Returning to work can be a daunting prospect, especially when you’re a different person to who you were when you left. Your priorities may have completely changed and you now want less hours and less stress or you may be feeling refreshed and ready to get back to the grind! Whatever your motivation, we’ve putContinue reading “Top tips to negotiate your return to work”
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My trusted support, my closest companion, my breast pump…
My trusted support, my closest companion, my breast pump… Strange sentiment right? But it’s how I feel about my Elvie breast pump! You see that picture at the top? I’m pumping in that picture! Simple, smart and discreet. The Elvie has allowed me to continue our breastfeeding journey with the ultimate convenience, whilst returning toContinue reading “My trusted support, my closest companion, my breast pump…”
Be kind to yourself
On this blog we talk a lot about being a working mum and the highs and lows that come with it, but today we’d like to talk about you. Not you as a mum, or an employee or the boss or a colleague, just simply you. It goes without saying that having a baby is a completelyContinue reading “Be kind to yourself”
Tax Free Childcare
It’s very well known that childcare is expensive, in fact it’s so expensive that sometimes you’re no better off going to work than staying home with no income. Many of us that have gone back to work aren’t entitled to any help until our little one turns 3, when we’re then able to claim 30Continue reading “Tax Free Childcare”
FOMM: Fear of Missing Milestones
When I pick up my son from nursery, I always get a thorough run down of his day along the lines of he drank this much water, he ate this much food, he slept for this long, had this many nappy changes, enjoyed playing with the drums etc. But every now and then you getContinue reading “FOMM: Fear of Missing Milestones”
The Mum Brain: Help or hindrance?
Oops ‘baby brain’! Oops ‘mum brain’! How many times do you find yourself saying this? To explain why you forgot something or to justify your way of thinking? It is thought that when you become a parent and inherit the inevitable baby brain you become less of an intellect and you lose credibility over makingContinue reading “The Mum Brain: Help or hindrance?”
Working & Breastfeeding: Making money… and milk!
One of my biggest worries about returning to work was how I was going to continue breastfeeding, I wanted to be able to offer that recognised and much loved comfort to my baby boy, in a time of massive change and uncertainty. I was determined to continue breastfeeding and so I began my research… whichContinue reading “Working & Breastfeeding: Making money… and milk!”
The Working Mum Project
I always knew I wanted a family and I always knew I would want to go back to work before the year was up. I made the decision to go back when my baby was 7 months old, I phased my return using holiday, working a 3 day week which would then increase to 4Continue reading “The Working Mum Project”
The Working Mum Project 