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Tag Archives: motherhood

Our Invitations Are Numbered: The Shortest Longest Season of Motherhood

2 / 9 / 194 / 14 / 20
Our Invitations Are Numbered

I wrote this post a year ago when I had three kids under five. I was very tired then—still am. I never published it because I didn’t want to make anyone feel “guilty” about having a hard time with mothering in the early years. Many mamas write about embracing motherhood only to have others come… Read More

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Listen to Mothers: The Need for Change in Hospital Births

11 / 30 / 184 / 14 / 20
Listen to Mothers

They didn’t listen. Sometimes I watch my birth videos with my children (or I guess I should say, my ‘just after birth’ videos since births can’t be filmed at our hospital). And every time I’m sad. Deeply, deeply sad. Because a few years removed from my births, I see the bigger picture…I watch and hear… Read More

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Sleepless Nights

9 / 8 / 189 / 7 / 18

Dear yayas, My baby is not sleeping through the night. He is five months old. I have a lot of friends with babies under age two and I feel like people ask me all the time if my baby is “sleeping through the night.” He’s not. In fact, he’s up quite a few times, nurses,… Read More

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Finding Balance

7 / 14 / 187 / 5 / 18

Dear yayas, I’m drowning. As a mom, wife, employee, daughter, friend, in everything and in every way. I feel like I’m not doing enough or not focusing on the right thing at the right time. It’s like I’m constantly putting out fires just to turn around and put out more. I can’t help but feel… Read More

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Socially Acceptable Answers

6 / 23 / 185 / 30 / 18

Dear yayas, How do I answer people’s constant questions about motherhood and my baby? I feel like people ask questions all the time like “Did you just fall in love with the baby the second you laid eyes on her?” or “Don’t you just love being a mom? Isnt’ it the best?” The truth is,… Read More

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“Help” From Others

5 / 19 / 185 / 21 / 18

Dear yayas, I’m a single mom. My daughter and I are doing just fine. But it is starting to feel like other people think we aren’t or something. I keep getting a lot of offers to “help” that aren’t actually helpful. For example, people wanting to watch the baby (she’s too young to be left… Read More

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5 Myths About Breastfeeding: An Article for New Moms

5 / 11 / 184 / 14 / 20

Breastfeeding is amazing. Being a new mom is amazing. Your newborn baby is amazing. The learning curve of it all is…overwhelming. Especially when it comes to the basics like sleep and breastfeeding. While sleep is a whole other topic, here are 5 myths about breastfeeding to keep in mind when thinking about your short term… Read More

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First Mother’s Day

5 / 5 / 185 / 1 / 18

Dear yayas, This will be my first Mother’s Day as a mom. It feels really special to me, something I’ve waited for my whole life. I know this sounds silly, but I feel like my husband doesn’t realize just how important this day is for me. I don’t want to be disappointed if he ends… Read More

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Lori Beth Auldridge is a mama bear to three little girls. She and her husband Chris run a renovation business in upcountry Maui. Lori Beth dreams up the designs and Chris makes all those dreams come to life. Her days are filled with her favorite things... coffee, writing, homeschooling, babywearing, audiobooks, binge reading parenting articles, miniature goats, fancy chickens, exploring Maui, moms groups, and more coffee. Yayamamas is her way of spreading aloha and using her B.A., M.A., & M.F.A. degrees to put more good into the world.

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