Our Top Posts of 2018!

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It’s always interesting to me to look back at Google Analytics and see which were the top posts of the year (and of all time!) — clearly our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series is really popular! (If you’d like to be featured (anonymously or otherwise), please fill out this form! You can see all posts in this series here.) I’ve rounded up some of my other favorites below our top 10 posts by traffic — readers, what discussions and posts do you remember from the past year? (What would you like to see more of in 2019?)

Our top posts of 2018 were:

1. The Mommy Effect Study: Did You Underestimate Working Motherhood?
2. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Family Law Attorney in Minnesota
3. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Trial Lawyer in Georgia
4. Kid Birthday Parties: Guest Etiquette, Gifts & Parent Socializing
5. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: In-House Counsel in Texas
6. Mistakes to Avoid When Working From Home
7. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: A Marketing Director in the Bay Area
8. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Doctor in NYC
9. How to Avoid Mom Frump
10. I Tried to Use a Virtual Assistant to Delegate Family Tasks — Here’s What Happened

SOME OF KAT’S FAVORITE 2018 POSTS FOR WORKING MOMS INCLUDED…

• Business Travel When You’ve Got Kids
• Lessons We Learned From Our Moms about Work-Life Balance (discussing how first generation working moms vs. second generation working moms might have different ideas about work-life balance)
• Four Companies That Rent Maternity Workwear
• How Working Moms Can Get Into Good Health and Fitness Routines
• The Best Maternity Dresses for Work – I always like rounding up some of the classics!
• One of my favorite topics (kidding): My Top Tips On How to Get Your Kids to Sleep
• How to Work After Your Kids Go To Bed
• this was a great discussion: Birth Control After Having a Baby

Readers, which were your favorite posts over the past year? (You can see all of our top posts right here!)

Sales of note for 7/11

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

• Nordstrom – Designer clearance, up to 60% off!
• Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it’s a great separate)
• Banana Republic Factory – Extra 50% off sale
• Brooks Brothers – Up to 40% off sitewide + 40% off 3+ items
• Express – Up to 75% off all markdowns; sale on sale, up to 70% off
• J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
• Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
• M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
• Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!

• The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
• I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
• I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
• I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
• How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
• What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?