My phone rang at around 7 a.m. and it’s the nanny, saying she sick, blah blah blah, something about she’ll call me around 11 to let me know if she feels well enough to make it for the afternoon. I hang up and my first thought is Don’t come to work around my kids if [...]
Tags: stay at home mom, working mom
We’re parents, which means we have bills, jobs (and yes, stay-at-home-mom definitely counts as a job!), and obligations. On top of that, we want a clean house, home-cooked meals, and smart kids. But at what cost to our kids? Follow @dailymomtra
Tags: dads, development, discipline, kids, moms, parents, stress
Long ago, though I won’t say HOW long, I was in middle school. I wasn’t even sure I liked boys, and I didn’t want kids at all. In fact, I promised my uterus to my gay friend Sam, as I swore I’d never use it (Samir, you can still have it, but now it’s a [...]
Tags: advice, education, mothering, parenting choices, research
I took my son to a new school, and eventually had concerns about the way the classroom was run. I spoke to the principal and the teacher privately, who assured me that their methods were good enough and all kids that had been taught with this method turned out just fine. That was good enough [...]
Tags: advice, education, health & medicine, parenting choices
And I’m not talking about the birth of a baby here either. I’m talking about the birth of a grandmother. Because I’m telling you right now, something happens in that delivery room when your little bundle of joy arrives and you feel that budding maternal instinct stirring in side of you. If you’re lucky enough [...]
All babies are safest room sharing – this means in the same room, near the mother, at approximately the same level. Even Maria Montessori over 100 years ago stated this and it’s NEVER proved to be untrue. When babies are near their mothers, multiple things happen: – Baby mimics parents’ breathing rhythm, helping prevent sleep [...]
Tags: co sleeping, research, safety, sleep
I’m talking about myself here, of course. Toddlers are incredibly resilient and my son doesn’t quite seem to have reached the same level of neurosis as his old mom, which is a good thing. Last Friday we experienced our first big physical injury and I think I’m scarred for life. I know it’s fairly amazing [...]
The end of my maternity leave is coming up and I’m faced with the reality that I need to hire a nanny. My husband and I kind of put the subject off during my pregnancy — we wanted to worry about it when we had to. Well, we have to now. And the worry is [...]
Tags: back to work, maternity leave