working moms

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...