News Roundup
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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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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?!
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.
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
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.