Comments on: My Maternity Leave Stories (Or How We Sold Our House So I Could Be A Stay-At-Home-Mom)

By: Love – The Secret Ingredient For Healthy Self-Esteem | Breastfeeding Moms Unite

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:53:46 +0000

[...] my first daughter until the eve of her third birthday. I continue to breastfeed my 34 month old. I left my much loved career so I could be a stay-at-home mom and do this. As a result my daughters have never had to know what it is like to be without me (or my [...]

By: The Things I Didn’t Expect When I Was Expecting | Breastfeeding Moms Unite

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:28:45 +0000

[...] was fortunate enough to have a year long maternity leave, and then decide to work from home after that year was up, during which time I spent a lot of time reading up on attachment parenting and happily finding my [...]

By: Mindfully Loving My Children | Breastfeeding Moms Unite

Mindfully Loving My Children | Breastfeeding Moms Unite — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:42:31 +0000

[...] a child who has always had challenging behaviours, no matter what kind of parenting you do, or what kind of sacrifices you make, it’s hard not to sometimes doubt your tactics. The past few months also have been busier than [...]

By: Seven Reasons I’m Sending My Child To Public School And The Three Big Reasons I Wish I Wasn’t | Breastfeeding Moms Unite

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:52:18 +0000

[...] and homeschooling her. I have and will continue to put my children’s needs first. Remember, my husband and I sold our house so I could be a stay-at-home mom. I just hope that she does do well in public school. I did, so I hope the luck of the draw is [...]

By: Melodie

Melodie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:49:22 +0000

@Brie – Exactly.

By: Brie

Brie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:21:02 +0000

Great post! I think that you captured what happens to a lot of us. We don’t realze just how much having a child will change us and then we have to figure out where we are going to go next with our lives.

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» Changing Gears After Maternity Leave: Melissa and Melodie Strocel.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:03:17 +0000

[...] were able to arrange things so that Melodie could stay home, which she tells us about in her post My Maternity Leave Stories (Or How We Sold Our House So I Could Be A Stay-At-Home-Mom). Here is an excerpt describing her anxiety as she considered the prospect of returning to work: [...]