Truth Bombs for Moms

Made these popsicles from scratch and Desi loves them! This is her second one this morning already. When they’re healthy, organic treats, I don’t care how much she eats! 🍓🥥🥬

Ingredients:
Organic Coconut water (we like Harmless coconut water)
Frozen strawberries
Frozen raspberries
Frozen blueberries
Spinach

Blend in bullet, pour into popsicle tray and freeze. Super easy!

Which one were you? I was a 3, straight out of a sitcom!

It hurts my heart to think people were telling her she looks too old. People need to stop judging. ❤️

Well, this is a first. Today I was told I look too old to be breastfeeding.

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Today TLB posted this image and the words below on Instagram and someone commented that the woman (me) in the image looked to old to be breastfeeding a baby. When questioned (hey, maybe she meant the baby looked too old to be breastfeeding? We’ve certainly heard that before) she went on to say I looked old enough to be the child’s grandmother.

And then I laughed my butt off. Hard.

Here’s the thing with breastfeeding, there isn’t a cut off age for Lactation! In fact, even after menopause, some (actual) grandmothers still lactate for their grandbabies. Isn’t that cool?

I don’t care if I look old, trust me, sometimes I feel old. But I don’t see aging as a bad thing, it is life. And life is beautiful. Youth is beautiful. Age is beautiful.

I’m amused in part because I snapped this unfiltered selfie right before going on a date with my partner and was feeling pretty. Didn’t know I was 👵🏻🤱.

The point of the post wasn’t how old I looked though, read below to see what it was really about.

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Several years ago a friend of mine had her first baby. Before her baby was born I offered to be a support and happy to help in anyway including answering questions about pregnancy and birth and helping with breastfeeding. When her baby was born I took them some meals and did some laundry and again offered that she could call any time.

Quickly though it became apparent that she was pulling away and didn’t want me around. I couldn’t understand why she became so distant until months later she told me that she was afraid I would judge her for not breastfeeding. My heart broke. Never in a million years would I judge her, I didn’t know her reasons but I assumed she had made the right decision for her. I tried to assure her of that and she said something to the effect of “well, breastfeeding is kind of who you are and it just isn’t for me. I miss you but I don’t think I could bear to see you disappointed in me.”

Her words stung.

I am not defined by my parenting pathways, nor is anyone else. I breastfeed but that is not who I am or the defining factor of my parenting. I birthed my children but I am more than a baby factory. There is more to me than how I parent, than how my anatomy functions, than the hand I’ve been dealt with my children.

My friend eventually did share with me that she knew she wouldn’t want to breastfeed. She had been sexually assaulted in her teens and her breasts had been a part of that. For her, even the idea of breastfeeding was triggering. Ten months after the birth of her son we had a really incredible conversation that helped us both and put our friendship on the mend. She was afraid that me being a breastfeeder and her not would make her feel judged and that I would look down on her. I told her I missed her and that I hope we can both be more to each other than how we feed our babies.

Our journeys are all different, we are not defined by the paths we find ourselves on. We are more than how we feed our children (as long as we do feed them) and we have more to offer each other than doing everything exactly the same.

Just like ci******es, formaldehyde, mercury, DDT, and asbestos, we often find out that after decades of our government agencies touting the safety and benefits of something, that it’s actually CARCINOGENIC. No biggie, just 50 years of everybody slathering up with toxic skin cream and baking in the sun. Nothing to see here.

A new FDA study, published May 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that the chemicals in sunscreen are absorbed into the bloodstream within hours and stay at levels that far exceed the amount at which the FDA requires safety testing (anything higher than .5 nanograms per milliliter).

Why does this matter? Because the industry has operated on the assumption that since sunscreen is used topically, it doesn’t absorb.

The FDA is now in the process of updating sunscreen regulation requirements.

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“The shocking truth is the fact that both petrochemical sunscreens (avobenzone, methoxycinnamate, padimate-o and the like) and physical sunblocks (chemically-reacted synthetics titanium dioxide and zinc oxide) are not natural and have been found to generate free radicals when exposed to sunlight, which then can attack the nuclei of your skin cells and cause mutations. That’s right, they can cause skin cancer. Furthermore, sunscreen chemicals have been found to pass through the skin and mimic the effects of estrogen, which may disrupt the delicate balance of the body’s natural hormones.
Sunscreen Dangers

Opt for a natural sunscreen, there are lots available online. Alternatively, making your own is a good route. Oils like carrot seed oil and raspberry seed oil both act as excellent sun protection, without the chemicals ☠️

More reading:

https://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/sunscreen-toxins-absorb-into-skin-fda-regulations-are-being-updated

https://returntonow.net/2019/05/17/sunscreen-chemicals-seep-into-bloodstream-new-fda-study-confirms/

Want to have the best chocolate chia seed pudding EVER?? Well, here it is! So good - healthy, but tastes like it’s not! ❤️

1/2 cup chia seeds
1/4 cup cacao
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt
3-5 tbsp maple syrup
1.5 cups coconut milk

This is one of the reasons why we don’t do Cheerios, or really almost any cereal at our house. I know this is mostly about Honey Nut Cheerios, but something tells me regular Cheerios aren’t much different.

Tests Reveal More W**d Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals Tests found more of the w**d killer glyphosate than of some vitamins in samples of oat-based breakfast cereals marketed to children, an Environmental Working Group analysis shows.

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