In Mississippi, the average first-time mom is 24.5. In D.C., she’s 30.8. That’s a 6-year gap — basically an entire childhood. 🍼📊

Read here 👉bit.ly/3UZOSVT
#Motherhood #Parenting #Fertility

The tabs never close: meetings and meatballs. If your brain runs work + kitchen, you’re bilingual—not broken. ↓
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#WomenInSTEM #WorkingMom

If your August looked like snacks, deadlines, and stroller loops: same. Here’s what I read, listened to, and cooked (fast).

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#MomLife #WeeknightDinner #August

If your day was workworkwork → kid pickup → dinner → back to work… pull up a chair. I’m in the “overwhelmed but trying” club tonight. 🫶 #WorkingMomLife

What if postpartum rest wasn’t optional, but assumed?
What if food was medicine, not takeout?
What if mothers were protected, not left to “bounce back”?

New post on WenWeWander: Rest Is Not Indulgence
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I mapped the age of first-time moms across the U.S. — it looks like someone dropped a watermelon on America. 🍉

See where your state lands on the “Motherhood Map”
👉 www.datawrapper.de/_/kDIrQ/

#newmom #motherhood #parenting #fertility

Menu board:
🍦 Dole whip—$6
🍗 Turkey leg—$12
🤧 “Is this HFM or heat rash?”—priceless

The receipt no one wants ↓
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#MinnesotaStateFair #MomLife #Parenting

August in Minnesota:
🌽 Fried corn dogs → $7
🧀 Cheese curds → $8
🦠 Hand-foot-mouth → free with daycare admission

Read the full receipt ↓
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#MotherhoodUnfiltered #MinnesotaStateFair #MomLife #ParentingJourney #LateSummer

South Minneapolis is grieving. Annunciation Church & School should be a sanctuary, not a crime scene. Holding every child, parent, and teacher in my heart. If you’re local, check on your people and be extra tender with your kids tonight. 💔 #Minneapolis #EndGunViolence

“Mom guilt” is basically a built-in alarm system with a broken volume knob. I dug into the research on why it’s so loud—and what helps turn it down.

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#momguilt #motherhood #newmomlife #postpartum #mama #parentingtruths #wenwewander