We used a reward chart for the first time with Miss Z when we started potting training her. We weren’t sure she would understand the concept or whether it would have the desired effect, but we gave it a go anyway. The chart had several actions like sitting on the potty, pulling down her panties, actually doing something on the…
Month: March 2015
Baby on board…
Before I was ever pregnant I utterly lacked any sensibility for pregnant women and how the daily commute might be difficult for them. Once I became one of “them”, then I certainly could relate. Especially in those first 3 months of pregnancy when I was feeling extremely nauseous, but there was no visible signs of pregnancy. It was also too…
Do you have work/life balance?
I attended a Career Development day for women at my work the other day. There were about 100 women in a room, all from different parts of the company, and from different countries/backgrounds. There was a group of five women at our table. It was a very interactive day, with lots of discussions around issues and strategies to help women…
Privacy or Paranoia…
“It’s not the same as it was in the old days”. You, like me, probably heard this growing up time and time again. What you probably didn’t expect is that you would be thinking it, if not saying it, now that you have kids. I was born in the seventies. There were no devices and the TV was black and…