We are thrilled to announce the official babysitting service launch of the first nanny agency that helped us build Lilli several months ago.  Sarah Washburn, of The Washburn Agency, generously and expertly walked my tech cofounder Steve and I through the most essential steps of matching...

I love The Motherly Podcast.  In this week’s episode, Elizabeth Tenety mentioned slowing down to do seemingly ordinary tasks, like taking a shower or getting dressed, as a means to wellness.  This made me immediately think of the English abbeys I stayed at while backpacking...

I confess, I was a mom judger. 

Not too long ago, in what I now realize was an attempt to rationalize my own parenting choices, I totally judged another mom for focusing seemingly too much on the work she enjoyed and herself.

There I said it, guilty as charged.  Since then,...

If you’re not dancing around with giant creatures in a parking lot then who even are you?!  

Discovering Big Nazo was a revelation when we first moved to Rhode Island 8-ish years ago and I was so glad to run into them this past weekend.  I’ve loved this quirky...

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “on-demand childcare will be the next start-up unicorn!”  And of course, the ubiquitous “make the Uber of childcare!”  In my research of the in-home care industry, I’ve found something about these...

You may not know that I practice as a MomPro myself.  In one of my service appointments, our mom client was interested in help with a family meal prep and taking care of household items while her kids were at school.  Great, I thought!  I love being a busy bee.

Armed with a...

I am coming out of another long family visit this summer.  And while these are great (especially for the kids), I can't tell you how many times I've heard "We're here to help!" with little listening or attunement to the real needs I have expressed. It all ends up being more work for me.

It...

I’ve been on a summer pause this summer, scrambling to get my MomPro rolodex reconfigured with the summer camp schedule.  I’m not sure about you, but I find the summer patchwork somewhat frustrating.  Every camp has different requirements, idiosyncrasies, and times that...

I booked a MomPro yesterday to get some relief and got the text message below.  Our Pro for the day asked about doing anything extra around the house!  Now usually we separate our "household task" hours from childcare/child related clean up hours, but this MomPro had a bit of extra time...

Hoping you all made it through Halloween with minimal sugar highs and maximal sleep.  And if you didn't, oh well!  There's always another opportunity to try things again! 

Spooky stuff got me thinking about scary things for parents.

There are SO many fears along the parenting...

In all the conversations on the childcare crisis, the nanny shortage, the nanny industry as unregulated, and parental desperation, I've found it surprising that workforce development among the in-home caregiver population is not readily discussed.  

Many parents may not be aware that...