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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Sunshine and Hurricanes gives you advice on organizing all those papers and all that artwork that your kids bring home from school.
- PopSugar Moms shares tips on the annual school-supplies shopping trip. (I’m thinking Amazon Prime — who’s with me?)
- Hellobee has some responses for the common excuses we make to ourselves when we don’t feel like working out.
- Working Mother rounds up 12 items to make pumping at work easier.
- At Above the Law, Mommy Dear, Esq., writes that she wishes that law schools would help prepare future lawyers for the challenges of balancing career and family.
- Quartz asks why there aren’t more “happy, satisfied working moms” on TV and in the movies.
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Daycares says
Last week we toured a daycare that made me excited to have my baby so I could send him/her there (engaged teachers, amazing curriculum and programs, great facility, etc.). I decided to keep the other appointments I made just to keep an open mind, and today I toured one that was literally disturbing. 90% of the teachers were high school students with no formal training or education (and who didn’t seem to particularly like children), I saw one teacher out of 10 that was actually engaged with a kid (lots of ignored, screaming kids and babies), and some questionable sanitation practices (bedding stored next to the toilets). These places are 5 minutes apart in an expensive area of town and the difference in tuition: the bad one is $4 a week less. It had me thanking my lucky stars we had already put down a deposit on the first one (and that they had an opening for us).
NowAFamilyOfFour says
I’d argue that all of the items in the Working Mother article actually make pumping at work harder, since none of them are necessary or even really needed. I think the best pumping at work routine has as few steps as possible and minimizes the amount of plastic crap in your life that needs to be hand washed daily in hot soapy water. Boo to Working Mother. Selling me crap is Not Helpful. (I fully admit some of this snark is just about me being annoyed with pumping at work in general.)
Anonymous says
Yeah. I only got through the first three items — partly because the site ran so slow due to ads, and partly because it all just seemed like a lot of crap.
On a similar subject, Kat, both of your sites are running much faster these days!! thank you so much!!
Tunnel says
My eyes hurt from rolling so much as I clicked through. I don’t think there was a single necessary or even helpful thing on their list.
Meg Murry says
Yup, I agree. Especially since some of the stuff doesn’t go together – you CAN’T wear the silicone lilypadz with any of the nipple creams they listed.
What pumping moms actually need:
-Pump
-parts
-a door that locks
-a place to store the milk
-time to pump
-supportive boss/co-workers
none of that extra crap. Especially not presented slideshow format. I kept expecting to see something innovative or useful, but none of it was
RDC says
I think there are actually a few useful things for pumping at work, but none were mentioned in that (awful) slideshow. My list includes a good hands-free bra (simple wishes is great), nursing cover (for those of us without locking doors), a full set of backup parts to keep at work in case you forget them, videos of the baby on your phone, snacks and a water bottle.
Jax says
The Sunshine and Hurricanes post… Is anyone else tired of over-the-top drama of mom blogs? I like a funny post as much as the next mom, but ALL CAPS and SERIOUSLY? THE PAPER!!! I SOBBED! makes me wrinkle my nose and think of infomercials with people tripping into hot stoves on purpose. We’re moms, not morons.
Feel free to ignore me. Work is rough and I’m not in a mood to put up with silliness, so that link rubbed me the wrong way.
Agreed says
No, and everything is “I can feel the other moms judging me.”
UGH.
Tunnel says
I loved the HelloBee article. My favorite:
Excuse #4: I’ll exercise when I get home from work.
Counter: No I won’t. I really just won’t. I’ve learned this about myself over the years – if I don’t get up and go immediately after waking up, it’s just not going to happen at all that day. I will come up with an excuse. So, it’s 5:00 AM or nothing for me!
Moms in the Media says
We saw the movie “Alexander’s Horrible No Good Very Bad Day” and Jennifer Garner is the mom and she has a terrible day at work and trying to balance being a mom and work and stuff… and I thought I saw the ending coming a mile away… but then SPOILER ALERT
twist: she got promoted. And her family was happy for her.
I liked it, as a mom and a cute family movie.
Jax says
I was just waiting for Steve Carrel to land a job and Jennifer Gardiner to say, “Finally! Now I can get off the crazy train and go back home!!!” Instead, they supported each other in their career goals and kept saying, “Hey, whatever job you want, we’ll make it work. Life is crazy. We’ll deal with it.” They just…I don’t know…affirmed each other in a very non-hokey way. It was cool.
As opposed to the ending of “I Don’t Know How She Does It” where the husband gives SJP a devoted moon face and mutters, “She’s a juggler!” So the only way a mom successfully works is to run herself into the ground while adorkably bumbling through life? Please.
Anonymous says
We’ll the end of the book was that the main character quit her job altogether, so I felt that ending was an improvement.