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Hey, I'm Shayla! A new mom who questions EVERYTHING, supports every Mama making decisions with love, and sharing what I'm learning about this wild freaking ride called motherhood! I keep it light with a sprinkle of humor and fist fulls of reality. I move with a positive, intuitive, and minimalistic approach, if you relate... you're my people. Let's raise good humans. Apologies in advance for typos... this is why I make videos ;)

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Cloth Diapering One Year Review. Do you cloth diap

Cloth Diapering One Year Review. Do you cloth diaper? Would you consider it?! Tell me what kind of cloth diaper you use and why you love it.

I use all in ones because it was the EASIEST. No stuffing pockets, cleaning I've heard is a little more with these, but with EC I don't clean many poopy diapers so it doesn't' bother me.

I've heard pocket diapers aren't too bad either. Others love their cleaning delivery service.
TELL ME!!

#cothdiapering #clothdiaper #heyshayla #oneyearreview

Grateful for new experiences with the dream boat.

Grateful for new experiences with the dream boat.

Day dates aren’t something we do often… but when we do, man does it fill the cup.

Obviously we love time with our monkey AND we need time just the two of us to connect uninterrupted.

How do you make time for each other?

For us, it’s getting food delivered, eating and chatting after the gremlin goes to bed ❤️
Or using babysitter time to go on a day date!

#daydate #parenthood #vangoghexperience @vangoghminn #heyshayla #mnmama

Caption this photo of AJ 😂😂😂 . I asked in

Caption this photo of AJ 😂😂😂
.
I asked in stories the other day and the captions you came up with were increeedible! 🙌

Adventuring looks a lot different these days.

Scheduling drives around naps, making sure you have the dipes, wipes, snacks and sunblock, and water and camera and stroller or carrier. Maybe you go above and beyond and have a fan or a umbrella for the sun.

It’s hard. But what we keep learning is she always does way better than we give her credit for. She always runs around and shows us the happiness in our surroundings. She teaches us what to do next time to make it easier on us all. And the secret to toddlers is distraction.

Covid definitely slowed our roll but we are learning we just need to do it, enjoy the moments of chasing her around (or letting her chase the birds) and learn from the tough parts.

Being a parent is hard, but if you can remove yourself from the challenges and the stress and get a birds eye… that’s where you find the magic.

Thanks for an epic day @sethoutside looking forward to more.

#duluthmn #roadtripwithatoddler #mnmama #pinkpapapya

Pumping tips and secrets you NEED to know!. @abbyr

Pumping tips and secrets you NEED to know!. @abbyrosegreen has breastfed 3 babies and is now exclusively breast pumping for her third!  I first reached out saying  “it’s breastfeeding week  some exclusive pumping moms had questions too can we do a live next week?”  Abby SO KINDLY told me… EP mom ARE breastfeeding moms… ah duh, THANK YOU! 
Abby is someone who does the research and had allllll the tips you NEED to know if you’re pumping!
 Abby is a cohost of the @herselfpodcast and is SO inclusive and honest on her own social @abbyrosegreen

Thank you thank you thank you!

A few resources shared: @kellymomdotcom for pumping and @juliasway16 for low muscle tone or Down syndrome babies 🙌

#worldbreastfeedingweek #herselfpodcast #heyshayla #exclusivepumping

Breastfeeding over and under supply. @standing_so_

Breastfeeding over and under supply. @standing_so_tall brought all of her passion and knowledge for breastfeeding and taught us the best thing to do in the first 6 weeks to establish a supply!

We talked about how an over and under supply can happen and how to increase / decrease after those first 6 weeks.

The biggest take aways:
1. Everyone’s “normal” is different
2. FIND SUPPORT

She recommended finding that support online “la leche league” or
“IBCLC”International board-certified lactation consultant) in your area.

She also leads support groups at @communitycarriagehouse and FREE weekly group calls on Tuesday. Email communitycarriagehouse@gmail.com to get more info!

#worldbreastfeedingweek #oversupply #undersupply

She night weaned in 2 nights!!. We recently night

She night weaned in 2 nights!!. We recently night weaned our 13 month old and it went waaaay better than I thought it would! It really took 2 nights before she wasn't pissed about not getting the boob at night.
The lead up to THE NIGHT was hard, I was absolutely dreading it.

Have you done this? Share your experience in the comments to encourage others!

There are a million ways to do it. We started by not nursing 11-6am and have eventually shifted to once she falls asleep she doesn't nurse again until the sun comes up.

You also decide how your partner is involved. Do they do it? Do you do it? Do they sleep in a different room? You decide what makes sense for you, in this video I talk about the pros and cons of each.

The one piece of advice I have for you is that you must commit and you HAVE TO KNOW YOUR WHY. When you're tired and she's upset and you know THE THING that will help her, you just want to do it and go back to bed. But for us, we knew our why and were able to stick with it.

If you're thinking about this, GOOD LUCK! You can do it and I promise your baby will be upset, they'll get it and your relationship will stay intact.

Sending you love.

xo Shay

@merit makeup was gifted and I’m LOOOOVING IT and using it everyday. The mascara isn’t waterproof which is what I normally use so I’m trying to get used to that #partner #gifted #Heyshayla #nightweaningtoddler #nightweaning

How you know your at a bachelorette party in your

How you know your at a bachelorette party in your 30s:

- You start the morning with Pedialyte
- You listen to a Spotify playlist called “2000s pregame jams” (highly recommend)… and talk about how good music use to be
- Instead of a stripper you’re excited about the trapeze catcher in yoga pants 🍑
- 2 people can’t attend because they’re pregnant
- a 3rd pregnant lady does attend and fly in bc she’s wild
- You offer to share your pump in the limo
- Do a “pump off” to see who gets more in 5 min
- A few FaceTime home quick to say goodnight to their babies
- Debate from 7p-9p if we should go out … or start “Bridesmaids”
- End up going out for one… after we drink more water
- We lose one that used to sleep on the floor because now she prefers sleeping in her bed💁‍♀️
- Wake up in the morning truly happy you had such a good time AND no hangover

Tell me I’m wrong! (Or that were lame)… or better yet, what I’m missing.

But seriously!!!! This weekend was my sisters bachelorette party and it was SO MUCH FUN!

We started the morning with trapeze 🤯, then (after we showered) a limo picked us up and wheeled us to 2 wineries. After that we headed home are a pen15 cake and went out again for a drink!

I tried so so hard because @unapologeticamber is the ultimate planner and host and I just wanted to give her the very best!

It was so fun to celebrate you Amber! And thanks to the other ladies who helped to make it such a success (and @sethoutside for letting mama go out!) ❤️❤️❤️

Just realizing I didn’t post a picture with Amber’s neck tattoo of @v.cooper2020 face… too many pics to share!

#bachelorette #heyshayla #unapologetic #bacheloretteparty #bachelorettepartyinyour30s

Relationships are not easy. Throw a kid in the mi

Relationships are not easy.

Throw a kid in the mix and you’re simultaneously becoming a new person AND getting to know your partner as a new person.

No small challenge.

Keeping the fire alive when you’re too exhausted to grab another log to throw on is hard… but you must move your feet.

Date nights look a little different these days. We either have to figure out who can watch the babe.
Or we wait until she’s sleeping, order in, eat dinner together, and watch a show together.

Its not so much WHAT we do it’s just important that we do it. That we make time for us.

We schedule this time.
We need this time.
We work for what we want❤️

What do you do to connect with your partner? Game night? Make something? Cook? Therapy? Make them laugh? Give them a gift? Fold laundry together?🤷‍♀️ Different love languages need different things!

#heyshayla #workforwhatyouwant #tohaveandtohold

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