Comments on: Returning to Work: Heather, Brie and Carrie http://www.strocel.com/returning-to-work-heather-brie-and-carrie/ Keeping it real in the suburbs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lady M http://www.strocel.com/returning-to-work-heather-brie-and-carrie/#comment-41386 Lady M Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:32:18 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=5484#comment-41386 Find reliable, trustable childcare makes all the difference - and that can be so hard! We met with several nanny candidates that turned out very poorly before we met the terrific lady we have now. Whew. Find reliable, trustable childcare makes all the difference – and that can be so hard! We met with several nanny candidates that turned out very poorly before we met the terrific lady we have now. Whew.

]]> By: *pol http://www.strocel.com/returning-to-work-heather-brie-and-carrie/#comment-41380 *pol Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=5484#comment-41380 I was so insecure about the new parenting experience that I was relieved to be heading back! I was sure that the caregiver was better at it than me and my office time was a haven of security and known variables in comparison. Handing my first son over to the caregiver was nerve-wracking only because I felt like I was "bad mom" for feeling the way I did about it all. The good news is by the time mat-leave ended with baby #2, daycare was too expensive an option and it made more sense for me to work from home financially and for my family's sake. I was no longer a newbie parent and though things were twice as chaotic with 2 instead of one, I felt more secure in my parenting role. It was NOT EASY to leave the office comforts and predictability!!! I still miss having a quiet place to work and other like minded-peers to bounce ideas off of, but I feel blessed to have to opportunity to be my own children's caregiver!!! It is so rare a gift in today's two-income-household-society to be able to raise our own kids. For the record, the lady that took care of baby #1 when I went back is still my friend and parenting mentor, I learned SO MUCH from her about respectful discipline, setting appropriate boundaries and getting reluctant youngsters to eat their veggies! I NEEDED her to be the parent I am today! I was so insecure about the new parenting experience that I was relieved to be heading back! I was sure that the caregiver was better at it than me and my office time was a haven of security and known variables in comparison. Handing my first son over to the caregiver was nerve-wracking only because I felt like I was “bad mom” for feeling the way I did about it all.

The good news is by the time mat-leave ended with baby #2, daycare was too expensive an option and it made more sense for me to work from home financially and for my family’s sake. I was no longer a newbie parent and though things were twice as chaotic with 2 instead of one, I felt more secure in my parenting role. It was NOT EASY to leave the office comforts and predictability!!! I still miss having a quiet place to work and other like minded-peers to bounce ideas off of, but I feel blessed to have to opportunity to be my own children’s caregiver!!! It is so rare a gift in today’s two-income-household-society to be able to raise our own kids.
For the record, the lady that took care of baby #1 when I went back is still my friend and parenting mentor, I learned SO MUCH from her about respectful discipline, setting appropriate boundaries and getting reluctant youngsters to eat their veggies! I NEEDED her to be the parent I am today!

]]> By: Theta Mom http://www.strocel.com/returning-to-work-heather-brie-and-carrie/#comment-41377 Theta Mom Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:57:37 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=5484#comment-41377 Thanks so much for posting Amber! I also totally related to Brie and Carrie in this quest for finding peace in the midst of returning to work after a leave, no matter how long it was. We all connect to this in some way because we are all mothers, just trying to do the best job we can... Every single day. Thanks for sharing our stories! You rock!!! :) Thanks so much for posting Amber! I also totally related to Brie and Carrie in this quest for finding peace in the midst of returning to work after a leave, no matter how long it was. We all connect to this in some way because we are all mothers, just trying to do the best job we can… Every single day. Thanks for sharing our stories! You rock!!! :)

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