After a busy holiday season, back-to-back illnesses and children exhausted from starting school, my husband and I locked eyes during a particularly long and fraught bedtime with our two daughters. We didn’t say anything but you could read the silence: it shouldn’t be so hard!? When does it get easier? How can they possibly need SO much?
Read MoreNever in the history of the world has there ever been such a loaded question as “How did you sleep?”
How much time do you have?
There is nothing more bonding than new parents sharing their sleep schedules, routines, failures and successes. This is prime-time material.
If you’ve read this far - if you get it, we are now best friends and I’m going to tell you the WHOLE story of my second child and how we eventually got some sleep.
Read MoreThis Fall called my bluff.
Like a lot of Moms, a big reason for choosing self-employment was the flexibility and the opportunity to spend more time with my kids day to day. It certainly wasn’t for the generous salary and benefits package.
The Fall held promise, my 5 year old was starting in person SK and we were looking for part time childcare for my 3 year old. I was salivating at the prospect of so much time alone in my home and all the projects, courses, content and new clients filling my schedule.
But then…
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