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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Hmm, verrrry interesting. The Wall Street Journal reveals how men’s and women’s memories work differently.
- Girls Gone Strong has advice for making labor and delivery easier and for working out after a c-section.
- DailyWorth talks about divvying up parenting responsibilities when you both work full time.
- Fortune looks into working mothers’ career advancement.
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Over at Above the Law, Mommy Dear, Esq., talks about flex time.
- Lifehacker offers things to think about before having another kid, while ThinkProgress learns about an online community for moms who had to terminate wanted pregnancies.
- Maybe you could, I dunno, “accidentally” and anonymously email this Guardian piece to your entire company?
- The New York Times says some doctors are encouraging sleep training earlier than ever.
- We’re getting closer to 100 “likes” on the CorporetteMoms Facebook page — have you stopped by yet?
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Anonymous says
Cry it out is cruel. The New York Times article is misleading, babies do need to be held and will suffer from attachment issues if their cries are not responded too. If you didn’t want to respond to a crying baby, you shouldn’t have had one.
mascot says
Eh, there are lots of approaches to developing good sleep habits in kids. Some kids do better when they can fuss it down for a few minutes. Each family has to find their own method, based on their child’s individual temperament and needs. There’s plenty of parental guilt to go around without beating people up for their family’s solutions.
I agree that the article was misleading. Considering that plenty of ear infections are viral, I wouldn’t call it a radical approach to not prescribe antibiotics all the time. I also think that just focusing on this “close the door for 12 hours and don’t look back” method really distorts sleep training/sleep hygiene techniques.
CPA Lady says
Exactly. I sleep trained my 5 month old with the gentle method– the kind where you go in every 5 minutes the first night, 10 the second night, etc. It took 4 days and the longest she cried was about 20 minutes. She now sleeps peacefully through the night, and wakes up happy.
You do you.
We do us. Everyone is happy.
JJ says
I believe what you meant to say was “Good for you. Not for me.” Ask Amy Poehler.
KJ says
Oh dear. This board managed to go so long without this kind of post.
MomAnon4This says
This was a great collection of reading this week – thank you!
pockets says
meh. Maybe it is but I’d probably be way crueler if I had been sleep deprived for the past 8 months.
Eeps says
You need to chill out. Different things work for different people!
Mommy brain? says
Was just going to warn against reading the comments section of the NYTimes article if you have ever done CIO. Really should have known better by now
My kids were patients at Tribeca Pediatrics before we moved and I miss the practice. They make their views known on sleep training but don’t force it on the parents (we ended up doing it at 4.5 months) and interestingly prescribed antibiotics for my son’s first ear infection
FVNC says
Ugh, I made the same mistake reading the ATL comments. When will I learn?!
Lorelai Gilmore says
I read them too and oh, do I regret it. I swore off reading ATL a few years ago and have been so much happier without it in my life.
Anonymous biglaw mom says
I am writing to get the perspective of other mommy-lawyers here.
I am currently in my third year in Biglaw and a mom of an eight-month old. While I am on a “reduced” schedule, I still find myself working all the time. I do not think that it is working out well for me and would like to find a position that is more compatible with family life. I am not considering a move to a smaller firm because I feel that billable hours would put the same pressures on my (although to a lesser extent) at another firm.
Is it too early for me to move in-house and expect to have a meaningful career thereafter?
I work in the regulatory area and would like to continue to practice in the same area as an in-house attorney.
Navy Lawyer says
Since you work regulatory, would you consider the government? You could be a regulator, or keep working in the regulated community. I believe working at the Region is more fulfilling than HQ, but your view may differ. My day is still full of negotiations and advising my clients, but I can shut it down after 8 hours if need be, and get 30 days leave which helps a lot toward managing family emergencies and the holiday season ;). The pay could be a shade better, but *reportedly* the pay disparity between government and in-house isn’t enormous, though I have my doubts about this one.
Anonymous biglaw mom says
Thank you.
Yes, I have thought about this, but I think that I am too junior for a meaningful government position in my line of reg work. I also know it can take forever before you get hired. This is a very helpful perspective and I appreciate your advice. I would like to work for the federal government one day.
Navy Lawyer says
The tone of that Fortune article – wow! All it said was to be a C-suite mommy, hire out all your help and delegate, because you’re paid more. That’s great and all, but you have to have a hugely supportive spouse/family/community where you are not the default parent; how else will you manage all of the travel and 6pm meetings? And who is managing this hired help? I’m not saying C-suite is off-limits to mothers, but it seems harder than this article makes it out to be. Or am I giving Fortune too much credit?!