working moms

I had an initial phone interview with a company I’m really interested in. Childcare fell through, but I figured it’d be fine because the HR/ initial call usually takes less than 30 mins. We ended up talking for close to an hour! Baby was getting mad so i did everything I could to keep him happy...

Partly venting, partly interested to hear other people's perspectives. The relationships dynamic has been "tElL mE wHaT yOu nEed fRoM mE." Except when I do, he ignores me or throws a hissy fit, so my options are to give up or let the anger build up until I explode and it's back to "well I'm so...

The mods have been discussing a new avatar for the subreddit. Currently it's the little reddit robot holding a laptop and a baby that's featured at the top of the subreddit and next to posts in this sub. We would love if the new logo/avatar came from our community, so we are holding a contest...

I'm returning from parental leave with my second and reflecting on how different postpartum has felt this time. With #1, I was clearly grieving my past life and way more anxious and frustrated with my baby for every single crying episode. I beat myself up about my struggles with breastfeeding...

Hi everyone! Not looking for advice, just feeling sad and needed to get it off my chest. I have 14-month old twins, “T” (f) and “D” (m). I am very fortunate that I work part-time and am home with the kids part-time. I went back to work when the kids were about 4 months. In our area, daycare...

Hello! I saw a post on here last night about a mom dreading weekends with her little. I can’t find it to comment so I thought I’d share what I do here. If I’m repeating what others have said, I’m so sorry! I just want to be helpful :) I used to dread solo weekends as well. Things got...

Hi everyone, I'm due with my first child in a month and I'm lucky to have en employer who provides 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave. How should I manage California benefits in parallel to that? We are a small tight-knit company so I have the flexibility to choose as long as it's legal...