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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Wardrobe Oxygen recommends several sources for plus-size maternity clothes.
- At Fortune, Kelly Keller answers the question, “How do you keep your best employees?” in part by explaining that managers can connect with others by being open about their lives outside the office, e.g., being a parent.
- At The Washington Post, Carolyn Hax answers a question from a reader whose husband suggests she just quit her job if she can’t keep up with everything at home.
- Christina Antus writes about finding yourself again after becoming a mom at Scary Mommy.
- The New York Times’ Well Family looks at the Stanford Friends and Family Letter Project and explains why it’s a good idea to write a “last letter” when you’re still healthy.
- BuzzFeed News looks at the evolution of Jennifer Garner’s career and public image in the years since Alias.
- Alpha Mom reviews several detangling brushes for kids’ hair.
- Designer Katherine Young was so disappointed with the September cover of Girls’ Life that she created her own.
- In response to news of new sleep guidelines, Christine Organ writes for Scary Mommy, “[W]e don’t need more research stating the obvious. What we really need is some support.” Also at Scary Mommy: Speaking of support, runner and mom Anna Young is getting a lot of it for pumping while running a marathon.
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FirstTimeDaycareMom says
Tell me it gets easier. My nearly 15-month old is at the end of week 2 of daycare. He was in a nanny share for the first 10+ months after I went back to work with just one other baby his age and a loving caregiver, but for a variety of reasons out of our control, that situation had to end. So now he’s had to start in a new environment, with a big group of new kiddos, and new adults, and a new nap schedule (one versus two), and new germs — which have already caused him to get one of the worst colds he’s had so far — and he’s in a phase of separation anxiety that seems to be making everything worse for all of us. He cries at every drop-off and every pick-up and he’s totally clingy to one of the teachers a good part of the day. I trust these people, but there’s only so much they can do. He’s just adjusting so much more slowly than I’d like, and I really think the one-nap thing is making him so much more tired and so much less able to cope. I think we’re doing everything we can to aid the transition, I just really wish it would go faster. Not sure I need advice on what to do (although I’m not opposed to hearing it), just some reassurance from anyone who has been there before. Thanks fellow mommas.
anonima says
My baby’s only 9 months but we did have a very rough start to daycare when he went at 6 months. It’s gotten SO MUCH BETTER now. He’s still in the infant room so they work with his schedule for the most part but sometimes he just refuses naps or they have too much going on and he only gets one nap which is crazy for that age. When that happens I can see it because the daycare has an app where they enter all the info and I just try to pick him up as soon as I can and put him straight to bed after changing and drinking a bottle: no playing, no bath, nothing. It means that for many weeks he only got a bath on the weekends. But he did get his sleep. Sometimes he went to bed as early as 4:45pm, but mostly I’m talking 5:30. He wakes up between 5:30-6:30am and that doesn’t change if he’s had bad naps and gone to bed super early.
TL;DR: commiseration to you but also try super early bedtime (5pm) to combat sleep deprivation.
mascot says
Any of the issues that you identified can throw a kid off their game and poor guy has got a combo going on. It gets better. If he’s still sick, I’d encourage as much sleep as possible this weekend. If he’s well and you’ve not done this already, trying to keep him on his weekday schedule as much as possible for naps and meals. I think the consistency helps with the nap transition. And take care of yourself. You are going to get these germs too (yay for group care!) and it’s pretty normal. But, after our first year or so in daycare, we all got sick a lot less.
Anonymous says
It will get better but you may find in the first year he gets a cold as often as once a month. The good news is that kids in daycare are less likely to be sick in the school years because they’ve already been exposed to many of the common cold viruses.
As he gets closer to age 2 he will really love his new environment – so cute to see them ‘chatting’ with their little friends.
When my kids have separation anxiety or are sick, I often break out the Ergo and babywear as soon as we get in the door. Gives sick baby the physical contact/snuggles they crave while at the same time it’s pretty easy to make dinner with him on my back. HTH.
ChiLaw says
It will get easier. Honestly, it took my kiddo *forever* (three months?) to stop crying at daycare drop off. She started when she was 12 months old. But, after a few weeks, I could hear from the outside that she stopped crying as soon as the door closed. And now she demands hugs before I leave, but then says “BYE MAMA!” because she knows that right after I leave, her teachers raid her lunch box for a second breakfast snack. (If your kid is as food motivated as mine, that might be a good thing to suggest trying?)
And now she loves her daycare. She talks about her teachers and little friends all the time, and is finally (19 months) able to tell us fun things about her day. Her teachers know her so well and really care about her.
It’ll get better. I promise.