Q&A | Body After Baby? Going Back To Teaching? Formula Feeding Vs. Breastfeeding? & More.

[@anastasiamay2852]

Heyyy sis! Came for the Disney content... stayed for the baby content!!! Been watching you for yearssssss about 5! Just had my 1st in september. Referenced your 1st Landon vids when pregnant and now can watch your new ones about El. Love your channel!

[@themissalliecakes]

You seriously have no idea how much reading this comment means to me. I always struggle with whether or not I wanna continue doing KZbin now that I have two kids at home and very limited time, but reading comments like this push me to want to continue making videos. I love creating content but I love connecting with you all even more:-) thank you for your support and your kindness

[@BeckywiseTheDancingClown]

I'm so glad you're more body positive this time around. It's a much better message to send to your viewers and even your kids as they grow up and are influenced by how you view your own body. That will help how they view theirs :)

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you so much :-) definitely feeling a lot more body positive this time around for sure. The first time around was a struggle. Everything about postpartum the first time around was a serious struggle for me. I feel so much happier mentally physically and emotionally this time around. It is so important for moms to have body positivity after birth :)

[@biancac412]

I'm totally with you on teaching. I thought it was my dream career, but unfortunately by the time I did my student teaching, the educational landscape changed so much.

[@themissalliecakes]

SO MUCH!! It’s actually kind of scary how different it is now for even just five years ago let alone 12 years ago when I started. Something has to change because they are losing great educators left and right. Nobody can take it anymore and I can’t blame them. We are absolute dumping grounds at this point for everything. I’m so sorry that you were going through a struggle as well but I really pray that it gets better. I miss teaching. What it is now is not teaching anymore

[@themissalliecakes]

hello friends ♥️ thank you for sharing so many of your experiences in the comments. I am trying to respond back to as many as I possibly can right now but I am using talk to text due to having limited time on my hands ha ha Ha so if some of my comments back to you are confusing I apologize lol 😂 new mom of two problems

[@emilybannon1943]

I’m not a teacher but an educational assistant (EA) I think you call them para in USA. It’s tough and we’re currently online. It’s so hard knowing my student can’t do online as she’s physically and mentally unable to. It’s hard for her family as well with her needs. Also YES What you said all of that. I’m so excited for the video and congrats on completing your family and my cat in my photo is named Ellie too.

[@themissalliecakes]

Honestly this, makes me so sad to read. This pandemic has been so hard on the students and equally as hard for the educators. Pandemic aside teaching in general has just been so tough lately. And I hope that they make a change. Sooner than later. Thank you so much for watching and for commenting. And how cute your cat is :-)

[@emilybannon1943]

@@themissalliecakes yes I hope so too! I don’t even make a living wage as I only work 30 hours a week.

[@bethraine7]

I am so happy for you! Thank you for being such a great role model and human being. I love that you love your body because loving my body has always been hard. Love seeing other people make steps in the right direction and telling negativity to just go away. It definitely helps me to do the same. I'm a teacher too and 100% understand everything in the realm of teaching during a pandemic. We got this y'all!

[@acaciatree626]

Hey I'm really really sorry about the teaching problems. I don't know how bad it is in my district but I'm also not a teacher (Im a student). But from my side of things I can tell it has gotten worse. I remember going to school and looking forward to doing crafts and playing games that help you learn. Now its just her is the info, memorize, move on. And it is super frustrating to have everything be merit based. Sometimes my best isn't great according to the standards which makes me feel guilty. Im very sorry that it has lost the creativity. Kudos to you for sticking with it! Your students will really remember and thank you for all the hard work and care you give them. Love you!!

[@themissalliecakes]

Oh my goodness you nailed it. Especially when you talked about standards. Breaks my heart that so many kids are being judged off of standards. As a special educator and one of the main things that we learned in college is that all students learn different ways and excel in different ways. Some kids are great testtakers were as others are great paper writers were as others are great hands on. Forcing students to take a test that is so black-and-white it’s just heartbreaking, and there’s more and more of them every single year. It’s a disaster. I’m so sorry as a student you are seeing the repercussions as well. I can only hope that it gets better and it gets better fast

[@whimsical_lyddie]

I'm so glad postpartum has been less anxiety ridden for you. 💕.

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you so much for saying that. I can’t tell you how relieved I am this time around to be feeling good not only for me but for my family as well. I pray for happy recoveries for all mamas out there

[@whimsical_lyddie]

@@themissalliecakes I completely agree. I also had a rough time with breastfeeding. I want to try again, but never again exclusively. And if it doesn't work this time, I don't think I'll try at all a third time. And it's for exactly that reason: if I'm anxious about feeding, I'm not the best momma I can be. I'm choosing combo feeding just as much for my one year old's sake as I am for my soon to be born daughter's sake. And me and my husband too. 💕

[@laurahall4275]

Teachers should be treated like royalty.

[@themissalliecakes]

I mean I feel like I’m biased but couldn’t agree more lol there’s just so much so so so much that needs to be changed :(

[@kaitlinfolsom5602]

I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on teaching. I echo a lot of your sentiments.

[@themissalliecakes]

I’m filming a video hopefully this weekend. It is going to be a very raw vulnerable unedited video. I feel like I have so much to say. To all the educators out there going through a tough time, I just wanna hug you all.

[@princesshanniee9995]

dont have kids, dont even ever want kids but love you and watch all your videos!

[@themissalliecakes]

Oh my God it’s are so sweet. Thank you so much. I promise you my channel is not turning into a mom beast channel. I actually just planned out a couple of videos that are testing type of videos and sit down chitchat take videos which I personally love filming lately

[@princesshanniee9995]

@@themissalliecakes girl i would still watch all your videos even if they were all just about being a mama! do what you love!

[@korinnavallejo3889]

I’m just 16 and I have a boyfriend of two years we have talked about kids and I’m very tiny so having kids scares me bc I know can “ruin” my body so I hope that when I have kids when I’m older, I have the same body positivity like you do

[@krystalinthecity4563]

I had the worst breastfeeding experience too! Glad to know I’m not alone. My daughter just turned 3 so our kiddos are close in age. :) You look beautiful, mama! Congratulations on baby Ellie. (My daughters name is Eloise but we call her Ellie) ❤️

[@themissalliecakes]

I am so sorry to hear that you had such a tough breast-feeding experience. I don’t wish anxiety and depression that comes along with that on my worst enemy. I’m glad that now in 2022 people are becoming more excepting of bottlefeeding and less pressure that breast is best. I feel like people are pretty excepting now of honoring the families choice and how they choose to feed their child. Thank you for sharing your experience. You are definitely not alone. PS I absolutely love your daughters name. So so beautiful

[@dulcevaldes7769]

Hi Ali. I had three children and my tummy look just like yours after giving birth to my children. It will turn back to normal. I had that dark belly button and that line from the belly button going down as well. It is normal. I have always worked out and my stomach always went back into shape. Just stretch marks could be faded out with Palmer's Cocoa butter cream. You look great.

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you so much. And thank you for sharing your experience. The dark belly button is so wild to me. I don’t remember having that with Landon. My belly is definitely a lot more squishy than normal but I’m not hating on at all. I can’t wait to start running again. One of the best things for me physically and also mentally. Thank you again for sharing your experience again for watching :-)

[@queenanneboleyn]

I'm 99% sure I'm leaving teaching at the end of the year, and it breaks my heart. The system is so broken, and my mental health is in ruins. I miss being excited to be with my kids.

[@themissalliecakes]

this breaks my heart to read. so many of us are in the same feelings as you right now. something needs to change.

[@hannah7038]

thank you for being so honest about your experience with breastfeeding. i tried to breastfeed my first but he never latched, and exclusively pumping absolutely TANKED my mental health. i was struggling hard. i am pregnant with #2 right now, choosing to formula feed from the get-go, and I am already receiving so many "but breast is better!" comments. it's exhausting. i am happy you're here

[@themissalliecakes]

seriously ew to anybody who is trying to make you feel less then for feeding your child the way that works best for you and your family. You do not need that kind of negativity in your life. In case nobody told you today, let me be the one to say that you were doing a great job mama. ♥️ to be honest with you people could tell me that I am the worst mom in the world for feeding my child formula versus breast and it Wouldn’t even phase me because I’m so happy with my decision mentally physically and emotionally. Breast is beautiful but not best. Fed is best. If you were feeding your child you go girl

[@MrsClintA]

I'm a mom of 4. Oldest is 13. I can tell you that my experience post births were not so great. I didn't have people asking how I was! It was all about the babies. My mental health tanked hard. I am so glad to hear you have people asking about YOU!!! All the best!

[@themissalliecakes]

I am so sorry that your mental health went down after having a baby. I know that feeling all too well after having landed and I don’t wish that feeling on my worst enemy. I’ll pray you had a speedy recovery. I’m so grateful that so many people in today’s day and age are really in tune to making sure MOMMIE‘s mental physical and emotional health are OK after the baby. I know for sure it wasn’t like that before and that makes me so sad. Also mom of four, you are a rockstar :)

[@tabitha2292]

PPD is no joke. I had it 13 years ago and experienced some VERY dark thoughts.

[@themissalliecakes]

me too :( therapy saved me. And I don’t mean that lately. It actually saved me. I don’t wish that feeling upon my worst enemy. Mine lasted about three months which doesn’t sound long but felt like an eternity. Everybody told me that it would pass but when you’re in the thick of it you don’t feel like it will ever go away. Sending you hugs and hugs to anybody who has got in through a similar situation

[@courtward6085]

Thank you so much for this 😭😭😭 I’m 3 weeks PP and struggling hardcore with my new body.

[@themissalliecakes]

Repeat after me, your body just created a human. Your body is so beautiful. One more time for the people in the back. Your body is gorgeous. Flawless. Like wow mama look at you ♥️♥️

[@Thatbrandyyt]

Thanks you for Congratulations

[@autumnwilliams3886]

I enjoy all your content but really enjoying the mom content as I am expecting my first child in 12 weeks!

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you so so much. How exciting. Congratulations. Your baby is going to be here before you know it. Welcome to the best chapter of your life. Give yourself a lot of grace the first couple of months… my best advice to you that I wish I took my first time around is to try to dedicate at least 10 minutes a day to doing something that you like. I’ve been doing that this time around and I’ve noticed a huge shift in my mental and emotional state. Even if it is just going outside for a walk for 10 minutes on your own. So happy for you and this beautiful news

[@makenziecollins8124]

having kids is in the distant future for me, if that's even the path i decide to take. but the one thing i know is that i will wait to find out the gender because of how highly you talk of it!

[@themissalliecakes]

Oh my God best comment ever. Like serious chills. There is no feeling like it in the world I’m sad I’ll never get that feeling again lol I promise you it will be worth the wait ♥️

[@JadeCanada237]

I'm so glad for you that mentally it's better this time around! You have to do what works for you.

[@themissalliecakes]

Could not agree with this more. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made for my mental physical and emotional health. I can’t be the best mama to my kids if I am not the best version of myself, and breast-feeding turned me into the worst version of myself

[@juliejones2991]

My name is Louisa Jones I love to see see ellie

[@CupcakeFairy777]

Your belly is so cute you look amazing and going strong this time around go momma 😍

[@themissalliecakes]

awww Thank you so so much. What kind comment to read

[@jess25411]

So happy for you and you are a wonderful mother! Landon and Ellie are so precious and sweet!😊💕

[@themissalliecakes]

You are so sweet. Reading this just brought a huge smile to my face so thank you. I am so grateful with our beautiful little family that we created

[@enigmaticinsomniac]

I loved this video and looking forward to your teacher video. My heart goes out to every teacher right now!!

[@themissalliecakes]

I am so sad for the educational system right now. I seriously want to just hug every single teacher who is going through a really tough time right now. I’m kind of nervous about filming a video because I know I’m going to get a lot of shit for it, however I have so many things that are heavy on my heart in my career right now as a teacher. I can only pray it gets better. I miss when it was about teaching about the kids

[@saraharriola4626]

Appreciate this video and can relate on so many levels 💜

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you so much. I love filming these videos because I feel like I always get to connect even more with all of you. It’s so nice to swap stories with all of you in the comments and to hear how many of you can relate. Definitely makes me feel like I am not alone ♥️

[@Silkenpetal]

I love your sit and chat videos!

[@themissalliecakes]

thank you. I love the style of videos so much. I just feel like it’s such a fun way to connect with everyone. And my favorite thing is chatting with you all in the comments afterwards. Feels like a really nice community because it is a very nice community :-)

[@CupcakeFairy777]

Noah is so cute 🥰

[@themissalliecakes]

Love that name so so much. I’m so blessed with our little Ellie Autumn ♥️

[@gitakiss5801]

I am a DIsney mom. I love all your content

[@themissalliecakes]

Oh thank you so so much. I always get nervous with branching out and filming new content however I want this channel to represent who I am and this is who I am right now currently and, always ♥️ Thank you for supporting it. I just planned out a testing microwave mug meals video and I’m very excited to film that hopefully next week :-) so it won’t be all mom Content I promise lol

[@gitakiss5801]

@@themissalliecakes You were already a mom when I started watching you. Nothing has changed. I learned how to curl my hair with a bathrobe belt and mug cakes through you. I was inspired by your pin boards to do my own. We evolve, you are like one of those fun subscription boxes, we know that we are going to have something fun and cute and entertaining with some Disney to it.

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hey

[@themissalliecakes]

hello :)

[@korrinanolan8665]

Do more diy pinterest Disney

[@themissalliecakes]

I’m actually planning out a Disney DIY video right now. With some Enconto crafts. We can’t get enough of that movie in our house currently. That soundtrack please in my mind on loop lol

[@korrinanolan8665]

Thanks

[@olgasalmoran3904]

love your video

[@themissalliecakes]

Thank you thank you so so much :-) I appreciate you taking the time to watch

[@olgasalmoran3904]

@@themissalliecakes your welcome

[@Thatbrandyyt]

Its a Girl or Boy.

[@CupcakeFairy777]

Girl

[@Thatbrandyyt]

@@CupcakeFairy777 ohh

[@themissalliecakes]

A beautiful little baby girl named Ellie Autumn :-)

[@Thatbrandyyt]

@@themissalliecakes Thanks for much so all my friends.