Colonialism has motherhood all wrong.

No, our babies will not sleep alone as they have been sleeping w/ us for generations before the colonizer told us what was “right.”

No, our babies will not “cry it out,” as they are designed to cry in order to get their needs met thru us.

No, our children will not stop nursing just because colonialism deems it as “inappropriate” anytime it is over the age of one. Because aunties and mothers have been co-nursing our babies longer than colonialism has even existed.

No, our babies will not be forced to grow up in order to cater to, and serve, capitalistic and colonial standards and environments in ways such as “sleeping through the night.”

And no, our babies will not grow up thinking that the only way to be successful is to climb the colonial ladder of success versus learning how to fall in love with, and become a part of, the Land.

Colonialism has motherhood all backwards.

And I’m going to raise my baby in a way that aligns with who we are and where we come from.

And these babies will be a force to be reckoned with.