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28 Comments · by Kat

Open Thread: Work After Maternity Leave

Babies· Career· Maternity Leave· Mom Issues· Parenting· Postpartum· Work-Life Balance· Working Mom | posts· returning to work after maternity leave· work after baby· work after maternity leave

What are some of your best tips for adjusting upon returning to work after maternity leave? What do you wish you’d known, or what did you come to realize? For my own $.02: Among my friends, the end of maternity leave has loomed large in all of our lives — but on a kind of sliding scale. … Read More about Open Thread: Work After Maternity Leave

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27 Comments · by Kat

Which Are Your Child’s Favorite Books — And How Do You Find Them?

Mom Issues· Parenting | books· memories· photos· posts

If you’re like me, I’m guessing books were huge to you growing up — I proudly considered myself a bookworm for years. (I’m trying to get back to it, but I read more articles than books at this point in my life!) For my boys, I’ve always tried to encourage reading, sometimes by adding in … Read More about Which Are Your Child’s Favorite Books — And How Do You Find Them?

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31 Comments · by Kat

Working Moms — and Playdates

Lifestyle· Mom Issues· Parenting· Work-Life Balance· Working Mom | adult friendships· mom friends· playdates· posts

2018 Update: We still stand by this discussion on working moms, playdates, and introverts — but you may also want to check out some of our other discussions on mom friends. As proud mama to a 4.5-year-old, I’m just going to come out and say it: I’m in playdate hell. To be clear: I like … Read More about Working Moms — and Playdates

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Etiquette Fun: Friends with MLM Businesses

Lifestyle· Mom Issues | adult friendships· mom friends· posts

2018 Update: We still think this is a great discussion about friends with MLM businesses — but you may also want to check out some of our more recent discussions on mom friends. Do you have any close friends taking part in MLM businesses like Younique, Rodan + Fields, Beachbody coaching, or more? Are you doing it … Read More about Etiquette Fun: Friends with MLM Businesses

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45 Comments · by Kat

Estate Planning and Kids: Open Thread

Family Planning· Mom Issues· Money | estates· personal finance· posts

Have you been on top of your estate planning, ladies? Once you have kids it certainly feels like a pressing issue — and yet my husband and I still haven’t sat down with a lawyer to get our wills or other details buttoned up. Whoopsies. We’ve talked about getting your accounts in order for labor, but … Read More about Estate Planning and Kids: Open Thread

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28 Comments · by Kate Antoniades

Body Image As a Mom

Mom Issues· Postpartum | body image· posts

Kate and I were discussing the troubling issue of body image as a mom — even if you get back to your old “size,” what do you do when you just feel different in your skin, or when you feel like your shape has fundamentally changed? Kate generously offered to share her thoughts in more … Read More about Body Image As a Mom

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12 Comments · by Kat

Nursing Clothes to Wear to Work

Mom Issues· Nursing· Postpartum· Working Mom | nursing and pumping· nursing tanks· posts· pump-friendly clothes· pumping clothes

Which are the best nursing clothes to wear to work? If you’ve got a daycare at your office, or a daycare near your office, you don’t need to fuss with a breast pump — but finding nursing clothes to wear to work can be tricky. Can you look professional in comfortable, accessible, washable clothes? Reader … Read More about Nursing Clothes to Wear to Work

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39 Comments · by Kat

Your Kids’ Activities, Overscheduling, and Working Parents

Childcare· Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Mom Issues | budgets· camps· kids' activities· posts· schedules

A reader wondered, “Kat, could we do a discussion on overparenting/overscheduling when a working mom?”

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59 Comments · by Kat

When Your Labor Experience Leaves You Angry (and Other Birth Trauma Stories)

Mom Issues· Postpartum· Pregnant | childbirth· hospital birth

A friend somehow stumbled on Jack’s birth story a week or so ago and remarked how births are surprisingly traumatic for a lot of mothers, and how we should discuss it here — particularly how to deal when your labor experience leaves you angry. I agree — as I noted in that (extraordinarily long) post, Jack and … Read More about When Your Labor Experience Leaves You Angry (and Other Birth Trauma Stories)

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6 Comments · by Kat

Great Articles for Pregnancy and Motherhood

Mom Issues· Parenting· Working Mom

There are some great books and blogs on parenting and being a working mother — but sometimes it’s an article or two that really sticks with you and becomes something you want to pass along to new moms everywhere. These are some of my favorite articles that I’ve read on the path to mom-ness… Which are … Read More about Great Articles for Pregnancy and Motherhood

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125 Comments · by Kat

Everyone Thursday: Straw Topper Fedora

Everyone· Recent Recs· Weather | hat· hats· summer· sun protection

I don’t know about you guys, but I got a lot more into hats after I became a mom (and wish I had during my first pregnancy — I didn’t realize how important sun protection was back then!). Running around outside, pushing a stroller, hanging out at the playground — all of this just put … Read More about Everyone Thursday: Straw Topper Fedora

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28 Comments · by Kat

A Quiet and Well-Lit Space for Pumping (Or: Where to Pump When You’re Away From Work)

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Where can you pump if you’re away from work and home (and not just in a different office)? I’ve heard more than enough “fun” stories about pumping in public restrooms (at the sinks, where the outlets are — AWESOME), so when I saw this question posed recently on my local parents’ listserv, I thought it … Read More about A Quiet and Well-Lit Space for Pumping (Or: Where to Pump When You’re Away From Work)

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