Parenting with Confidence
Find a work/life dream team
You see, when it comes to work, you can seek harmony by asking your employers what the policies are for working from home a few days a week. Discuss policies on taking time off to care for sick children or if a snow day should occur. Ask if they offer childcare compensation – some places do! Be sure to ask about maternity and paternity leave and what their policies are about returning to work. When it comes to family life, you can plan out some things by talking with family members, friends and child care services, having designated schedules for car pools, and also having back-up help in case both parents can’t take much time off. Building your dream team, as I like to call it, is what is going to be a game changer for your journey as a parent. When you have a good support system in your corner, you and your kids are
This summer is a good one to go all out with your kids and family. Live life to the fullest – don’t just exist. going to thrive more than ever. So even when things feel like a lot at times, just remember to plan what you can and know that whatever comes your way, you have a dream team to call on to help you figure it out.
Quoida Lauzon
This pandemic took a toll on all of us in different ways. I recommend you go all out this summer with your kids and family. Live life to the fullest – don’t just exist. After 2020, we all need to laugh more, play more and enjoy our children more
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without being so stressed out. Our kids deserve to see us be more than just OK and to feel that even after a storm, there are rainbows to dance under. Do something for yourself – go out, start a new by hobby, go join a new outside hobby, and start doing things that really bring you joy. So again, is there such thing as balance? To me, there won’t ever be, but when I think of doing my best, I like to break things down and priori-
tize them. I think that perhaps there is no real work life balance that can be achieved, but maybe the goal is more for harmony, much like the keys on a piano working together to build beautiful music. Quoida Lauzon is a Capital District mom and a Registered Nurse who specializes in maternal and infant health, breastfeeding and childbirth education. She teaches classes and coaches new mothers in their pregnancy and “fourth trimester” journey and believes women should thrive, not just survive, motherhood. Connect with her on social media @ nurse.q.lauzon or visit nurseq. com.
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s there really even such a thing as work/life balance? I, personally, don’t think there is, especially for moms. A better word would be “harmony.” Learn to harmonize it all by breaking things down into categories and prioritizing.
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