Top Posts

Top Posts of All Time*

(*as per Google Analytics as of 12-20-18)

1. Combination Feeding Tips: How to Feed Your Baby Both Breastmilk and Formula (from reader/commenter/guest poster extraordinaire CPA Lady)
2. The Best Brands for Washable Workwear
3. Fun With Postpartum Girdles (and: My Bellefit Corset Review)
4. Maternity Shopping For Work
5. The Postpartum Identity Crisis: Feeling Like Yourself After Having a Baby (new to the top 10 this year!)
6. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: A BigLaw Mom in Chicago (guest post)
7. An Ideal Maternity Leave
8. What to Wear to Work After Maternity Leave
9. Pumping at Work 101 (guest post)
10. Washable Winter Coats (new to the top 10 this year!)

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

See more of our best posts for working moms in 2018!

Our top posts of 2017 were:

1. Combination Feeding Tips: How to Feed Your Baby Both Breastmilk and Formula (from reader/commenter/guest poster extraordinaire CPA Lady)
2. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: A BigLaw Mom in Chicago (guest post)
3. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Finance at a Fortune 500 Company (guest post)
4. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Income Partner in Boston (guest post)
5. A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Midwestern Lawyer Mom with Four Kids (guest post)
6. Why You Shouldn’t Buy a Fancy Diaper Bag When You Find Out You’re Pregnant
7. How Did You Decide How Many Kids to Have?
8. The Working Moms Guide to Easy School Lunches
9. What to Wear to Work After Maternity Leave
10. How to Level Up Your Childcare/Personal Help (When Money is No Object)

See more of Kat’s favorites from 2017, right here.

Our top posts of 2016 were:

1.  Being The Default Parent – And Asking for Help
2.  Mommying Your Husband: Do You Do It? 
3. Etiquette Fun: Friends with MLM Businesses
4. How to Make Mornings Easier as a Working Mom
5. Losing the Baby Weight (Open Thread)
6. Weighted Blankets, Overactive Four-Year-Olds, and Sleep (Sweet, Elusive, Sleep)
7. The Cost of Daycare: How Much Do You Spend?
8. How to Go Back to Work After Maternity Leave: Tips and Tricks
9. The Best Brands for Washable Workwear
10. How I Royally Screwed Up Potty Training (and What to Do Instead)

Our top posts of 2015 were:

1. Breastfeeding – and Type A Women
2. The Parents’ Budget: How it Changed After Kids Arrived
3. The Best Carseats and Strollers (part of our Registry for Working Moms series!)
4. Daycares – and Waiting Lists
5. Sick Kids, Childcare, and Excuses: How Many Layers of Childcare Do You Have? 
6. Daycare Tips for Working Moms – FROM Working Moms
7. Professionalism and Family Holiday Cards: Which Colleagues Get Pictures of Your Kids?
8. The Best Clothes for Pumping
9. The Best Cribs and Sleepgear (part of our Registry for Working Moms series!)
10. Family Dinner Strategies Better Than Delivery

Our top posts of 2014 were:

1. Fun with Postpartum Corsets
2. Pumping at Work 101
3. Working Through Your First Trimester
4. Maternity Leave Projects (or, Productivity While Nursing)
5. How to Organize Kids’ Clothes
6. Family Dinners and Working Parents
7. Washable Winter Coats
8. Have You Sought Out New Mom Friends?
9. An Ideal Maternity Leave
10. Do You Have a New “Beauty Minimum”?

Credits for image elements from graphic (2019): Creative Market: Eclectic Anthology (ribbon)/ Zzorna (blue watercolor detail).