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Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak: An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood

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wickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance"

Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that today's overworked moms relate to. Marketing veterans Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak know firsthand what a struggle it can be to hold down a stressful job while raising a family-and that sometimes the only way to preserve your sanity is with laughter. A survival guide for the rest of us, Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is filled with bitterly funny topics like:

• Congratulations. Now, where do I slot "baby" in Outlook?

• Maternity Leave: Vacation or Hell?

• The Breastaurant is Open for Business: The pump and grind of nursing after you return to work.

• You Are Not Your Husband's Mother! and other time-sucking obligations.

• And more day-to-day advice for surviving the working-mommy trenches

Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is the indispensable "what to expect when you're expected back at work" guide for working mothers or any woman considering returning to work after baby. Read more...

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This magazine is edited for career-committed working mothers who have made the decision to raise a family while pursuing their personal growth to manage a successful career. The magazine provides advice on child care, children's education, growth and development, health and well-being, personal health, fashion and beauty, career options, work/family issues, family finances, food and nutrition. Read more...

Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak: An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood

List Price: $16.00

wickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance"

Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that today's overworked moms relate to. Marketing veterans Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak know firsthand what a struggle it can be to hold down a stressful job while raising a family-and that sometimes the only way to preserve your sanity is with laughter. A survival guide for the rest of us, Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is filled with bitterly funny topics like:

* Congratulations. Now, where do I slot "baby" in Outlook?

* Maternity Leave: Vacation or Hell?

* The Breastaurant is Open for Business: The pump and grind of nursing after you return to work.

* You Are Not Your Husband's Mother! and other time-sucking obligations.

* And more day-to-day advice for surviving the working-mommy trenches

Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak is the indispensable "what to expect when you're expected back at work" guide for working mothers or any woman considering returning to work after baby. Read more...

Working Mothers

Texas Mom and Entrepreneur Nichole Bentley Wins First Prize in Verizon's ...

PR Newswire (press release) - Jul 14, 2011

NEW YORK, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Three mothers in Texas, New York and Michigan who are also successful businesswomen are the winners of Verizon's Hardest Working Small Biz Mom contest. In her first-prize-winning video submission, Nichole Bentley

Working mom Ann Curry makes it all work

Muncie Star Press - Jul 19, 2011

1 show, NBC's Today, Ann Curry is one of the highest-profile working mothers around. USA Todaycaught up with the mom of two to get her advice on blending work and family. "Young women constantly come up to me for advice on how to handle the strain of

Eliminate Co-Pays for Contraception, IOM Report Recommends

The Nation. - Jul 19, 2011

Sharon Lerner is the author of The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation, which is out in bookstores now. The First Lady headlined an event highlighting the struggles of working mothers—but she pulled punches on the country's failure to

Working mothers financially disadvantaged, Australia Institute research finds

NEWS.com.au (blog) - Jul 17, 2011

By staff writers WOMEN who take maternity leave pay for it financially in the long run with their wages falling short of other female colleagues even ten years after their career break. Research by The Australia Institute found working mothers receive

Texas Mom and Entrepreneur Nichole Bentley Wins First Prize in Verizon's ...

14.07.11

Prepaid gift card, which she says she will use to "splurge on something" for her and her family. After her first baby became a toddler, Manriquez saw a need for children in her community to learn the Spanish and launched his company, which uses an interactive environment to teach students. Click here to see the video presentation Manriquez, in which she tells how she Verizon Wireless BlackBerry is so easy to use and update it using his media profile social, respond to emails from customers, and more.

The three winners will receive a subscription of platinum a year for women who start a company that promotes and supports women entrepreneurs. In addition, each winner will also receive a six months to two sites powered by Verizon Intuit, which allows companies to quickly and easily design and create their own website or, for those whose companies have a winning website, Intuit Prime WebListings, which puts the company on popular search sites.

Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Society is not designed for working moms. « It's Hard Being Perfect

by Ginger

Our society is not designed for two full-time working parents. This isn’t new information, and this certainly is NOT a debate on working vs. stay-at-home moms. The fact is that our family’s circumstances require that I have a job. I’m not upset with this; I enjoy my job and industry very much. Yet in my five years as a working mom I’ve dealt with a fair amount of frustration at how un-accommodating our culture is to the working mother (“parent” applies here too, but I’m a mom and I’m speaking from my perspective). The surprising thing to me is that this hasn’t improved.