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Q & A Session with Lisa Stout : Part 3
Q & A Session with Lisa Stout : Part 3

As we all know, whenever we see a newborn in an infant carrier, we always wanna take a peek at the baby and “ohh” and “ahhh” over it. I knew this may be a little difficult for me because my baby wasn’t the typical “perfect” baby most people expect to see, however, I was as proud as they come! She’s mine and I’m hers, so take a peek if you like.

Here’s where it gets tricky. We were standing in line waiting to check out and the lady in front of me took a step back to see my baby. As she looks into her infant carrier, she gasped and looked at me as if I didn’t know my baby had an opening in her lip. She didn’t say a word. She looked like she felt sorry for me, as if I didn’t know.

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Q & A Session with Lisa Stout : Part 2
Q & A Session with Lisa Stout : Part 2

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to Lisa Stout, the mother of Allie, who was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Allie is now 27 years old, just received her Master’s degree, and is a practicing speech language pathologist! You can find Part 1: Raising Allie here! Today, Lisa will share with us all about their families journey through hospital stays, surgeries, and raising Allie and her two siblings.

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Disability EducationMacy Gilsoncleft lip and palate, cleft lip, Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, motherhood Q&A, motherhoodComment
You Are Enough
You Are Enough

Hey Mama, 

Just wanted to check in on you. In a social media world full of bloggers and photographers with seemingly perfect lives, real motherhood can seem lonely. I want you to know that you are enough. You are good enough. You are smart enough. You are pretty enough. You are strong enough. 

You. Are. Enough.

Your sweet little babe looks up to you in a million ways and there isn’t a better, more qualified mama than you. Take some time for yourself today. You deserve it. In fact, you deserve to take time for yourself every day. Yep, you heard me, every. single. day. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but it does have to be something. 

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