![SMILE // You know what they say, use your smile to change the world...don't let the world change your smile 👱🏼♀️✨Date nights feels with @nudebynature @kookai and a splash of my @kateheussler #crueltyfreebeauty lipgloss in Coral [SHOP the delicious set - link in bio] xx
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#datenight #kookai #kookaiaustralia #kookaiette #nudebynature #samanthawills #kateheussler #summer #bronzed #blonde #tannedandtoned #mumlife #momlife](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/ef8e16c37f5692f052cceaff3bcdb63f/5D65DA8C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/53487483_124581405303491_8917329665913351483_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "SMILE // You know what they say, use your smile to change the world...don't let the world change your smile 👱🏼♀️✨Date nights feels with @nudebynature @kookai and a splash of my @kateheussler #crueltyfreebeauty lipgloss in Coral [SHOP the delicious set - link in bio] xx
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#datenight #kookai #kookaiaustralia #kookaiette #nudebynature #samanthawills #kateheussler #summer #bronzed #blonde #tannedandtoned #mumlife #momlife")
![FIRST BABY // Maya took to her big sister role the day Penelope and I came home from hospital. They really are so much more than just ‘pets’... Mays has been my little companion for 9 strong years - the one that’s always been there through my heartbreak, tears & struggles; shared my successes with boundless energy & cuddles; the best supervisor at meal times & now when feeding Penelope; and the inspiration behind my PETA certified #crueltyfreebeauty lip gloss range - how could my beauty routing hurt Maya!? THAT FACE 😭🐶
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Glam ready with hair by @fabuloushairup & makeup by @makeupmode - with a splash of my Peony Pink lipgloss [the complete delicious set for $30 - shop link in bio] ✨
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#petsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #puppylove #crueltyfree #kateheussler #lipgloss #onlineshopping #makeupmode #fabuloushairup #glam](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/c4259e7cade346d35f1eaa50e9cb8007/5D795E68/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/53169518_410801122829075_5710805098403687492_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "FIRST BABY // Maya took to her big sister role the day Penelope and I came home from hospital. They really are so much more than just ‘pets’... Mays has been my little companion for 9 strong years - the one that’s always been there through my heartbreak, tears & struggles; shared my successes with boundless energy & cuddles; the best supervisor at meal times & now when feeding Penelope; and the inspiration behind my PETA certified #crueltyfreebeauty lip gloss range - how could my beauty routing hurt Maya!? THAT FACE 😭🐶
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Glam ready with hair by @fabuloushairup & makeup by @makeupmode - with a splash of my Peony Pink lipgloss [the complete delicious set for $30 - shop link in bio] ✨
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#petsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #puppylove #crueltyfree #kateheussler #lipgloss #onlineshopping #makeupmode #fabuloushairup #glam")
![BREAST REFUSAL // I didn't even know there was such a thing before my baby came along!! Penelope was exclusively breastfed from birth; I thought she was feeding & sleeping like a dream baby (on a 4 hour cycle from delivery) & I'd hit the jackpot with the perfect baby... It came as a HUGE surprise when, at 4 weeks, the midwives told me she wasn't gaining the desired weight they wanted to see for her milestones [insert many tears of thinking I was a terrible mother]. During the same visit I was told Penelope had a 'tongue tie' and it was corrected immediately by a specialist here in Sydney. What I didn't expect was to then have a baby completely reject my breast afterwards.
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At every feed (8 feeds a day x 40min of screaming like I was trying to murder her) I listened to her in utter distress about a process (breastfeeding) that I originally thought of as being completely 'natural.' From 5 to 10 weeks I expressed every day for 8 hours to then feed Penelope via a bottle whilst spending ENDLESS hours in the company of lactation specialists and on speed dial with the Australian Breastfeeding Association - all in an attempt to get her back on my breast. No amount of trying all their 20 years+ of experience/techniques, skin on skin, listening to women tell me I should eat this, take this supplement... etc has made her go back on. .
This has been my view for 16 weeks... The hardest thing for me as a mother so far has been accepting breastfeeding hasn't worked for us. Penelope's "breast refusal" has made me all the more wiser to the concept of #FedIsBest. I'm 100% for breastfeeding, though not to the extent of starving my baby. A message to all the mothers out there - YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. Keep going xx
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#breastrefusal #breastfeeding #australianbreastfeedingassociation #tonguetie #penelopeheussler #kateheussler #medela #expressing #breastmilk #expressedbreastmilk](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/7c2698fcbfbaba26766a36fcc3b047d3/5D66784C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/52014113_434082947363407_1699481463991112478_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "BREAST REFUSAL // I didn't even know there was such a thing before my baby came along!! Penelope was exclusively breastfed from birth; I thought she was feeding & sleeping like a dream baby (on a 4 hour cycle from delivery) & I'd hit the jackpot with the perfect baby... It came as a HUGE surprise when, at 4 weeks, the midwives told me she wasn't gaining the desired weight they wanted to see for her milestones [insert many tears of thinking I was a terrible mother]. During the same visit I was told Penelope had a 'tongue tie' and it was corrected immediately by a specialist here in Sydney. What I didn't expect was to then have a baby completely reject my breast afterwards.
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At every feed (8 feeds a day x 40min of screaming like I was trying to murder her) I listened to her in utter distress about a process (breastfeeding) that I originally thought of as being completely 'natural.' From 5 to 10 weeks I expressed every day for 8 hours to then feed Penelope via a bottle whilst spending ENDLESS hours in the company of lactation specialists and on speed dial with the Australian Breastfeeding Association - all in an attempt to get her back on my breast. No amount of trying all their 20 years+ of experience/techniques, skin on skin, listening to women tell me I should eat this, take this supplement... etc has made her go back on. .
This has been my view for 16 weeks... The hardest thing for me as a mother so far has been accepting breastfeeding hasn't worked for us. Penelope's \"breast refusal\" has made me all the more wiser to the concept of #FedIsBest. I'm 100% for breastfeeding, though not to the extent of starving my baby. A message to all the mothers out there - YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. Keep going xx
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#breastrefusal #breastfeeding #australianbreastfeedingassociation #tonguetie #penelopeheussler #kateheussler #medela #expressing #breastmilk #expressedbreastmilk")
What Being a ‘Stay at Home Mother’ Means To Me
What Being a ‘Stay at Home Mother’ Means To Me
Penelope is going on 13 weeks and I’m feeling like the most blessed Mumma in the whole world. It’s been a long road and learning process. And with that my own opinion on what defines a ‘stay at home mum’
