riah riah 💗

[riah riah 💗 @_mxrixhbb]

face.

[NEJ. @NEJRB_]

Forever a high effort mom. I have someone’s childhood in my hands, for that reason alone I could never slack.

[Slim Thick ᥫ᭡ @slim_ma97]

Baby showers are supposed to be thrown FOR you, not BY you.

[Asanwa.sol @Chizitere_xyz]

It was 8 PM on a Friday, and my partner was dead asleep on the living room sofa, still in his work clothes.

I was on FaceTime with a friend who was getting ready for a massive night out. She asked what my weekend plans were, and I flipped the camera to show him resting.
She sighed, doing her makeup. “Girl, doesn't it bother you? You’re young, it's Friday, and you're just watching a man sleep. You deserve the princess treatment. If he really wanted to take you out and show you off, he would.”

I looked at him. I looked at the dark circles under his eyes and the laptop still open on the coffee table.
What my friend didn’t see was that earlier that week, he had quietly taken over two of my biggest bills so I could afford to take a lower-paying job that I actually loved. He had been pulling 14-hour days for months, absorbing all the financial pressure so I could finally breathe.
I didn’t argue with her. I just calmly said,
“He is giving me the soft life. The soft life is me waking up without panic because he goes to war every single day. I’m not going to punish him for returning from that war exhausted.”
The line got quiet. I told her to have fun, hung up, and draped a blanket over him.

The internet has completely warped our idea of what love looks like. It has convinced women that "princess treatment" means endless aesthetic dates, constant entertainment, and a partner who operates with infinite energy.
But a man cannot simultaneously be in the trenches securing your absolute safety, and have the carefree energy of a guy with zero responsibilities.
I realized that night: The ultimate luxury isn't a man who takes you out to be seen. It’s a man who makes your life so incredibly secure that fiercely protecting his rest becomes your biggest priority.

[⚜️Sovereign⚜️ @sauvamemte]

Being sexually assaulted being raped, literally changes the course of your life. It literally alters the course of your life, and some people never ever get back on track. I will never have empathy for a rapist. Please go to hell.

[jelly 🐞 @jellyfisshkiss]

Remember to treat CSAM as a bomb: do not touch, do not share, do not screenshot. Do NOT encourage others to report by linking it, you may think you’re doing good but that spreads it. Report to the hotline (I’ll leave a link) and then report on whatever site/app you’re using.

[OG RENA B @DAJRSMOMMA]

I wanna live long enough to see my kids have kids and they have kids please and thank you🙏🏾

[ForeverVVS💎 @itsbeenboutme_]

I actually do want my daughter to grow up and think she’s way too good for a lot of shit 🤏🏽 do not make my mistakes queen 💯

[Andrea D. Huberwoman, Ph.D. @thegenesisbl0ck]

Giving babies screen time is insane.

[⋆KMꜝ❤︎ @misskerrington]

fortunately for me*

[Midwife Ariel @americanmidwife]

Yes. Hip squeezes. Hold her face and tell her thank you. Assure her. Dote on her, feed her fruit, ask her how she is, kiss her on the forehead. It’s not that damn hard.

[Jamila 🔔 @_iamjamila]

What the FUCKKKK did I just read

[Ashley Fitzgerald @RizomaSchool]

All I am saying about the birth spacing thing is exactly this. Your youngest child needs a lot of your attention, and if you are nursing, they also need your body! Very hard to grow yet another baby and also meet those needs. A 1 year old is still a baby and needs you a LOT!

[Venom Rach ☧ @SocialNomadRach]

I know this is probably a topic digress but nothing says "there are only two sexes" than mothers producing specific milk types for male and female babies.

[Candace @milagracesmom]

My running theory as to the cause of my 38-week stillbirth that happened two weeks after I had Covid is that Covid attacked my placenta.

There’s tonssss of literature available now with cases similar to mine. Baby Aspirin can help thin the blood and prevent related clotting.

[rebekah @rebekah_e_s]

i love babywearing. i have four baby carriers and use them more than my stroller some days. but the amount of unsafe baby wearing i see in public is wild. and in cheap, white labeled "dupe" carriers, no less

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

Me: “At least things can't get any worse”

Things:

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

Yes, a cashier at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That's what jobs are for.

[໊ @sonohoor]

bitch i was depressed for months, nobody noticed. i still showed up for people even when i didn’t know how to show up for myself. that’s why i don’t buy the whole “i was going through something” excuse for treating people badly. we’re all going through something