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Child Care

One thing I’m missing about working right now

February 4, 2008

I’ve got a killer head cold, and I can’t call in sick to my toddler.  But let me tell you, Dora makes a great back-up sitter.

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A different kind of mommy guilt

January 30, 2008

I quit my job to spend more time with my son, but I haven’t quite let go of the one life vest that helps me hold my head above the proverbial water: my nanny. Yes, I’m one of those over-indulged SAHMs who has help a few hours a week.  Many weeks before I decided to quit my [...]

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O no you di’n’t

January 14, 2008

I sometimes wish I had a special super power that allowed me to zap a mom’s mouth shut before she said something stupid. Like the eye doctor I saw today to figure out why the F I still have pink eye. She was one of those perky, smiley, cute pregnant women who’s on her third kid, [...]

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Next time, you can leave the details out

December 10, 2007

Actual Conversation:   Nanny: “Hi Sara, I have a problem” Me: “What?” Nanny: “I just got my period and I bled everywhere so I’m washing my clothes. And wrapped myself in one of your towels. Do you have any tampons? Oh, and Junior’s in the crib so he doesn’t walk anywhere.  And, I washed my [...]

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Losing My [control over] Religion

November 28, 2007

By now, you know that my nanny is quite religious and that on one occasion her beliefs have conflicted with a proposed activity for my son.  By now you know that I’m on nanny #3 and that our relationship has had its tenuous moments.  And by now, because I have not mentioned it in quite [...]

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When the nanny is a non-believer

October 20, 2007

Our family’s transition to our new nanny has not been easy.  But as of late, my son’s stopped crying every time I leave for work, and I no longer feel the need to text her 37 times a day to see if my boy has pooped, napped or is happy. We’re making progress. Well, sort of. [...]

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Monday morning pick-me-up

October 15, 2007

Apparently 11 percent of personal care workers who change diapers as part of their job duty reported having depression lasting 2 weeks or longer, according to this article. And yes, I’m still here, contrary to the fact that I still can’t piece together a witty one-liner.  And this story SO needs a witty one-liner. So [...]

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What should SMM do?

October 1, 2007

What do you do when you’ve laid (or is it lied?) around the house all day sick, stay up too late catching up on e-mails and overdue work? You go on the local parenting website and see if there are any good nannies to steal interview. It was then that I found yet another message [...]

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What I would blog about if I was blogging

September 23, 2007

Even though I haven’t posted here in awhile, I have been keeping up on some interesting developments across the blogosphere.   I’ve been following this story on the new mom who was denied a longer break during her medical licensing exam so that she could pump breast milk for her infant daughter.   Apparently judges in Massachusetts are ignoring [...]

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Another reason I won’t be blogging for awhile…

September 19, 2007

I know I’m officially on a “break,” but this was too good not to share with you all. New nanny told me this morning that she has decided to move to the ‘burbs to be closer to her family and would rather not commute into the city for work. Especially in the wintertime. Yes, I’m [...]

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