• Working Mom

    Working Mom Essential: A Deep Freezer (plus recipes)

    Tweet Our 4th of July was rainy. It was the type of day you just have zero desire to go outside and mainly would like to crawl up on the couch with a good book or a decent movie. For me, it was the perfect day to jump back into the world of my deep freezer. Right before H was born, I did a marathon of freezer meal prep and had meals for a good while after he arrived. This was an excellent decision and saved us from eating frozen pizza every night of the week (not that my sweet hubby would have complained!).  Then I went back to work…

  • Working Mom

    Excuse the Mess and Come on Over

    Tweet The other day I was at the grocery store. I had gotten there later than I planned so it was pushing 5:00 when my husband called. Having left him home with our child, I was a bit concerned. He assured me everything was fine and then proceeded to let me know our neighbors had decided they could come for dinner.  We quickly created a menu and I picked up the few things I needed in order to hurry home and prepare a meal. A little over an hour later, our neighbors showed up and entertained the little man while we finished up dinner.  They were so appreciative of the…

  • Working Mom

    Kudos to You,Babe

    Tweet Cue mushy post. I have to brag on my better half a little. Most days being a working mom is incredibly tough.Trying to balance a job, a baby, a civic life, a social life, and a home can be exhausting. And there are many days I feel I am doing a terribly inadequate job at all of it. And then my amazing husband will notice the laundry is put away or tell me how awesome of a mom I am or remind me how much he loves me. Those moments when he reminds me I am capable, adequate, and doing a great job are precious. They are fuel to keep…

  • Community,  Working Mom

    The Art of Saying No

    Tweet You learn a lot of things as a new mom. I mean a lot (these I will continue to elaborate on). But when you are a new mom and a working mom, one thing you have to learn quickly is the art of saying no. This is something I have NEVER been good at nor ever thought I would need to be good at saying. I was just always the person who kept all the balls in the air and came through in a pinch. And then, H came along. All of a sudden, I was doing well to just figure out this whole mom thing. Forget trying to…

  • Working Mom

    Working Mom Essential: A Meal Plan

    Tweet Long before I got pregnant, I worked really hard at cleaning up our diet.  I started researching food chains, ingredients, products, and healthy eating. I doubled my grocery shopping time because I started reading each and every label.  It’s been a slow process. And we are still by no means perfect.  (if you open my freezer, you will find two pints of Ben and Jerry’s because sometimes you just need ice cream)  After I made it through the first trimester and actually started to feel like eating again, I was meticulous about what I ate because what I ate, the baby ate.  But for all the planning and preparing,…

  • Working Mom

    The One Bag Essential To All Working Moms

    Tweet On Friday’s, I am going to try to give you a review of some of my favorite products. My goal is to mostly highlight gear helpful to working moms, but I will probably throw in a baby item here or there because that is what mostly consumes my life outside of work.  For this first post, I have to write about the one product I believe is essential for any working mom-the most amazing Sarah Wells Bags. After a week back to work, I realized quickly something had to change. I was lugging 3 or 4 bags with me everyday- my gym bag, a pumping bag, a work bag,…

  • Working Mom

    The First Day

    Tweet We found a wonderful daycare. I started searching before I even told anyone I was pregnant because around here, the waiting lists for infant daycare are months long. Typically you find one, put your name on a list, and then call and be as annoying as possible until you secure a spot. This is not me. And so, when I found a daycare I liked and they also promised me they would have a spot and I didn’t have to call back until H was here, I was overjoyed.  The Friday before the first day, I went up to the daycare and spent way too long in H’s room…

  • Working Mom

    The Faint Line

    Tweet To catch you up to my current life, I have to go back a little. It all began with one faint line. Ok, well, it began before that, but this is not a lesson in human biology. After one faint line, I went and bought a pregnancy test that declared you pregnant or not pregnant just to be sure. Yep. Pregnant. In your late 20s, this is an acceptable thing. Especially if you are married.  And especially if you live in southern Indiana. In fact, I was late to the baby game. Several of my friends were on number 3 or 4. But the faint line was not my…

  • Working Mom

    Adventures of a Working Mom: The Intro

    Tweet The other day I was driving and lamenting to myself about something..I honestly can’t remember what it was at this point and in the grand scheme of life, I am sure it was petty.  In the course of my internal wrestling, I realized how much I missed writing. Becoming a mom certainly changed my entire life (more on that to come..) and I realized I missed this little corner of my world. I abandoned it for a while because I felt I had nothing to say. My former adventurous, traveling the world life has been replaced with a job in corporate America and I often found myself struggling to…

  • Working Mom

    One Last Update..

    Tweet I am officially due in 4 days.  Several of my co-workers stop by each morning to check in and see if I am still here. When I see other friends they ask, “are you still pregnant?” (if the belly wasn’t a dead giveaway, I am not sure what else would clue you in) In their defense, two weeks ago I told them I could have the baby any day after a different doctor seemed convinced our little guy was going to come that day. He was all like, “have you packed? installed the car seat?” and I was like “nope, I have three weeks left and my doctor doesn’t…