It’s so easy to judge others. In my first corporate job, I worked next to a young girl with a son. She must’ve been 25 years old. She always took off from work, left unexpectedly and I didn’t understand why she just couldn’t get her act together. Wow, how my…
On the first day of camp I did not bring my kids to camp. Am I a horrible mother? I’d like to think so but I won’t let myself. The week and a half between school and camp took a lot of planning, arranging and rearranging. I just couldn’t do…
Today was filled with mommy-guilt. It was DS1’s first day of camp and I wasn’t the one to bring him there. I know that he was well taken care of and he is only 4 years old, but I still feel like there are certain things a mom should do…
Returning to work after having a baby can be so emotional. For the first 13 weeks of DS3’s life, I never left his side. We went everywhere together and I was always the one taking care of him. Now that I returned to work I have to give up a…
A few weeks ago I mentioned how nervous I was about the whole summer planning process for DS1. We don’t have all our plans in place yet, but choosing a camp ended up being easier than I thought. I knew that I only wanted to send DS1 to a local…
This time last year I was freaking out about how we’d send DS1 to school, which ends much earlier than daycare (4pm vs. 6pm). In the end it all worked out and we found our wonderful afternoon babysitter to pick him up, but now I’m freaking out about what to…
A parenting forum that I frequently visit had a post asking 5 questions about sending kids to daycare full-time. The poster was nervous about sending her children for the first time and I totally understood her fears. I had some of the same reservations myself! Since we’ve been sending our children…
