Tag: Attachment parenting for working moms

WBW 2016: 5 tips for a strong nursing relationship while working away from home

Posted onAuthorBeth McKay3 Comments

Editor’s note: Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals central to World Breastfeeding Week this year is a call for better workplace support of breastfeeding women. Certainly employers have a large part to play in meeting this goal, but women also need step up to advocate for themselves, their babies, and their right to express breastmilk while at work: It’s that day…the dreaded day that no new mother wants to face — the last day of Read More …

Using TV as Sanity-Saving Tool

Posted onAuthorRita Brhel3 Comments

My kids are bugging me a bit today. Yes, I’ve said it: Every parent has moments when they’re discontent with their children. I think that’s important for everyone, especially parents who are new to Attachment Parenting or who are struggling at this moment, to remember – even the long-time, forever AP parents have their moments, or days, or weeks. What are they doing? The usual kid stuff. Pulling all their toys out of their bedroom Read More …

Working When I Should Be Sleeping

Posted onAuthorRita Brhel5 Comments

Most people I know are sleeping at 2 or 3 in the morning. If they’re awake, it’s because one of their children is, too, like a new baby needing milk or a preschooler retelling a bad dream. If their children are asleep, they are, too…usually. Every one of us has probably experienced that uncharacteristic bit of insomnia that seems to occur when you most need your sleep, like the night before your child’s birthday party Read More …

Mommy Has Testicles!

Posted onAuthorRita Brhel2 Comments

“I bet you didn’t know my mommy has testicles!” I bet you didn’t see this one coming, I’m thinking, as my precocious four-year-old daughter, E, my second born, bounces up to the man who I was hoping to become a new client. A father himself, he’s been dabbling in selling vegetables from his home garden and is looking to expand this hobby into a side business by getting a professionally designed label. I’d barely charge Read More …

Can You Please Retrieve My Bagel From Under the Bed?

Posted onAuthorRita Brhel2 Comments

I don’t normally eat anything found under my bed. The vacuum cleaner can only reach so far. I also have two house cats, and that’s where they go to get a little R-and-R from my three kids. Plus I do have a kitchen stocked full with food found in usual places like the fridge or pantry. But since going gluten-free this winter for medical reasons, it’s not often I get a chance to eat a Read More …

AP on the Road

Posted onAuthorEmma10 Comments

My 22-month old daughter zooms around the living room like an airplane, making whooshing noises. “Mama!” she says, “Whoosh!” “That’s right, honey, Mama’s getting on an airplane soon. But I’ll be back in two days, OK?” “Uh-huh,” she smiles, and hugs my leg tight. She knows I’ll come home, and that I’ll miss her terribly while I’m gone – we’ve done this before. I think there are sometimes misconceptions about how feasible attachment parenting is Read More …