CareerMama℠

 
One of my readers recently asked me for some advice about whether or not she should try to break into her dream career or have children first. It is a question many women have asked themselves, especially when the prospect of finding the optimal job is so dim. On one hand, you want to keep [...]

 
Or Mommy Angst (aka Baby Withdrawal)
 
 
 
A friend of mine, who does not have children, asked me to explain “mommy guilt”. I have to admit this is a difficult subject to discuss without a common frame of reference. It is also difficult because I have never really liked the term “mommy guilt”. But, on behalf of all [...]

 
“What do you think about going out for dinner?”
“Let’s go see a movie tonight!”
 “How about catching a ballgame?”
 
Before you had a baby, you could spontaneously go on trips, enjoy a late night dinner, and hit the gym at 8 p.m. Once you assume responsibility for a child, you no longer have these luxuries.  This may [...]

 
Mothers are well known for trying to be all things to all people. We are cooks, maids, chauffeurs, teachers, and on top of all that, many of us also have careers outside of the home. Remember that 70’s ad for Enjoli? Even back then, women were trying to bring home the bacon, fry it up [...]

She’s Just Sleep Deprived:  Returning to Work after Baby
Have you ever heard an exasperated sigh from a co-worker who wonders why you can’t remember anything, speak in complete sentences, or why you’re unable to keep up with a conversation? Has that sigh ever come from you? If the answer is “yes,” you may have just [...]

 …Life with a Baby
Remember a time when you and your husband could go to a movie whenever you wanted, eat a romantic dinner whenever you wanted, and work at the office until 7 p.m., 8 p.m. or even midnight without negatively affecting the other’s schedule? This is the kind of freedom you don’t realize you [...]