The confinement food, apparently, isn’t working for Jean, but this picture is making me consider moving to Singapore and having a third child so that I can stay indoors eating this:

Did you eat anything special during your recovery from childbirth?

Post from: Babylune

Freelance writing is not a career I could have pursued were it not for maternity leave. Time is the most valuable commodity in the world and there should be no discounting the financial impact of what I call the naptime economy. What happens when a parent has a few hours of time every afternoon to think, to problem solve, to invent, or create?

I think of this time as a launching pad for copywriters to become authors, designers to become artists, jingle writers to become composers, saleswomen to become entrepreneurs. Instead of a period of career advancement, an extended maternity leave can be an experience in expanding career depth.

Reading this Toronto Star article about Mamapalooza, a music festival for the maternally-inclined, reminded me just how many women find their true vocation calling while mothering. From Hip Mamas to Survival Mamas, the opportunities are just a nap time away.

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