This time, last year, I was preparing to return to work from maternity leave. My plan had been to return to work after three months, August 12, 2015, to be exact. I had a few leads from an earlier...
As a mom, you may often feel like you’re flying solo…and blindfolded…through a hurricane. But parenting works best as a team sport, and a skilled, responsible nanny can be both a huge asset to you and a loving companion...
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Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool is coming to Sunnyvale this spring! The brand new center is conveniently located right on Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in the Cherry Orchard neighborhood.
Bright Horizons knows working...
When I was thirteen weeks pregnant with my first child, I put my fetus's "name" on the waitlists of four daycare centers near our home. I recently received a call from one of them telling me that they had...
By Molly Ressler and Michelle Corley Wing
An estimated 1 in 5 homeless pregnant women give birth prematurely (double the national rate), posing both immediate and lifelong health challenges for the newborn. Homeless pregnant women are also less likely to...
Craigslist, NannyShare, UrbanSitter, Care.com, Facebook, Golden Gate Nannies, and a multitude of other platforms are a gift from the childcare gods when it comes to taking on the feat of finding the perfect nanny or domestic worker. Whether you’re...
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So you’ve found the perfect nanny. She’s bilingual, CPR certified, and she got your kid on a solid nap schedule. You feel at ease leaving your little one each day with such a...
I was the first of my local friends to have kids, so once they had babies of their own, they naturally asked me for babysitter recommendations. I was happy to share mine, on one condition. They had to check...
We are so over this. We have been pandemic parenting for nearly two years, and here we are once again, canceling and being canceled. We're home alone with our kids, in the winter, in the rain, and with the...
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I distinctly remember thinking when I was pregnant that I wished I could find an in-home daycare nearby. That arrangement would have hit the sweet spot between a nanny...
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