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Riley Strahm | Wellness + Motherhood

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mothering five (3 + twins) 🪲
musings of living against the grain, being in sync with nature and following Jesus’s way 🕊️

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✨Fall Giveaway!!✨
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Yes, you can breastfeed.
Yes, even with twins.

Mothers in our community have come together to generously share their experiences, their joys, hardships & real reflections to encourage YOU. swipe for their wisdom & comment VILLAGE to learn how you can be resourced both through connection with fellow twin mothers & access our growing resource library. You belong here.

Kara shares “Exclusively breastfeeding twins is not only possible; it’s life changing! We had to work very hard to get baby A to this point. It took seven months, but now that they’re both EBF, there’s no more prepping formula or washing bottles or combo feeding. I refused to believe that my supply couldn’t increase after 12 weeks or that it wasn’t important to latch him before every feed, even when he wasn’t getting nutrition from me due to a heart condition. Because of our perseverance, now I can feed my babies anywhere, anytime, they’re getting the gold standard in nutrition, and we have an amazing bond.”

Frankie shares “I will never regret fighting for my twins’ latches or the hours I’ve spent pumping. Giving them breastmilk has been such a gift and a way for me to feel a deep bond with two babies at once.”

Alex reflects “Once I found out I was pregnant with twins I was so nervous about what breastfeeding would look like. Having 3 older children and nursing them until their toddler years it was always such a beautiful experience I knew I wanted with my twins. With the right care and support it is absolutely possible to nurse twins! A bonus is watching them hold hands while tandem feeding🥹”

Emily shares “Breastfeeding went from the hardest thing about having twins to the easiest part, it was a postpartum battle worth persevering through. I’m so grateful to my girls for their hard work alongside my own.”

Riley reflects “As a mom who has breastfed 3 singletons and tandem fed after each new baby we welcomed, I can say that nursing newborn twins is very different and is definitely a learning curve. Learning comfy positions, what pillows you like, where you like to sit, how to do it on the go - it takes time and intentionality even as a seasoned mom who was still nursing my 1 year old, I still

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If your friends won’t make music videos with you, I don’t wantteemmmm💅🏼😂 #momfriends #girlsnight

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Thanks, April, for all the happy days 🍄🪺⚡️⚘️🐝🌞

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“I believe that if moms understood how strategic their roles were in this battle for the hearts and minds of the next generation, they would grow in excitement about this great job God created them to fulfill” - Sally Clarkson

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🤍Hear my heart.

•I firmly believe this.

•Mamas have a vital role.

•We’re helping to shape the hearts of the next generation.

The world wants us to buy the lie that motherhood: -is not important
-It’s not fulfilling
-it’s boring
-there’s no way you could survive off of one income
-Your talents are being wasted.

❌Lies.

Satan is excellent at deceiving us. Don’t you think there’s little that would make him happier than destroying the next generation?

If he can get us distracted from discipling, teaching, training our children to grow up in the Lord, he has succeeded. 💁🏼‍♀️

💣We have one job only we can do. No one else can be your child’s mama.

Have you ever stopped to think about the heroes of the faith and their mothers? 🤔

•I love to think about David’s Mama singing spiritual truths over him.
•I love to think about Daniel’s mom teaching him to pray daily and what an impact that had on him staying strong for the Lord when he was taken from his family so young.

❓Don’t you think the intentional routines and disciplines these mothers had in place helped to shape the lives of their children for God?

➡️ We may be shaping the next Daniel. We’ll never know if we don’t get intentional.
➡️ We have more opportunities than ever to be distracted. But our job has not changed.

✨The day we brought a baby into this world we took on the responsibility for their soul. It is not anyone else’s job to pour into them everyday. It is ours. If that’s not a high calling then I don’t know what is.

🔥It may be harder to measure the outcomes at home than in a workplace, but they are far more eternal. It may be less rewarding to wipe the nose and persevere in the daily training than to meet that specific goal on the job, but which one will last?

Am I saying that no mama should ever work? NO.

Am I saying your job at home is far more important? ABSOLUTELY.

Use the moments you have.

Be INTENTIONAL.

🫶🏼Reel inspo from @sevenstrahms

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En este vídeo aparece una mamá con un fular de tejido talla 7 🤍
Además de sus gemelos, tiene más peques y necesita algo básico: manos libres.

Gracias @sevenstrahms por tu hermoso vídeo.

Los bebés demandan.
Lloran, piden alimento y no esperan a que mamá haya terminado con el cole, la casa o los mayores.
Y ella sigue… porque el día a día no se para.

Por eso se coloca el fular y lleva a los dos a la vez, pudiendo atenderles sin dejar de cuidar a los demás.
No es casualidad: ha porteado mucho antes a sus hijos mayores y su cuerpo ya sabe cómo sostener, ajustar y acompañar 💪🏼

Si tú también quieres aprender a portear y sentirte segura haciéndolo, escríbeme 💬
Estoy aquí para ayudarte.

#ReciénNacido #PorteoErgonómico #Portabebé #BebésMellizos #mellizos

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Sometimes, choosing not to be a member of the “victim of motherhood” club is hard. I struggle with being tired a lot, but today I’m choosing to override that tired and try out a new breakfast recipe! Even with a fussy baby. It’s Cottage Cheese Egg Bites from @sevenstrahms breakfast and dinner meal plan! #realisticmotherhood #biblicalmotherhood #wecandoallthingsthroughchrist

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