Only You: A One and Done Podcast

Obsessed with this print by and even more so when I found out all proceeds go to ⛵️⛵️⛵️

Who is this person? I feel like I have a chance to relax, breathe, and get to know her. Having a child changed me, and I’m only now beginning to see how much.

Vasectomies save lives pass it on ✂️

We need to fu***ng dissent now. This can’t be the future for our littles. I will be posting as many resources as we can, and I am here to help how I can. Drop your tips, links, and tags below for supporting those in trigger ban states. We need resources!!!!!

Where do you fall on this spectrum? Some days you may be in one box, and some days another. You’re valid no matter which one resonates today.

Why do we have such high expectations for ourselves? Of course there are things that now, looking back, I would have done differently. Another kid isn’t the only way I can explore that feeling… I have to look within and forgive myself - and find the beauty in the journey of my kid and I navigating things together.

This series was incredibly comforting, enlightening, and eye opening. Thank you for sharing your “and’s”. Go to our stories to read all of them, will definitely be making this a highlight 😍

It’s 2022, we’re no longer justifying our choices or circumstances around childbirth or family sizes. I’m one AND done AND there are a lot of things about me that are way more interesting outside of that 💁🏼‍♀️

Cmon people fight the urge.. you can do it. There are SO MANY other things to talk about with parents. Maybe start with, “how can I help?”.

How you love your kid is what they will think love feels like as an adult. Don’t forget that.

Just a little list of ✨mom things✨that we don’t have access to here in the USA. American parents, what did I miss??

My little one has lived her entire life in uncertain and unprecedented times. What I wouldn’t give to be able to show her something better ❤️

I don’t have anything new to add to this conversation. I just can’t stop thinking about these babies and the folks who love them, feeling the lack of their presence in their homes. Rest easy little ones. 💔

We are so lucky, and our kids are too. Imagine how many parent child relationships could have been different in the past if parents were told to prioritize their own mental health and look inward instead of focusing on discipline and power struggles.

The pressure is everywhere. Your family, friends, TV and movies.. it really sneaks up on you. If you feel pressure and have to keep just moving forward anyway, know you’re not alone!

It could be having another kid, your job, breastfeeding, a friendship in your life, a vice… if it costs you this much, it’s way too expensive.

When you realize only child stereotypes are part of an enormous system that oppresses women and birthing people, the comments really start to take on a new meaning. In America we can’t even offer the most basic things and we still expect people to have multiple kids they can’t afford and have no support in raising.

Mother’s Day can bring up a lot. It can be a day to reflect on the mothers or mother figures in your life, your own role as a mother, or the ways in which your identity has shifted since becoming a mother. It can be a day of celebration or one of grief. Sending love and holding space if you are feeling a little uneasy about the holiday.

I do not want my child to “survive” their childhood. If you felt like as a child you were only surviving and your sibling took care of you and stood by your side, I completely honor that and I hope you find the help you need to reflect on that time in your life. However, that will not be our story.

Make it make sense. Newsflash, a pony would literally be cheaper and I wouldn’t have to give birth to it. 🐴🐎🎠🏇🦄

Life is made up of a series of choices and circumstances, and it’s so easy to get caught up in the what if‘s. What if my family was bigger, or I had taken that other job? What if I hadn’t gone through that trauma? Who would I be?

There is no way of knowing how things would have been, but if we can become content with what we have now, we might be able to stop comparing our lives with others and appreciate the uniqueness of our own experience.

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Historically, we pretty much just got to the point where we can make decisions for ourselves. Can you just leave us alone please? So I can.. not die?

Taking up space is a new concept for me, but I’m embracing it in my parenting. I want to be vocal and confident in my needs and I want to honor myself for the work I am doing.

This chick will literally NOT get off my back 😤

Does anyone else feel like they are their own worst critic sometimes? I know my intentions are good, I’m doing the best I possibly can, and I love my kid more than anything in the universe. Yet I have the hardest time believing those things about myself, or forgiving myself when I make mistakes.

These days, it can be so hard to cultivate a reliable community. So many of us are realizing that even though “it takes a village,” sometimes you have to work pretty hard to find the people who will be in your circle! I also want to point out that many of these are not accessible to people due to finances, proximity, and of course the pandemic.

Where are you finding a community for your only child?

Pretty sure this is the only letterboard announcement in my future ✂️

We’re not at this stage yet, has anyone else out there considered this procedure for their family planning?

I base my parenting decisions on what works best for my family. Stay in your lane 🚗

Is anyone else in the “gap years” of their parenting journey? My kid is still so portable and excited by the tiniest things, and we don’t have a school schedule to adhere to! We are truly living each day however we want, and I am so glad I don’t have any plans for more babies so I can truly enjoy my “gap years”.

New podcast episode today where we talk about this and so much else with my virtual BFF Kaila from podcast ❤️

Every time she reaches to hold my hand, lets out her emotions fearlessly, and falls asleep safely and comfortably in our home— I know I’m on the path I want to be on.