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    BF v FF shame and “attachment theory”

    @pastorchrisparker I hope it helps! ❤️ I feel like newborns are stressful enough without having additional guilt for making the objectively best choice for your family, just because that choice isn't the same as others. I post about this a lot, but one of the things I've found is that there is...
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    BF v FF shame and “attachment theory”

    @pastorchrisparker I think for me, the #1 thing showing breastfeeding isn't necessary for attachment is how much my daughter is attached to her dad. Obviously, he never breastfed her, but she's extremely attached to him and always has been. I think, to me, the quality of your relationship is...
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    Can’t Lose the Damn Weight - 2 Years Postpartum

    @lucerobear Me too! My focus has been on how I feel vs the numbers or how I look. Am I eating more foods that make me feel good, or am I eating foods that make me feel like crap? How does the food I'm eating benefit my body? Am I drinking enough water to feel hydrated? How can I make nutritious...
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    Your experiences formula feeding in public

    @eilightened I think you're spot on with your comment: no matter what you do or how you feed your babies, mothers will get judged for being mothers in public. But it's not by everyone, really just the people rude enough to say something. Realizing that those people are being incredibly rude...
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    Always justifying how I take care of LO

    @basketballboy99 I agree with this. This is why I largely don't post anything on social media anymore -- many people feel almost uncontrollably compelled to vomit unsolicited advice about how you're doing it all wrong. If people do comment, not justifying yourself and instead using the above...
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    Income keeps going up but husband doesn’t want to outsource any chores

    @monkeym24 This is exactly the mindset that I'm using to keep myself from overworking myself -- if I'm not getting paid more money to offset the stress elsewhere in my life, I'm not taking on more stress. And if you do take on more stress to increase your income, I think it's well worth it to...
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