Hi Nataly
Congrats on a great site! I've been balancing work/family for the past ten years as an advertising sales executive. I recently lost my job in April and decided to take a few months off to be a full time stay at home mom. As I look to make my way back into the workforce, I'm amazed at the lack of support for working moms. I had flexibility since my son was born in 1996 but now as I look to start a new opportunity, I feel there is a lack of reception to my need balance. The irony is that I've spent 15 years working at parenting magazines and they are the ones that refuse to offer flexibility. One magazine that didn't offer me flexibility has the tag line "the magazine where family comes first". While society says we've come a long way - the publishing industry is still stuck in the world where moms need to chose between work and family instead of blending. I'm not discouraged, I know I will find the right opportunity - I'm just surprised with what I'm up against. Thanks for giving me the forum to get this out.

Thanks, Florinda - it appeared in the Boston Globe, actually (her article) with a too-big photo of me:) (The photographer was here for over an hour - I felt like a VERY minor celebrity!)

Hi, Nataly! Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I found your site through a blog entry written by the fabulous Mir, and I had to join immediately. You're doing something really great with Work It, Mom! Thank you! -- Lylah

Thank you for the welcome and the adive. I will check the page out.

Dropping in to say hello (and making sure I've figured all this out).

I will never forget the day I found the book. My daughter had not slept in something like 10 hours, was crying all day, I was totally losing it - she was about 2 months old at the time. When my husband got home from work, I handed her to him and silently walked out, went to the closest Barnes & Noble, to the books on caring for kids area, and picked up the first book I saw. Thankfully, it was the Weissbluth one and it saved our life! (I do a lot of my work at night after my daughter is asleep and not sure what I would do if she did not have a schedule!)