working moms

I’ve been thinking a lot about what life will be like after maternity leave when I have a beautiful new baby at home and I have to drag myself back to work. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy my profession, I love being a designer, however I had always imagined making the transition to freelance once I was ready to have children. Right now the security of a steady income, annual pay increases and insurance make that dream seem quite a bit further off than I ever hoped. Of course, with all the shake ups poised to happen in the beverage industry, working in advertising in St. Louis may no longer offer the job security it once has. So needless to say, there are a lot of things on my mind.

Anyway, today I came across the book, 42 Rules for Working Moms on Cool Mom Picks. It appears to be a valuable resource that may be beneficial even before the baby arrives, like advice on registry items to purchase or avoid. I’ve also recently read an issue of Working Mother magazine hoping to gain some insight on how to balance this new lifestyle with work, however most of that content seems to be geared toward mother’s with toddlers or older. Do any of you moms or moms-to-be out there know of any additional resources to help prepare to be a working mom?