3 months after my daughter was born, I returned to work and landed another new role: manager. Over the last few years, it’s become clear to me that there is a lot of overlap in skills and strategy between being a good mom and a good manager. (Although, thankfully, potty training is not in my job […]
Top Picks Tuesday: Back to Preschool
I’m starting a new weekly post to share my top picks for the week for kids’ clothes, decor, toys, art supplies, etc. I’ll try to share deals or things I actually use or want. Each week will have a theme. This week’s theme is: 1. Cute Sets – The new school year is a great […]
Isla’s First Day of Preschool
Last week, Isla started at her new preschool. We thought the time was right to transition her from going to a babysitter’s house every day to a daycare, that she’d benefit from a more formal curriculum and being around more kids. Her first day went really well, and while we love and miss her sitter, […]
Review: Skip Hop Swipe Baby Wipes Case
A few weeks back, Kellen and I decided it was time to go back to sending Isla to daycare with cloth wipes. We’d used cloth wipes exclusively when I was home with her the first few months and continued to use them after she started back at a big daycare center near our […]
The Real Reason My Daughter Goes to Daycare
Over the weekend, a friend of mine sent me a link to a blog post by a woman discussing why her children do not go to daycare. Her primary points were: 1) Daycare is awful, and 2) Her children are her responsibility. The completely unsubtle implication of her latter point being that mothers who work […]
25 Ways You Know You’re a Working Mom
You’ve already been up 4 hours by the time you pull into work in the morning. The first thing anyone says to you when you walk into the office is, “Did you know you have something on your clothes?” The answer is always no. You know that the locked utility closet in the darkest, weirdest […]
Build a Standing Desk
I’ve been toying with moving to a standing desk for a while now. I work from home full time and my traditional desk has just not been cutting it. I have chronic lower back pain and have been getting migraines multiple times a week. It was time for a change. Over Mother’s Day weekend, we […]
Taking a Potty Break
We are no longer potty training. The change in sitters and routine was just a little too much. Isla was freaking out every time we asked if she wanted to go potty, so we decided after a week of many, many accidents to put her back in diapers. The good news is, she loves the […]
