Parents at Work

Has anyone successfully negotiated part time corporate after having kids?

Looking for space saver bags that actually work! TIA

Would love some perspective from moms in similar situation. For those of you with little ones where working was completely optionally financially, how did you decide whether to stay or leave?

Parents — need advice 🙏.

Our 10-month-old was breastfed until ~6 months and used to take a bottle, but stopped around 7–8 months and now refuses it completely. He’ll take milk from a spoon and we’re introducing c… more

Looking for oatmeal/ yogurt suggestions to give to a 7 month old., ideally with little to no salt / sugar. The baby yogurts I’ve found so far all have added sugar/ salt.

3.5 year old is lefty is having trouble figuring out how to hold the pencil. Think this is the root cause of a lot of frustration going to daycare - any suggestions on how we can help him? (No one is … more

For your toddlers, how do you deal when grandparents (or other family members) don't follow your bedtime routine or actual bed "time"? And more importantly, how do your toddlers handle t… more

Do you share pics of your kids with co-workers ?

Traveling on a flight with toddlers and planning to take our own car seats to put in our rental van. Asking for your experience on condition of your car seats? Do they get banged up in check-in? Wonde… more

Our first flight with an 18 month old next month 😬 2 questions:

1) we’re taking an umbrella stroller. Do I need to put it in a travel bag for gate check or is that unnecessary?

2) any recs for must… more

Hot take: Dependent Spending Account (DSA) policy should be revised so working families can use their pretax income to pay full daycare expenses.

The current cap is peanuts compared to actual daycare … more

Moms who are designers and art directors, has anyone found a way to establish reliable part-time design / art-direction work, meaning 20-30 hours a week? This can include freelance but in my experienc… more

Moms working in the agency world, and also those specifically working as designers and art directors… how do you balance setting boundaries, reinforcing 9-5 cut-off at work to preserve time with kids … more

How much do you spend a year on vacation?

My parents were living with us for the last 5 months helping with our 15 month old. They spent all their time with her. They just left and the toddler is heartbroken :( she can’t express it but the sa… more

At what point do children stop getting into everything in the house? I have a very rambunctious toddler who is a climber. He just defeated the infant baby proofing (door handles) and I’m losing my min… more

Looking to plan a week long trip this summer to Niagara Falls and Toronto with 2 toddlers. Any recommendations on activities, places to stay, etc. welcomed!

What shows are yall putting on for your 2.5 year olds (if any)? We just discovered Stillwater and like it on Apple. Looking for slower shows or live action. Kiddo seems to prefer real actors to animat… more

Daycare options are slim so I'm hoping to stretch maternity leave as much as possible. Has anyone successfully extended employer paid parental leave with state benefits, or have any other strategi… more

Had to urgently pull my 3yo son out of his school for safety concerns. We’re touring a new school tomorrow but for this week and potentially a few weeks until we get a solid plan, how do we work a ful… more

Okay how do you all do it? Working full time, raising a toddler, and juggling nonstop sick days at daycare feels overwhelming some days. I’ve even thought about switching to freelance to cut back, jus… more

Toddlers are (% might be off depending on kid)

33% golden retriever: always down to play
33% feral: freak outs over the blue toy when they wanted red
33% alien: seeing and experimenting with things like … more

Any tips to self regulate while kids tantrum? My wife panics when our 3 yo. screams for longer periods of time. She often cannot ground herself before trying to calm him down, so I find myself interve… more

What are you all doing for classroom valentines? I have a little toddler and I’m not sure if other parents will hate me if I give out candy and I’d love to avoid party favor-y junk toys. I might be ov… more

When are you teaching your kids about the birds and the bees? How are you doing it?

My 7 year old daughter goes to Learn to Skate classes in Arlington. She’s currently at B4 and has repeated it twice and hasn’t cleared it yet. IMO, She’s actually really good and confident on the ice, but I’m sta… more

Thoughts on all those cute fancy beds for toddlers. I.e. those fun car beds, canopies, etc. Does it help to get them to sleep alone? Are they worth it and what age do they grow out of it? Wayfair has … more

I get worried leaving my kids on their own. Our last baby sitter was so close to abusing the kids.

We’re taking my 2.5 off the bottle cold turkey but since she doesn’t have anything to sooth her to sleep, she ends up just crashing (writing this after she went to sleep at 10:30).

We have a schedule
We got t… more

Anyone else hate being a working mom in a dual career household?

We’re doing a 3 day lockdown to potty train my 2.5 year old daughter. Any tips ? We got her a book and she’s started to tell us when she needs to go but looking to hammer it home

Thinking about potentially leaving public accounting in the next year or so after maternity leave. Are there any accountants out there that work part time, say 2-3 days a week? Would love to be more p… more

Has anyone tried using their consulting skills to work with non-profits? I have been fantasising about quitting my job to try and make a real difference in the world, but I also need to pay mortgage a… more

My daughter just turned 1 yr and has been super attached to me, only wants mommy. I’m not complaining, but just curious if anyone else experienced the same at this age?

I am a single parent and have a work related travel coming up in March that I cannot avoid. I do not ever have to travel but this is a special training I have to go in for a week. How can I make it wo… more