{"id":6002,"date":"2014-09-22T08:08:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T12:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2014-09-22T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T18:48:46","slug":"magical-mommies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/magical-mommies\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Mommies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/life-lessons-from-frozen\/\"><i>Frozen<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>mania in my home, it\u2019s no surprise that my girls have become rather obsessed with Elsa, and her magic.\u00a0 Honeybun started asking me if real people have magic and I always answer \u201cI have magic\u201d to which she usually giggles and says something like \u201cno you don\u2019t!\u201d or \u201cshow me then!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while she may be skeptical, I know the truth: This mommy is magic! (All mommies are.)<\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<b>womb<\/b>\u00a0is magic because it can create, grow and support an ENTIRE life from one single cell until birth without any help or instruction manual needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/021_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"021_21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/021_21.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<b>breasts<\/b>\u00a0are magic because they can provide everything my baby needs for the first 6 months of life and beyond to grow and develop without supplements or support.\u00a0 (And my\u00a0<b>milk<\/b>\u00a0is magic because it is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/20\/breastfeeding-bonanza\/\">perfect for my baby every time<\/a>, no mixing, measuring, warming, sterilizing or waiting, it\u2019s the only true \u201cready to feed,\u201d anytime, anywhere.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wpid-IMG_20140330_120218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_20140330_120218.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wpid-IMG_20140330_120218-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<b>arms<\/b>\u00a0are magic because they can carry a tired baby, keep my kids safe from harm and my\u00a0<b>hugs<\/b>\u00a0are magic because they can comfort a sick or scared child and wrap her in love and warmth when they need it most.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC09700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC09700-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<b>kisses<\/b>\u00a0are magic because they can heal any boo-boo and my\u00a0<b>tickles<\/b>\u00a0are magic because they can turn a frown upside down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC08256.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC08256-1024x680.jpg\" width=\"326\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<b>love<\/b>\u00a0is magic because it is ever changing but never wavering and never ending, no matter what.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC09992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC09992-1024x680.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0Frozen\u00a0mania in my home, it\u2019s no surprise that my girls have become rather obsessed with Elsa, and her magic.\u00a0 Honeybun started asking me if real people have magic and I always answer \u201cI have magic\u201d to which she usually giggles and says something like \u201cno you don\u2019t!\u201d or \u201cshow me then!\u201d And while she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-mommys-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6007,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions\/6007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}