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Whenever I am asked if having three kids is hard, I say it is a lot, but in a good way. The hardest adjustment for me, if I am being honest, was going from having no children to having one. This sounds insane to anyone, except people with two children. Going from not being a mother to being a mother to a human child is a monumental lifestyle change, but having a second child didn’t feel like a giant leap.…
Happy International Women’s Day! Today is not only a celebration of all of the achievements of all women worldwide, and it is also a day to acknowledge and bring awareness to gender inequality. I was raised a feminist, and I am always surprised to hear that anyone thinks of feminism as having negative connotations. A feminist is someone who believes in gender equality: equal access and opportunities with regards to employment, pay, education, voting rights, healthcare, body autonomy, and more.…
In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m sharing some of my kid’s favorite women’s history books, as well as some new finds and recommendations that I will be ordering to update their library. I am a feminist and as a mother it is important to me to share women’s history with my children. I want my kids to know that they are capable of anything, and ensure that they are reading about more than the male narrative. Here are the…
My daughter Raquel turns two today. The duality of every thought and feeling about today is unshakable. It was both the fastest and the slowest two years. She is my third child, so the first year seemed to fast forward amidst the hustle of our lives, while the second year seemed to move in slow motion during quarantine and our now diluted days.…
Happy National Bow Day! I am new to the bow game, and my daughter needs them as her hair is now at that stage where her bangs hang in her eyes but any haircut she could possibly get would turn her into Lloyd of Dumb And Dumber fame. To save her from her first bad haircut, I’ve tried all of the baby hair accessories and these are the best baby bows:…
When you tell most people you’re having your first baby, they typically say, “congratulations!” When you have your second baby, it’s usually the same. When you’re having your third, you might hear “I got a guy” or questions along the lines of “was it planned,” or even a “you’re insane.” I have to acknowledge the privilege I’ve been granted in life to be able to grow our family. While it took years for us to have our first child, we’ve…
Since many of you were so interested in this book and it went out of stock, I wanted to follow up and share some more books that that are racially diverse that my children love, and a couple that I’ve ordered. My daughter is only 15 months old, and her current favorite books are from this Little Feminist series. I love that these books include beautiful images and stories of women of all colors. Every time we finish one, Raquel…
I will never forget the first time my blonde son asked me why my skin is brown. “Mama has brown skin because mama is Mexican,” I told him. I explained that people of all different colors, white, brown, and black and everything in between, live alongside one other or together, just like our family. I concluded by telling him that this is a big part of what makes us the United States Of America. He didn’t notice the woman who…
It’s moving season, and post-quarantine I feel a major moving boom on the horizon. We moved right before shelter-in-place became a part of our every day vocabulary, and now it feels like we’ve lived in this house forever. Moving with 3 kids under 4 was a lot of logistics, but I implemented a few tricks that helped ease the big change for my brood that really went a long way on a very long day. Here are my 4 best…