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.⁣
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲.


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Living FULL

01/04/2023

Kicking, screaming, “I don’t want to be in your family”-ing. I was out of breath. We were both crying.

And as I looked across the room and saw her, the very last thing I wanted to do was scoop her up into my arms. But she needed to be rescued.

Out of her rage and terror and confusion, out of the survival mode—this time the “fight” in fight/flight/freeze—her brain had convinced her she needed. So I pulled her on my chest where we sat together.

Her breathing relaxed, punctuated by sporadic sobs; her heart rate slowed, matching the steady beat of the chest she leaned into; and her whole self began to melt. My heart fell into my stomach, broken for the little girl who battles so much, so intensely, so often.

The love I have and was acting in, I began to feel again, and I whispered in her ear, “I love you, little girl. I will love you always and forever. Nothing will ever change how much I love you.”
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01/02/2023

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12/16/2022

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11/29/2022

From Glennon Doyle’s book, “Untamed,” and Wild Peace for Parents. Parent with your soul and love your kids for being themselves!

11/29/2022

"Did you know that human babies are the most vulnerable, contact dependent, slowest developing social mammal on the planet?

Compared to other mammals, the human brain is tiny at birth; a mere 25% of its ultimate adult size.

Animals born into hostile environments tend to have larger infant brains to help them survive. Zebras, for example, need to be able to run with the herd just hours after birth – their relatively mature brains help them run and respond when a lion appears.

But, mother nature always has a survival strategy. So, what is the survival strategy for human babies? Easy. Mum and Dad. Without their parents, they couldn’t survive and so much of their behaviour is designed to keep us close most, if not all the time.

So, we need to give babies enormous amounts of love, touch and attention to allow them to thrive, not just survive, both day and night. And we should feel good about it - it’s what we’re instinctively driven to do. Despite what our society may say it’s biologically impossible to spoil a baby with love.

The first 3 years of life represent the most rapid period of brain development in our children’s lifetime. In the first 1000 days of life, a staggering 1M neural connections are made each second. These connections determine what kind of brain your baby grows. A brain that is balanced, stable, and resilient to stress. Or a brain that is unbalanced, over reactive and struggles to cope with stress.

While genetics provides a blueprint for brain development, it’s a child’s environment and their experiences that carry out the construction, forming the essential wiring of the brain. Repeated use of particular pathways strengthens individual connections.

Neural connections in the brain are vital in developing emotional regulation abilities. This is why it’s critical that we provide our children with experiences that contribute to healthy brain development.

So hug your baby, pick them up, hold them, nurture them, be with them.”

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11/26/2022

I am starting Mama Tembo small; making connections to families and communities with the little moments I have. But I have BIG dreams. Dreams to make a positive impact and better our community.

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11/24/2022

Sending everyone grateful vibes!