I was a Mom Judger. babysitter care.com childcare workingmom workingparent Nov 16, 2023

 

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,...

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Does your babysitter do this??! babysitter family assistant hire a nanny May 21, 2023

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...

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Who's in your in-home caregiver rolodex?! babysitter care.com childcare hire a caregiver hire a nanny parent stress Oct 03, 2022

I’m in my 40’s reflecting back on 8 years of hiring babysitters and nannies.  It’s had its ups and downs, and there were many lessons I learned along the way.  One of those hard and humbling lessons was that our family basically needs a cued up and ready rolodex of...

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