Being a Daycare Mom Can Be So Hard
Dear daycare mom, I know it's hard. To get yourself up before them, to make lunches, to pack the bags,…
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By Jocelyn Hurt The End of Maternity Leave Makes a Mother’s Heart Ache
As my last week of maternity leave begins, my heart feels heavier and heavier in my chest. I can’t fall…
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By Tara Parkinson Being a Working Mom When Kids Get Sick Is Complicated
I didn’t know what my ringtone sounded like until I went back to work after maternity leave. “You know it’s…
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By Megan Kewaza To the Working Mom Feeling Tired Before the Day Begins
Dear mama who just dropped her kids off at daycare, I see you. Five days a week, I see you.…
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To the Daycare Teachers Watching My Babies Grow with Me
I remember the knot in my stomach when my husband and I made the decision to put our kids in…
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By Angela Williams Glenn We Didn’t Just Send Our Kids to Daycare, We Sent Them to a Second Home
I cried when I left my children’s daycare. And no, I don’t mean I cried when I dropped them off…
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By Alicia K. Albertson Dear Daycare Provider, Thank You For Loving My Babies
My kids have a wonderful daycare/preschool. They’ve gone to the same place since they were six weeks old. I was…
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As a Working Mom, the Separation is Hard But My Gratitude is Big
I missed my daughter’s first steps. I saw a picture sent by her daycare teacher that she had walked for…
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By Kiley Hillner Your Last Day At Daycare is a Bittersweet Milestone
This is the part that gets me. Come Monday morning, I’ll be rushing to get you and your younger siblings…
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I Love Being a Working Mom But It’s Still Hard To Leave Them
To the working mama who cries in her car after drop-off, I was you just today. And boy did it…
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By Courtney Walter Dear Daycare Provider, We Couldn’t Do Life Without You
Here she is. She is the unsung hero of our family. For the better part of the last 10 years…
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By Kacie Duncan I’m a Working Mom and it Works For Me
Being a nurse and mama is hard work. Heck, being a mom is hard work. Shoutout to the SAHMs who…
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