22
Mar 2020
I cozied up to the weighted blanket trend, and I am finally getting better sleep
The first night I used it, I woke up the next morning asking myself: “Why the heck did it take me so long to get a weighted blanket?”
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03
Feb 2020
My 1 problem with the new ‘self-care’ Barbie
As a parent, I’m not expecting Mattel to introduce my son to self-care. That is my responsibility and I consider it an honor to raise a young man that can freely be whomever he chooses… face mask, meditation app, yoga mat and all!
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06
Jan 2020
20 self-care practices I commit to doing consistently in 2020
Lately, I’ve found myself in a rut that has already led to parental burnout — and we’re just a couple of days into 2020. So I told myself (and my best friend Luwam) that I was going to make a firm commitment to 20 self-care practices this year.
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27
Dec 2019
How the power of “no” has helped to increase my happiness
It wasn’t until my son hit the toddler “no” phase that I began to understand how simply saying “no” can make me happier and probably healthier.
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20
Nov 2019
Mom-Approved: Bibito
When fellow beauty editor-mama friend Annie Tomlin messaged me to ask for my address because she had something she wanted to gift JP and I, I had no idea that it would be the bib of “our” dreams.
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When fellow beauty editor-mama friend Annie Tomlin messaged me to ask for my address because she had something she wanted to gift JP and I, I had no idea that it would be the bib of “our” dreams.
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12
Nov 2019
Children’s books I read with my son that reaffirm the beauty of black people
As a Black mother of a Black son, it is very important that I expose him to children’s books about diversity with illustrations that reaffirm his beauty. And thankfully, there is a plethora of titles that are filled with beautiful, brilliant, curious, wide-eyed, brown beings.
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