Mompreneuer

Happy New Year! (Can I still say that in March?). Winter is nearly over, but a lot has been going on for the blog and me personally so far this year, so this blog review will actually cover both January and February.  I feel like Covid is either creating a symptom stir or canceling school in our house constantly.  I know we’re all feeling a little burned out and overwhelmed by the ever changing recommendations and mandates.  It’s so much stress on everyone, especially parents.  I’m right there with you.  Send me a note if you want to talk about …

In my line of work, conference planning, traveling is inevitable.  As a breastfeeding mom I’ve opted to travel for work with the kids.  Due to the pandemic many of my events converted to virtual meetings, so I haven’t had to worry as much about traveling until recently.  Now that the world is opening up to this new normal, traveling for work is an expectation again. So I’m back to considering whether or not to bring the kids on trips with me. I’m blessed to work for a company now that is flexible and willing to let me bring the baby …

Pumping at work was never something that excited me.  Before maternity leave ended with our first baby I was very anxious at the prospect.  Honestly, I wasn’t even comfortable breastfeeding at that point, especially not in public, which made pumping at work even harder to imagine. When I was pregnant with our first baby I assumed breastfeeding would be easy. We took a class at the hospital and they laid out the benefits of breastfeeding, but I had already made up my mind that we definitely would. All the while not realizing that it doesn’t come as naturally as I …

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m still loving this blog and I’m so excited for more and more people to gather here for some parenting ideas and encouragement.  I’d really love to get some discussion going, so please feel free to leave a comment on any post to share your story too. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and thinking of ways to improve.  I’ve read so many inspiring experiences of success and what blogs have done for other mom’s families.  Some are even using their blog to really make a difference in the world.  I can only …

I’ve made it through two months blogging, but honestly November is an example of how I don’t want to run this blog.  My posts were scattered and inconsistent, and did not follow along with my established content calendar. Moving forward I hope to be more predictable and consistent. At the risk of making excuses, personally the month kinda just got away from me.  I was off to a good start at the beginning of the month with several new posts.  Then I got a text from one of Annie’s daycares letting us know that one of the other kids tested …

This blog has been on my mind for a long time so to see it live is very exciting.  I first had the idea of launching the blog when Annie was born. The idea of going back to work was hard to fathom and the reality felt even worse. So, I started brainstorming options. When Covid hit, I started writing, bought the domain name and started working on the site. But a full-time day job with a baby at home made it hard to focus on it at first. So, it sat inactive for months.  When we had Ace, my …

Working mom life is a dream for some moms.  I’m not going to pretend I understand what that’s like.  For me, the working mom guilt is unbearable, enter my stay at home mom goals. Annie is 17 months old at the time of this post and I’ve been working since she was 3 months old.  I remember the first day I dropped her off at daycare.  It was soul-crushing.  She was safe, surrounded by other adorable kids her age, great teachers, toys, outdoor space, any kids dream I can imagine.  But for the 8 hours after dropping her off I …