A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler<\/title><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\"\/> <meta name=\"description\" content=\"They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d hurricanes of hope when the night feels infinite. She sheds the imitation designer armor, lets her stretch marks ripple\"\/><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\"\/><meta name=\"author\" content=\"twheeler\"\/><meta name=\"p:domain_verify\" content=\"26d7c013beccd0e05268eba571f08634\"\/><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"family\"\/><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/\"\/><meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.8.3.2\"\/><meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\"\/><meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baby and The Toddler\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d hurricanes of hope when the night feels infinite. She sheds the imitation designer armor, lets her stretch marks ripple\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\"\/><meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T15:12:52+00:00\"\/><meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T15:12:52+00:00\"\/><meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/babyandthetoddler\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@babyandthetoddler\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d hurricanes of hope when the night feels infinite. She sheds the imitation designer armor, lets her stretch marks ripple\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@babyandthetoddler\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"twheeler\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\"\/> <link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/script.tapfiliate.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.wp.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/a.omappapi.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.wordpress.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/fundingchoicesmessages.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/c0.wp.com\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Baby and The Toddler \u00bb Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/feed\/\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Baby and The Toddler \u00bb Comments Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/comments\/feed\/\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Baby and The Toddler \u00bb A Mother\u2019s Freedom Comments Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/feed\/\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"all-css-55c8bd0b8f403ae9955a1d676269865b\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/boost-cache\/static\/7424a3dee5.min.css\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"only-screen-and-max-width-768px-css-7ca0a8111b0f8d8945ecdb3c8f0ff750\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/boost-cache\/static\/c3d0c55c8c.min.css\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"only screen and (max-width: 768px)\"\/>  <link rel=\"https:\/\/api.w.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-json\/\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"JSON\" type=\"application\/json\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4366\"\/><link rel=\"EditURI\" type=\"application\/rsd+xml\" title=\"RSD\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/xmlrpc.php?rsd\"\/><meta name=\"generator\" content=\"WordPress 6.8.3\"\/><meta name=\"generator\" content=\"WooCommerce 9.9.5\"\/><link rel=\"shortlink\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcjm0D-18q\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"oEmbed (JSON)\" type=\"application\/json+oembed\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabyandthetoddler.com%2Fa-mothers-freedom%2F\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" title=\"oEmbed (XML)\" type=\"text\/xml+oembed\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabyandthetoddler.com%2Fa-mothers-freedom%2F&format=xml\"\/><meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Site Kit by Google 1.166.0\"\/>    <link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en-US\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/\"\/> <meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/\"\/><meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baby and The Toddler\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when \u2026\"\/><meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T11:12:52-04:00\"\/><meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"twheeler\"\/><meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"RBoNavicP02g913bhm9phIcct9x4a_Ek5Ke7-CC59eY\"\/><link rel=\"pingback\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/xmlrpc.php\"\/> <noscript\/> <meta name=\"google-adsense-platform-account\" content=\"ca-host-pub-2644536267352236\"\/><meta name=\"google-adsense-platform-domain\" content=\"sitekit.withgoogle.com\"\/> <meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Elementor 3.29.2; features: additional_custom_breakpoints, e_local_google_fonts; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto\"\/>    <link rel=\"icon\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-32x32.png\" sizes=\"32x32\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-192x192.png\" sizes=\"192x192\"\/><link rel=\"apple-touch-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-180x180.png\"\/><meta name=\"msapplication-TileImage\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-270x270.png\"\/><\/head><body class=\"wp-singular post-template-default single single-post postid-4366 single-format-standard custom-background wp-theme-blossom-fashion wp-child-theme-fashion-diva theme-blossom-fashion cookies-not-set woocommerce-demo-store woocommerce-no-js eio-default translatepress-en_US custom-background-image custom-background custom-background-color custom-background underline full-width elementor-default elementor-kit-136\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\">  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/ns.html?id=GTM-MM3K4FS\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden\"><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<p role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Store notice\" class=\"woocommerce-store-notice demo_store\" data-notice-id=\"ae240266238f1ea373e8c212b293708f\" style=\"display:none;\">You deserve it use MOMSTRONG for 10% off <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\" class=\"woocommerce-store-notice__dismiss-link\">Dismiss<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"site\"><a aria-label=\"skip to content\" class=\"skip-link\" href=\"#content\">Skip to Content<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-4366\" class=\"post-4366 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-family\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/matsikotroy.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20231124_184227.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/matsikotroy.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20231124_184227.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>They say a mother should be a still pond,<\/p>\n<p>but she is the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Watch her:<\/p>\n<p>waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter,<\/p>\n<p>tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>hurricanes of hope when the night feels infinite.<\/p>\n<p>She sheds the imitation designer armor,<\/p>\n<p>lets her stretch marks ripple like topography maps,<\/p>\n<p>her wrinkles etching sonnets of survival.<\/p>\n<p>In her chaos, there\u2019s a cosmos\u2014<\/p>\n<p>a galaxy of mismatched Legos,<\/p>\n<p>half-drunk coffee cups,<\/p>\n<p>and \u201cI love yous\u201d yelled over math homework.<\/p>\n<p>Her freedom roars, not in spite of the mess,<\/p>\n<p>but because of it\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/matsikotroy.wordpress.com\/2025\/05\/11\/a-mothers-freedom\/\">A Mother\u2019s Freedom<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-181928871-4366-692063f099f6b\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=14.7#blog_id=181928871&post_id=4366&origin=babyandthetoddler.com&obj_id=181928871-4366-692063f099f6b\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-181928871-4366-692063f099f6b\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px\">Discover more from Baby and The Toddler<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\">\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Post Navigation<\/h2>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"newsletter\">\n<div class=\"blossomthemes-email-newsletter-wrapper \" id=\"boxes-177\" style=\"background: #ddbd89; color: #000000 \">\n<p><h3>Welcome<\/h3>\n<p> <span>Let’s keep in touch!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-posts\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">You may also like…<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<article class=\"post\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/daily-habits-as-a-mom-that-improves-my-quality-of-life\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail\"> <\/a><\/article>\n<article class=\"post\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/infant-car-seat-or-convertible-which-is-better\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-280x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blossom-fashion-popular size-blossom-fashion-popular wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-280x215.jpg 280w, https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-435x332.jpg 435w, https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-260x200.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" data-attachment-id=\"4058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/infant-car-seat-or-convertible-which-is-better\/childrencarchairscollectionprovidesafeandcomfortabletravelfor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Shutterstock","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Copyright (c) 2023 ivector\\\/Shutterstock. No use without permission.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Children,Car,Chairs,Collection,,Provide,Safe,And,Comfortable,Travel,For","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Children,Car,Chairs,Collection,,Provide,Safe,And,Comfortable,Travel,For\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-280x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blossom-fashion-popular size-blossom-fashion-popular wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-280x215.jpg 280w, https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-435x332.jpg 435w, https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-260x200.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" data-attachment-id=\"4058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/infant-car-seat-or-convertible-which-is-better\/childrencarchairscollectionprovidesafeandcomfortabletravelfor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Shutterstock","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Copyright (c) 2023 ivector\\\/Shutterstock. No use without permission.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Children,Car,Chairs,Collection,,Provide,Safe,And,Comfortable,Travel,For","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Children,Car,Chairs,Collection,,Provide,Safe,And,Comfortable,Travel,For\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/car-seat-cover.jpg\"\/> <\/a><\/article>\n<article class=\"post\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/30-things-that-makes-me-as-a-mom-happy\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail\"> <\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p> <template id=\"tp-language\" data-tp-language=\"en_US\"\/> Created With Parents in Mind<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-subscribe-modal\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-subscribe-modal__modal-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#dddddd;border-width:1px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:32px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:32px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c99f67bc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:26px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Discover more from Baby and The Toddler<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:1em;font-size:15px\">Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center jetpack-subscribe-modal__close\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:0;font-size:14px\"><a href=\"#\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" alt=\"fbpx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=295581428982774&ev=PageView&noscript=1\"\/> <\/noscript>    <span id=\"wpdUserContentInfoAnchor\" style=\"display:none;\" rel=\"#wpdUserContentInfo\" data-wpd-lity=\"\">wpDiscuz<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wpd-bubble-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"wpd-bubble\"><default1:svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><default1:path class=\"wpd-bubble-plus-first\" d=\"M19 13h-6v6h-2v-6H5v-2h6V5h2v6h6v2z\"\/><default1:path class=\"wpd-bubble-plus-second\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><\/default1:svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"wpd-bubble-add-message\">Would love your thoughts, please comment.<span id=\"wpd-bubble-add-message-close\"><a href=\"#\">x<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><textarea id=\"wpd-editor-source-code\"\/><button id=\"wpd-insert-source-code\">Insert<\/button><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"wpd-editor-uid\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"woocommerce-store-notice demo_store\" data-notice-id=\"c8a6d5cc8c26a42a7439e0266d455f2e2\" style=\"display:none;\">We noticed you’re visiting from United Kingdom (UK). We’ve updated our prices to Pound sterling for your shopping convenience. <a href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/a-mothers-freedom\/?currency=USD\">Use United States (US) dollar instead.<\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"woocommerce-store-notice__dismiss-link\">Dismiss<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"all-css-c59706be090d4ee249173d19088bb019\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/wp-content\/boost-cache\/static\/78e3801da4.min.css\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/master.html?ver=20251121#ver=20251121\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"likes-master\" name=\"likes-master\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"cookie-notice\" role=\"dialog\" class=\"cookie-notice-hidden cookie-revoke-hidden cn-position-bottom\" aria-label=\"Cookie Notice\" style=\"background-color: rgba(50,50,58,0.58);\">\n<div class=\"cookie-notice-container\" style=\"color: #fff\"><span id=\"cn-notice-text\" class=\"cn-text-container\">We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.<\/span><span id=\"cn-notice-buttons\" class=\"cn-buttons-container\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"cn-accept-cookie\" data-cookie-set=\"accept\" class=\"cn-set-cookie cn-button\" aria-label=\"Ok\" style=\"background-color: #00a99d\">Ok<\/a><a href=\"#\" id=\"cn-refuse-cookie\" data-cookie-set=\"refuse\" class=\"cn-set-cookie cn-button\" aria-label=\"No\" style=\"background-color: #00a99d\">No<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/babyandthetoddler.com\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"cn-more-info\" class=\"cn-more-info cn-button\" aria-label=\"Privacy policy\" style=\"background-color: #00a99d\">Privacy policy<\/a><\/span><span id=\"cn-close-notice\" data-cookie-set=\"accept\" class=\"cn-close-icon\" title=\"No\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cookie-revoke-container\" style=\"color: #fff\"><span id=\"cn-revoke-text\" class=\"cn-text-container\">You can revoke your consent any time using the Revoke consent button.<\/span><span id=\"cn-revoke-buttons\" class=\"cn-buttons-container\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cn-revoke-cookie cn-button\" aria-label=\"Revoke consent\" style=\"background-color: #00a99d\">Revoke consent<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/body><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js'); <\/script><script> (function(d, s, id) {\n var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8\";\n fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler You deserve it use MOMSTRONG for 10% off Dismiss Skip to Content They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":308726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96625],"tags":[2047,730,6465,2721,670],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-308725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","tag-baby","tag-family","tag-freedom","tag-mothers","tag-toddler"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler You deserve it use MOMSTRONG for 10% off Dismiss Skip to Content They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Baby\",\"Family\",\"freedom\",\"Mothers\",\"Toddler\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Family\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\",\"name\":\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network","og_description":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler You deserve it use MOMSTRONG for 10% off Dismiss Skip to Content They say a mother should be a still pond, but she is the ocean. Watch her: waves of fury when the world tries to shrink her daughter, tides of tenderness when her son whispers \u201cI\u2019m […]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler","datePublished":"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725"},"wordCount":281,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png","keywords":["Baby","Family","freedom","Mothers","Toddler"],"articleSection":["Family"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725","name":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom - Baby and The Toddler - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png","datePublished":"2025-11-21T13:06:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped-20200904_000347_0000-2.png","width":500,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308725#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Mother\u2019s Freedom – Baby and The Toddler"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/308726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308725"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=308725"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=308725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}