I do take a lot of pride in keeping a clean home now more than ever, despite also being a working mom. I created a guide to cleaning my whole house so that I can keep track of what I’ve cleaned each month and to also hold myself accountable to remember the commonly forgotten places in the home. I mean, when was the last time you cleaned your baseboards?

We had planned to go away a few months ago, but then lockdown happened, and we had to think again. We rearranged our trip to last week and, as the rules had eased, we decided it would be just what we needed and that we should go for it. The last time we went away was well before Christmas and I knew my son wasn’t going to remember it, so this felt completely new all over again. However, when we last went away the journey was awful.

I’m supposed to work my 45+ hour/week career, serving hundreds of small business clients nationwide, while home-schooling a handful of pre-teens AND attempting to keep my 2-year-old’s half-naked body out of my Zoom conference-call windows?!? Oh – Okay. I got this. It’s, like, for a month, right?

I’m really excited you’re here on this journey with our team and with all of the amazing mamas that have participated thus far. Grab your coffee (or your wine - no judgment, girlfriend) and dive into some of these stories.

The first layer you have to uncover about working through your maternity leave plan is communicating with your boss about being pregnant. You might feel anxious or nervous about telling your boss that you are pregnant. I know I did! I wanted to find the right time to tell my boss I was expecting, but I didn’t know how he would react.

“I can stay at home with the kids and while they sleep, I can work on my new business venture.” Those are familiar thoughts that run through many women’s minds when motherhood transitions to mom-preneur.