Shawn Johnsonis defending her daughter’s right to flip.
The 28-year-old athlete shared a video on Monday of her 3-month-old daughterDrew Hazel‘s first flip on the beach in Miami, Florida.
“Roo’s first flip!! @drewhazeleast ? (she was PERFECTLY safe… so don’t even haha),” Johnsonwrote in the caption, adding hashtags “mom life” and “milestone” and tagging her husbandAndrew East.
Despite Johnson’s assurance that Drew was safe during the flip, one commenter had some unsolicited advice for the champion gymnast.
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“And not making her warm enough when you take her out,” they wrote. “She needs at least socks if not shoes, as well, and hats.”
Johnson clapped back at the commenter, writing, “Are you holding her? Have you physically felt her sweat when she wears socks? Or felt her strength when she stands? Or seen her fuss until she stands up because she hates laying down. Nope. You haven’t. I’m her mama. I know.”
It’s not the first time that the Olympic gold medalist has defended herself against mom-shamers online.
Johnson has been candid about the realities of being a new mom.
“Oh and my body has been bathed in boob milk and my hands obnoxiously layered in germex. Hahaha ? #momlife,” she added.
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And then last month, Johnson admitted how upset she was afterspilling some freshly pumped breast milk.
“Mom confessionals. I’ve seriously never been so upset,” she said in the caption for the video, in which East tells her, “You know there’s a saying about crying over spilt milk.”
“Over spilt breast milk?” she responded to her husband. “The world ends. Not kidding.”
But despite the highs and lows of new motherhood — and defending herself from mom-shamers — Johnson appears to be loving her life as Drew’s mom.
Alongside aphotowith her daughter last week in Miami, Johnson wrote, “She’s gives me life ??.”
source: people.com
