Tag: baby on work trip

Gearing Up for a World Tour with a Newborn and Toddler

Gearing Up for a World Tour with a Newborn and Toddler

Every time I travel for work with my toddler there are usually tears involved (on my part).  I usually swear each time that I’m done working- it’s just too hard being a traveling working mom.  But yet I keep doing it again.  Now at 33 […]

I Wish I Were Homeward Bound: Two Weeks Away From My Toddler

I Wish I Were Homeward Bound: Two Weeks Away From My Toddler

For the past three weeks I have been in Nicaragua for work.  Originally my husband and my 22 month old toddler came with me, as we generally always travel as a family whether my husband or I are traveling for work.  But this time it […]

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All (Atlantic Magazine)

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All (Atlantic Magazine)

In the July/August 2012 issue of Atlantic Magazine Anne-Marie Slaughter, the first woman director of policy planning at the State Department under Hillary Clinton, discusses the struggles of working mothers.  She questions if, and suggests that, feminists have sold young women a fiction about “having it […]

Nanny for travel?

Nanny for travel?

We primarily travel with our toddler because our work takes us to different parts of the world.  Often, both my husband and I are both working and we need childcare.  This has been a challenge at times, especially when we’ve found ourselves in places where […]

Six Tips To Successful Breast Pumping on the Go

Six Tips To Successful Breast Pumping on the Go

I have pumped my breasts in many unsavory places (like on top of toilet seats), and in awkward places such as riding in the back of a 4×4 surrounded by work colleagues on unpaved dirt roads.  I’m committed to breastfeeding, or at least supply my […]