by Jessica Martin-Weber
When we’re lonely, exhausted, and confused, parenting gets harder. When we’re sore, conflicted, and struggling, despair can creep in. So can resentment and anger and doubt. Burn out.
And when feeding our baby isn’t as natural as we thought it would be, our confidence can erode. Not just in the short term, it can leave a quiet burning question in our core than leads to us feeling unworthy every step of our parenting journey.
You guys, parenting is a long road.
Our children deserve to have parents that are supported, parents that are connected, parents that are healing, parents that are growing.
Some of us get to have trying to conceive stories that are easy and fun. Some of us get to have pregnancy experiences that are glowing and radiant. Some of us get to have birthing ways that are moving and empowering. Some of us get to enjoy infant feeding journeys that are simple and sweet.
Some of us don’t.
All of our stories matter. Hearing and sharing all of them help not only us in sharing them but others in hearing them. And seeing them. And sharing them again.
Normalizing parenting, normalizing motherhood.
Earth Mama Angel Baby, The Leaky Boob, and MommyCon are teaming up to help us do just that. Together. Because we don’t have to go this parenting road alone.
For 2016 I’m headed to Seattle, Austin, DC, Costa Mesa, Orlando, and San Jose with MommyCon thanks to the support of Earth Mama Angel Baby. Earth Mama Angel Baby founder, Melinda Olsen and I sat down over lunch and shared our stories with each other and our shared belief that supporting parents and nurturing mothers is caring for babies and the future generations. My dear friend poured her wisdom into me , impressing on me even more the importance of meeting mom’s where they are and celebrating the love they give. MommyCon is all about that and building community around the country that facilitates those very same goals.
So we’re working together to help make it happen.
Inspired by the thousands of women who have shared their feeding stories with me, I’ll be talking at MommyCon about What Love Tastes Like- Feeding with love and the impact of infant feeding on long term parenting with a look at the importance of telling our stories and how we do so.
It would be wonderful to see you there.
Which is why we’re having a giveaway! A little bit of Earth Mama Angel Baby care and 6 pair of tickets. Five lucky winners will get to take themselves and a friend or a partner to MommyCon in the city of their choice and receive a Little Something For Baby from Earth Mama Angel Baby and one lucky winner with receive the grand prize bundle of Jessica’s Favorite Things from Earth Mama Angel Baby and a pair of tickets to the MommyCon event of winner’s choice with a VIP upgrade to the Earth Mama Angel Baby VIP event with me (retail value: $284.89).
Giveaway
1 lucky grand-prize winner will receive:
Jessica’s Favorite Things from Earth Mama Angel Baby. ($184.89 retail value.)
2 tickets to the 2016 MommyCon City of your choice with Earth Mama Angel Baby VIP upgrade with The Leaky Boob. ($100 value.)
5 lucky winners will receive:
1 Earth Mama Angel Baby A Little Something For Baby with tiny tote bag. ($19.95 retail value.)
2 tickets to the 2016 MommyCon City of your choice. ($90 value.)
MommyCon DC! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
If I go to mommycon, I think I’d go to DC, since I have a sister that lives there and it would be a nice excuse to visit!
I would go to Seattle!!
If I could go to MommyCon this year I would go to DC as it’s the closest and I could visit with family.
I think I would choose to go to Orlando.
What an amazing giveaway! Everyone talks about how amazing Mommycon is, it would be awesome to go 🙂
P.S. I would probably choose Seattle
What an exciting contest!
I am a full time SAHM and a full time student taking online courses. I am also planning to start my own business soon and taking each new step as I gather knowledge from my classes. It is a busy world we live in!
I would choose d.c its closer to me than all the others.
I’d like to go to Charlotte if there was one or Atlanta
I want to go to mommycon ive never gone before.. Hopefully there’s one in los angeles 🙂
I would go to DC! My family is from Northern Virginia, so I would take my cousin with me! We would have a blast!
It may sound bad but I don’t think I show myself much love. I’m ways putting my husband aND kids before myself. Which is how it should be I believe. I mean I guess coloring my hair to feel prettier is showing myself love? Because that’s all I pretty much do lol
I would attend the DC event 🙂
I would love to go to Mommycon DC!
If we -we being my s/o and I- won the tickets, we would go to MommyCon DC, as it’s only a short train-wide away and would be the perfect time for a little vacation!
This stuff looks great!
I have a general admission ticket to DC but would love to be able to provide a ticket for my roommate/ driving partner and to have VIP tickets!
My husband just bought my airplane ticket to OC! I have been following you since my first pregnancy. I have two under two and want to experiance this with them. I cannot wait to finally see you in person! I have had difficulty breastfeeding my newborn. It is hard since I am the only one in my family to ever breastfeed. It will be wonderful to be around like minded women
I would choose AUSTIN! Whooo!!
San Jose!
I would go to the MommyCon in Orlando! Our airport just started direct flights to Orlando.
I would love to be able to go in Orlando (since I missed Atlanta)!
Already went to mommycon chicago but would love the cali one!
If I could go to MommyCon, I’d go to the Austin one (despite living in Michigan) so that I could take my friend who lives there and recently found herself a single mom! If anyone deserves a nice break, it’s her.
I am planning on going to MommyCon DC!
Orange county
Wherever is closer, I live in PA!
I would LOVE to go to MommyCon Austin! We recently moved back to TX and after 2 kids, 3 moves, and a major career change all in the past 2 years, I’m reaching the brink of Burn Out :(. I would love the opportunity to connect with like-minded and like-experience mamas and to rekindle the drive and reckless abandon I started this exhilarating existence of motherhood with in order to be the best mama for my littles as I further dive into the crazy waters of toddlerhood.
I would love to win tickets to Seattle mommycon!
I would go to Mommycon in Austin. It’s the closest to me.
If I won I would like to go to the Chicago Mommy Con
I would love to go to the Austin MommyCon!
Can’t wait to see you at Mommycon!
I’m checking with my girlfriends to see if they want to go to Seattle MommyCon!
Chicago or San Jose 🙂
Chicago is/was the only city within driving distance, but we could probably get a cheapish flight to DC.
I’d love to go to the Orange County one.
DC!
I love mommycon! I would definitely attend in DC! 🙂
I would love to attend the Seattle mommycon and bring my mom with me!
This would be an amazing experience. I would love to go to DC or Atlanta to join fellow moms in speaking about how respective journeys in motherhood. You recently shared a funny little blog post I wrote about comebacks moms can use if shamed for breastfeeding in public. I would love to give you a hug for that and for everything you have done to encourage me and so many others.
I’d choose Texas or Georgia if I won!
Austin, TX! I really missed you guys last year!
Seattle, WA! ☺️
Oh, I’d love to go to Georgia!
Thank you for the opportunity! Love, light, and breastmilk ♡
I would love to go to MommyCon Orlando!
Seattle! We just moved from there and I’d like to catch up with friends and bring our son to visit some places he would like in the city he was born.
I want tickets to Seattle please please please
I would love to check out San Jose’s Mommycon!
I’d love to go to Orlando since I missed Atlanta! Thank you for the chance!
My favorite product is the Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple balm! It’s the best one I have tried so far.