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Kenya Raymer

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Welcome to a smorgasbord of all things good! This is my personal campaign to inspire women to be the best version of self. Preaching self-care, happiness & freedom by connecting us through hair, fashion & beauty, travel, storytelling, dance, great food, drinks, more great food, and the occasional rant!

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BLACK PEOPLE, YOU BETTER GET CONTROVERSIAL #takeaknee Saturday... kinda . I asked @dolewite101 to snap the first pic of us from this morning. It's not posed or staged. This organically happened + still it's not totally real. . Selah is having issues with reflux + so sleep or even real rest, has been almost non-existent in the Raymer household. It's like the hunger games, where the challenge keeps changing + you have to find ways to survive the long nights + days, on 30min increments of sleep. It has not been cute like this first photo. . There has been a lot of really hard moments filled with tears... so. many. tears. And, it's only been 2 weeks... shit. But, what I'm not gonna say is that cliché shit, "but it's totally worth it" so you don't think I'm a bad mom or a bad person for thinking I was totally bat-shit crazy for getting us into this! It is hard AF + I don't have to hide these hardships to appear as a good mom. I'm thinking these hardships will make me a good mom, or an alcoholic. This could honestly go either way folks😂. . So for everyone asking, "how's it going!" It's going. It's Saturday + there are totally real moments, like the first two pictures, that are sweet. But mostly, it looks like the last picture, which @dolewite101 says sums up the overall vibe of our house right now😂. . Sending love to all the new mamas who I have crossed paths with on this journey. Also, What the fuck were we thinkin y'all!!!!!!! @walliraymer #WCW🐾 -- What everyone really wants to know... how are Walli + Selah doing!! They are good. We tried the whole smell her blanket + smell her in the car seat, but when she cried, it freaked him out + he barked at her, a lot😂. So, we changed it up to a slow introduction where we gated him off from the master bedroom + just let him watch me with her. Every time she cried, I brought her to him, at the gate + let him smell her and see she was ok. It only took one day to adjust. Now, he barks at us if she's crying too long😂. She is totally unbothered by all he does + his loud barks do. not. phase. her at all💅🏽 -- And, just as I feared... he has made his choice + it is clearly her over me. He's wherever she is + there will be lots more pics of the two to come. Thanks for caring about everyone in our little family💚🐾 #SweetSelahRaymer #WalliTheTerror S E L A H✨ . Selah // (seh-luh; Hebrew) to praise + celebrate; to pause + reflect; an expression similar in purpose to Amen . Selah. The chic who opened my heart far beyond belief, made me realize that I'm pure magic + will be the end of James Raymer @dolewite101. . We aren't religious, and this seemed like such a biblical name for us, but it resonated with me as soon as I read it. I just knew it was hers. I don't know if there will be another time in my life that is more deserving of praise + celebration or more deserving of pause + reflection, than her... Selah. #SweetSelahRaymer -- pc // @rylansriches My postpartum doula Kristin (@exbreastyourself) came by today to get hands on with these titties! She helped with my latch + walked through all 3 of my pumps (ya girl likes options): 1. Avent manual hand pump 2. Spectra S2 electric pump 3. Medela electric pump Selah was supervising from the coziness of her @cozycheekz cradle✨ // SWIPE 👆🏽to see Selah -- I'm breastfeeding on demand + my girl is a great eater, who eats On. The. Hour. throughout the night, so the world's greatest latch combined with the most magical tittie salve in all the lands, is not gonna save my nipples if they don't have time to rest, period. But, a good latch + good tittie salve does go a long way in the name of reprieve. So, thanks for all the great suggestions! -- FYI // A good latch does help + I'm sure the tenderness does go away (pulllllleassssse say this shit goes away🙏🏽) but breastfeeding does hurt while you work it all out + your nipples adjust. Anyone who says it doesn't hurt or isn't supposed to hurt, is a bold-face liar + you can tell'em I said so. I said what I said! One week old+ lookin jusssssss like her papas @dolewite101 #twinsies #SweetSelahRaymer

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BLACK PEOPLE, YOU BETTER GET CONTROVERSIAL #takeaknee Saturday... kinda . I asked @dolewite101 to snap the first pic of us from this morning. It's not posed or staged. This organically happened + still it's not totally real. . Selah is having issues with reflux + so sleep or even real rest, has been almost non-existent in the Raymer household. It's like the hunger games, where the challenge keeps changing + you have to find ways to survive the long nights + days, on 30min increments of sleep. It has not been cute like this first photo. . There has been a lot of really hard moments filled with tears... so. many. tears. And, it's only been 2 weeks... shit. But, what I'm not gonna say is that cliché shit, "but it's totally worth it" so you don't think I'm a bad mom or a bad person for thinking I was totally bat-shit crazy for getting us into this! It is hard AF + I don't have to hide these hardships to appear as a good mom. I'm thinking these hardships will make me a good mom, or an alcoholic. This could honestly go either way folks😂. . So for everyone asking, "how's it going!" It's going. It's Saturday + there are totally real moments, like the first two pictures, that are sweet. But mostly, it looks like the last picture, which @dolewite101 says sums up the overall vibe of our house right now😂. . Sending love to all the new mamas who I have crossed paths with on this journey. Also, What the fuck were we thinkin y'all!!!!!!! @walliraymer #WCW🐾 -- What everyone really wants to know... how are Walli + Selah doing!! They are good. We tried the whole smell her blanket + smell her in the car seat, but when she cried, it freaked him out + he barked at her, a lot😂. So, we changed it up to a slow introduction where we gated him off from the master bedroom + just let him watch me with her. Every time she cried, I brought her to him, at the gate + let him smell her and see she was ok. It only took one day to adjust. Now, he barks at us if she's crying too long😂. She is totally unbothered by all he does + his loud barks do. not. phase. her at all💅🏽 -- And, just as I feared... he has made his choice + it is clearly her over me. He's wherever she is + there will be lots more pics of the two to come. Thanks for caring about everyone in our little family💚🐾 #SweetSelahRaymer #WalliTheTerror S E L A H✨ . Selah // (seh-luh; Hebrew) to praise + celebrate; to pause + reflect; an expression similar in purpose to Amen . Selah. The chic who opened my heart far beyond belief, made me realize that I'm pure magic + will be the end of James Raymer @dolewite101. . We aren't religious, and this seemed like such a biblical name for us, but it resonated with me as soon as I read it. I just knew it was hers. I don't know if there will be another time in my life that is more deserving of praise + celebration or more deserving of pause + reflection, than her... Selah. #SweetSelahRaymer -- pc // @rylansriches My postpartum doula Kristin (@exbreastyourself) came by today to get hands on with these titties! She helped with my latch + walked through all 3 of my pumps (ya girl likes options): 1. Avent manual hand pump 2. Spectra S2 electric pump 3. Medela electric pump Selah was supervising from the coziness of her @cozycheekz cradle✨ // SWIPE 👆🏽to see Selah -- I'm breastfeeding on demand + my girl is a great eater, who eats On. The. Hour. throughout the night, so the world's greatest latch combined with the most magical tittie salve in all the lands, is not gonna save my nipples if they don't have time to rest, period. But, a good latch + good tittie salve does go a long way in the name of reprieve. So, thanks for all the great suggestions! -- FYI // A good latch does help + I'm sure the tenderness does go away (pulllllleassssse say this shit goes away🙏🏽) but breastfeeding does hurt while you work it all out + your nipples adjust. Anyone who says it doesn't hurt or isn't supposed to hurt, is a bold-face liar + you can tell'em I said so. I said what I said! One week old+ lookin jusssssss like her papas @dolewite101 #twinsies #SweetSelahRaymer There's a lot I want to tell you, but I can't right now... bc I'm tired as fuck + still processing my own story. But, I do know that the body, the female body, is probably the most amazing thing I've ever personally witnessed in life + I wasn't ready for any of it. -- @askproy + I were chatting about how you could never be ready... not for pregnancy, the birth, or the recovery. Even if everyone told you their story, you still wouldn't get it, bc each of our stories, is our own. And, that's probably a good thing, bc if I could realllllly get it... I might not have chose this life. It's real fucking real out here y'all. -- But if there is one thing that rises to the top of what I must tell you, right now, its that skin to skin heals almost everything from your heart to your body✨ #SweetSelahRaymer
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