A Rough Guide to Travel with Babies
A man in his 70s with neatly trimmed silver hair and a clean shaven face sits at a makeshift table in the shadows on a quiet alley behind an empty tuk tuk. He wears nothing but a long green cloth tied around his waist and […]
Over a week ago I spent my Saturday morning striding through the rich red dirt roads of Yambio, South Sudan, with smiling sun-glassed boys on boda-bodas (motorbikes) asking if I needed a lift. By 10am the sun was blaring and I ducked into a small, […]
Before I gave birth to my babies I always planned on exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, and I also planned on nursing until they were at least age two or beyond, depending on when they felt they were ready to stop. Like most […]
A friend of mine a couple of months ago was trying to find wedding venues, but she was too busy with her international work travel. She told me about this great online service, Fancy Hands, that was helping her research venues and set up appointments […]
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 […]
My husband and I are both leaving to Pakistan in about a week. We’re working together on the same project there (let’s hope our marital bliss will see us through to the end of the project!). We decided that this time around we will leave […]
As a working middle class mom who lives the struggle of balancing work with family, I was disappointed by what I saw as short-sighted responses by both Obama and Romney on this past Tuesday night’s debate. When asked about equal pay, Obama touted the Lilly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Please visit Project Eve to read my blog, Pumping in Paraguay: I want to work close to the farm, too! My blog is featured today, April 2nd, where I discuss one of my experiences struggling as a new breastfeeding mom while traveling and working internationally. […]