All Entries Tagged With: "Childcare"
Potty Training Tips and Techniques from Bright Horizons Family Solutions
photo credit: abardwell Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic webinar from our friends at Bright Horizons Family Solutions (http://www.brighthorizons.com) Parent Webinar Series entitled, “Potty Training Tips and Techniques.” Presenters Lisa Gatto, Program Lead for the Child Development Program of Isis Parenting and Cindy Meltzer, Isis Community Manager, have been there, done that [...]
Working Mother’s 2011 Best Companies for Hourly Workers
photo credit: Seattle Municipal Archives We talk a lot about women and work here, and we’re very much aware that working mothers are in all sorts of job functions and positions – including hourly work. Hourly workers are what make up our economy and according to the US Department of Labor, the 20 most prevalent [...]
Ethan’s Story: My preemie’s fight
My second pregnancy started fine. Aside from a strange rash, and some bleeding at 13 weeks that put me on limited bed rest for a month, it was smooth sailing, until I hit 23 weeks. Rather than leaking urine like I thought I was, it was amniotic fluid. I went to the hospital, and was [...]
Manage Maternity Leave (Before You Go)
Don’t offer to go back to work earlier than you have to, urges Liz O’Donnnell, a freelance writer and mother, in the first of three must-read guest posts about managing maternity leave. Managing your time-off for maternity leave should start as soon as you learn you are pregnant, even before you tell your boss or [...]
Bed rest blues, week one
As many of you know, my husband and I are expecting a bouncing baby boy in early January. Or, at least that was the plan. On September 13th at 23 weeks pregnant, my water broke. Not a full break. It is more accurate to say that I’m leaking amniotic fluid. The diagnostic term is Preterm [...]
Second Pregnancy- The halfway point
For those of you who have been following Mom2′s “The second time around” posts, I have a confession to make. I am Mom2. Me. Renee. Your friendly MTWer. So far, this pregnancy has had its strange moments, but all seems to be well now. I’m off restricted duty and back to a normal life. I’ve [...]
Time for day care – update 1 the search begins
As you may have read in my previous post, the search for day care has begun for my now 15 month old daughter. First, let me begin by thanking everyone who gave me great questions and things to look for when choosing a facility. It was a huge help and made me actually sound knowledgeable. [...]
Why saying goodbye to kids doesn’t get easier
Saying goodbye to my children at school, child care and summer camp (today’s experience) doesn’t get easier over the years. They’re seven but it doesn’t feel seven times easier. Just when I think that we (me and them) have matured enough to take a new beginning in our stride, I get caught short with first [...]
About vacation
Well, around here, today is not just Easter Sunday, but the end of Spring Break. I’m lucky enough to live near enough to my parents so my daughter got to spend the week at their house. Her grandfather kept her plenty busy, as the weather was just warm enough on most days that he could [...]
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