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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

How much do you pay your babysitter?

May 30, 2013

This post was sponsored by UrbanSitter. The answer to how much you pay a sitter varies greatly depending on a lot of factors. One of the biggest is geography! Sometimes — when the rate feels too low or high — I need to whisper it rather than speak the number out loud. But let’s get [...]

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How to be a happy working dad

May 26, 2013

Hello there to our readers who are fathers or have them in their lives. This one’s for you. Down the street from me lives parenting author Jeremy Adam Smith. Our sons mix it up in the same second grade and we’ve become playdate pals by association. In fact, his son’s legs are on the real [...]

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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

Tech Tuesday: Make a super easy video storybook

May 7, 2013

If you’ve ever lost your enthusiasm for reading the same story over and over, you’ll appreciate our guest Abbi’s discovery. She sent this tip to us as an alternative to letting YouTube read to your child. I was first introduced to A Story Before Bed via the Nursery that I work for here in Dubai [...]

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Pumping while nursing, it can be done (with giveaway!)

May 6, 2013

This post and giveaway are sponsored by Philips AVENT. We put this new pump to the test with an experienced mom, my longtime friend, Crystal. Crys is an active pumper unlike me, a passive weaner. Giveaway below. Some background. Before Baby No. 3 came into the world, I had spent 34 months of my life [...]

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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

Returning to work: Stockpiling your breastmilk

April 10, 2013

This post is part of a series sponsored by Philips AVENT in support of the launch of the double electric Comfort Pump. Pumping breast milk was still a mystery to me as I made secret lists of baby names and notified my boss of my pregnancy. I learned about it when my co-worker Mimi, newly [...]

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First time with a (new) babysitter

April 3, 2013

This post was sponsored by UrbanSitter. My very first time with a babysitter, I was so choked up with emotion about leaving my five-month old in anyone else’s care that I had to excuse myself to another room and cry for a bit (while she was still there!). There was so much to communicate and [...]

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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

Admitting I hired a Mother’s Helper

April 10, 2012

Let me just skip to the punchline: I LOVE my Mother’s Helper and wish I had learned about this hybrid person-of-awesome much sooner. I don’t want to sound like a celebrity with a fleet of nannies, but a well-placed assistant totally kicks ass. Ok, now that I see that in writing, I’m sure that I [...]

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I am not a stay-at-home mom. Do you think I am?

February 21, 2012

Recently, I’ve been confused by my peers who call themselves stay-at-home parents while they publish essays or even books, and run businesses from home. Is it because they are able to do those things without using childcare? Or is it because they take greater pride in stay-at-home-parenthood than the part-time career activities in which they [...]

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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

Daycare, hurts so good.

February 2, 2012

Can you hear the baby squawking from where you’re sitting? I can. And it sure is hard to concentrate. Doesn’t he realize that I’m trying to write a blog post about him? Gah. Okay, that’s better now. Where was I? Oh yes… Sawyer, my sweet baby love, my third boy, is about to head off [...]

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Guest post: How to take a maternity leave when you work from home

September 1, 2011

Because Whitney is forcing me to take a maternity leave, I have asked several online friends to help out with guest posts. I am grateful to Kristen Chase for sharing her version of how to take a maternity leave from blogging so I can share it with you and learn from her example. I hope [...]

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The continuing quest for work life balance. And lack thereof.

GIVEAWAY! Days of the week undies + new Scholastic books

May 27, 2011

This contest is now closed. The winner will be notified. The book below is still a break-through so read on. When I read the new children’s book  Monday is One Day to my kids for the first time, I felt like doing a little jig. Yay for working parents! Yay for kids being raised by [...]

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On housecleaning and toenail clipping

May 11, 2011

When a discussion of using a housekeeper exploded over on The Happiest Mom, I was taken by surprise. More than a hundred women commented on Meagan’s post about outsourcing housecleaning. Many felt too guilty to consider it and more than a few took a stand against it. My husband and I have a cleaning person [...]

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