Forum: Working Parents (WOHM's)

Just curious about you moms that work and breastfeed and especially any that work afternoon shifts? How often do you have to pump at work?

Here is a thread to share any tips and suggestions you may have to make juggling home life and work life easier.

Do you have any prepare ahead of time or easy to prepare recipes that your family loves? If so, please share them with us.

Welcome to the working parents board! I can't wait for this board to be more active. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or suggestions on how we can make this board more active and a great support resource for parents working outside of the home! Dawn

We are starting our babies on a new sleep schedule (in bed around 8:00 pm). They sleep almost 10 hours at night, so this helps us with our 5:00 am wake up call. We drop them off at the sitters at 6:30 am, and pick them up at 6:00 pm. We now get to play with them for an hour and then we have an...

Been a while since anyone has posted on this board. And it seems I need it now more than ever!!! I have a 7 year old (2nd grade), 5 year old (Kindergarten) and 2.5 year old. DH and I both work outside the home. Jacob goes to daycare all day and the other two will ride the daycare bus each...

I've been working on this for two years now.. working towards a long anticipated promotion.. This article was given to me by my mentor at work.. As the year end "reviews" come up.. I thought I would share this. Nevermind the glass ceiling, watch the stickly floor Have you ever felt like...

I had an idea for a business and wanted to run it by you ladies... Before having DD #3, I was a wohm. I worked in an accounting office and during tax season we ate out more than we ate in. It got quite expensive. One month I counted up our restaurant expenses and it was over $400! Yikes! ...

Do those exist? I"m in such a funk, busy, and barely have time to go to the grocery store. What do you all make? TIA, Tricia

Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to this board ~ I've been hanging out mostly on the infertility/pregnancy board but just noticed this forum. I have one son right now, who will be 12 next month, and I am expecting my second son in March. DH and I both work full-time and with March quickly...

Seems to be the week for us all to have daycare issues!! My ds goes to my IL's when he's not in school (he'll be starting kindergarden in the fall), and all day in the summers. He's bored out of his mind, my MIL is getting way burned out, and it just feels like it would be good for all involved...

Anyone needing to place their child in daycare when they go back to work? What kind have you chosen and how did you research them? What were your feelings on needing to make this decision?

Hi! I pop over here once in awhile but it's not very active. Probably because we are all so uhhhhhmmmmm - Busy maybe :) Just wondering what you all do for meals during the work week? Do you have it all planned out, go with the flow, eat out, crock pot it, or what? What easy meals do you do? ...

What are you guys doing for the extra hours that your kids are not in school and you are working. Here is what we are doing this year. DS, he wil get on the school bus 7:25 that will take him straight to school. He goes to kindergarter full day, at 3 pm the daycare which is across the st,...

I didn't even realize this board existed on FT until tonight. My maternity leave is over and I have to return to work tomorrow. DD is 41/2 months old and I am so grateful that my school district has held my job for me for the last 41/2 months. I always thought I would be "ready" to go back to...

Hello ladies - I am on the limbo here, would really love to hear your thoughts.... I've been a working (and virtually "single" - DH was living/working across the country) mom since DD turned 4 month. After a full year, we finally decided that I quit my job (HARD decision for me as I loved it),...

New year, let's have some new updates:D

The Christmas Clause. It's a straight to DVD movie. I could have sworn the first 15 minutes were based on my real life. My husband and I couldn't stop laughing. I kept waiting for the main character to quit her job and that was the point of the movie, but that didn't happen. It was more...

This sounds so silly even as I type it, but I'm really having a hard time with something. I had a hard time going back to work when DS #2 was 8 weeks old. Lots of dynamics behind that, but the main ones were my commute and the daycare situation. When I got pregnant, the plan was hire a...

Hi! Going back to work on the 19th after being out almost 9months (8wks bedrest, 8wks NICU twins, stay at home till new school year starts - I'm a teacher). So my g/g twins are 6months old (3months+ adjusted premies), took 8+yrs. to get them, and the day is coming up way to fast that I go back to...

Hi! I go back to work in a little over a month - my g/g twins will be 6months old (3months adjusted). I have to leave for work at 6:30am - dad will be home till 8:30am when the sitter/nanny will arrive. Currently they wake up between 8 & 9am (depending if we get them to bed on time) have a...

I go back to work tomorrow after being off for 8 weeks and I'm absolutely dreading it. I've been trying not to think about it too much because whenever I do, I get teary-eyed and sometimes become resentful towards DH (long backstory on that one). We found what appears to be a good homecare...

Our dear Au Pair is leaving in July to go back home. She has been with us almost 2 years and it is time for her to head home. I'm trying to plan a bbq for her and her friends at our home or my DH and I will get a sitter and take her to a nice restaurant in SF. I'm trying to think of ideas maybe...

Hello ladies - lets get some updates!!!!!!

What's up ladies - anyone doing something fun this weekend??? We are just hanging at home - which is nice!!! I might take Max to a movie but that is about it.