News Roundup
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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Who What Wear provided some fall fashion inspo from around the world.
- Fashionista explained how injectables and fillers are becoming a new trend in self-care.
- The Wall Street Journal reviewed 50 facial sunscreens.
- Working Mother shared how the latest activity-tracking technology could adversely affect working parents.
- Motherly reported that childcare costs for working parents continue to rise.
- Quartz at Work offered three strategies for women to get the job they really want.
- The Washington Post offered an example of the impact of paternity leave on a family’s dynamics.
- The Washington Post also provided a perspective of a sober parent in the middle of “wine mom” culture.
- The Cut profiled Friends creator Marta Kauffman on how she manages work in Hollywood and being a working mom.
- Vice reported that nurses often tell women in labor to hold in their babies until a doctor is available (and sometimes even push against a baby’s head to prevent her from being born!).
- Huffington Post shared that Target will be offering adaptive Halloween costumes for children with disabilities.
- For your Laugh of the Week: McSweeney’s considered what Ernest Hemingway would write as a parenting blogger.
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On Corporette Recently…
- In our latest edition of Tales from the Wallet, we discussed how readers talk to their partners about money.
- Kat shared why she loves having dual monitors.
- We discussed our favorite and least favorite fashion trends of 2019.
- We offered office gadgets that make your life better.
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The article about paternity leave is interesting to me. I think my husband took a half day off each time we had a kid, and I guess I never thought anything of it. But the article resonates with me. I always felt a little frustrated about being the “default” parent and assumed it was a gender thing, but I bet it’s not–it’s a forced to be competent thing. Have any of you had spouses take extended paternity leave like that? What was your experience?
With our third kid on the way, maternity leave and childcare timing has kind of been on my plate again. I may need to push back and invite him to look for room on his plate too.
When you have a babysitter come in from 6 pm – 10 pm, do you make sure there is some dinner prepared that she can eat? It seems like a long time to go without food….
Thoughts on that WaPo “wine mom” article? I believe that woman’s experience and it sounds tough, but it is so alien to my own experience. We do lots of playdates, both in the day and in the evenings. I would say that there is alcohol available maybe half the time (usually beer), but even when alcohol is around, many of the adults don’t drink. It’s not that we don’t enjoy drinking, but because most families have two full-time working parents, it’s just not enjoyable to drink much. My husband doesn’t drink for health reasons and he reports that nobody has ever commented on it. After all, someone has to drive, right?
I’m wondering if there’s a different culture in NY/DC/SF? (I live in a MCOL Rust Belt city). Or if this is something more common when one parent stays home? Or maybe it happens more when kids are older? Again, I totally believe and empathize with her plight, I’m just curious as to how common it is.
I recently heard that you should bring like 20 boxes of candy to the hospital when you give birth to give out to the nurses and anyone who helps you. Is that really a thing?
Anyone have a toddler table they really
like? Something good quality that you can put by
your kitchen table. Bonus points for built-in storage. Thanks!
The article on women being told to hold in their babies is worth a read. I was tilted head-down and told to hold my baby in for what I estimate to be around an hour and a half after I felt the urge to push. At some point my body took over and began pushing without any voluntary effort, which made the nurses mad. The reason I was given for holding the baby in was not among those mentioned in the article and at the time it seemed logical, but now I’m questioning the wisdom. After I was finally allowed to push, the baby arrived so quickly that I had severe tearing.