Whether you are just trying to maintain your sanity or orchestrate an office takeover, Lauren Brody’s useful strategies will help ease the transition back to work after maternity leave.
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Passover is still my favorite holiday. Torturing the kids is all part of the fun.
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04/11/17
My Five Day Detox is Complete!
First day was really hard. Second day was even harder. Third day is supposed to be the hardest but that’s when I started feeling better about the whole thing. By the time Friday hit, I was like— I can keep going! And then I checked myself.
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04/03/17
My Five Day Detox Begins Today
Today, I am starting something I haven’t done since before Mazzy and Harlow were born— diet and exercise.
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03/31/17
29 Breakfasts Too Adorable to Eat
There is not much cooking required. It’s pretty much all presentation and anybody who can cut a banana can do it.
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03/29/17
Breaking Harlow
Harlow is a very particular kid. She likes things when she wants them and how she wants them. For much of her life, I’ve tried to anticipate her demands before she makes them. But as she gets older, I’m beginning to realize, I need to learn how to put my foot down.
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For my second episode of “Mommy Shorts in the City,” we visited the newest Milk Bar location in the West Village and got to sample crack pie ice cream, birthday cake truffles, and unlimited cookies.
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I’m proud to show you guys my second travel video! Watch us make friends with sea lions, run ourselves ragged at Legoland and try and fail to get up on a surfboard.
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Over President’s Day weekend, we had a four day action-packed trip to San Diego during which one thing became clear— we will have to come back to do all the things we wanted to do.
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If you’d like a glimpse into our Mont Tremblant ski vacation that is a little more up close and personal, I put together a video documenting the trip. This is my attempt at a travel vlog. Let me know what you think!
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02/03/17
Revisiting 8 Extraordinary Families
For my last post in the series, I asked each family a few additional questions about their experience. I find that often the support from my readers after their post is published is what creates the biggest impression of all.
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Since it’s Awards Season, and I have only seen one adult movie this year, I decided to put together a ceremony for the movies I actually did see— the animated ones.
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This is not an easy read and I struggled while writing it. Many children of Holocaust survivors were brought up without their parents sharing their story but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be told.
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01/31/17
Happy 70th Birthday, Grammy!!!
It’s hard to come up with exactly the right words to express my love and appreciation for my mom, so I turned to my equally devoted kids for help.
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The owners of Apple Seeds (two moms who met in “Mommy and Me” class) talk about how they got started and how they are creating opportunities for other new parents in need of a career change.
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