Moms on the Move
We want to support and acknowledge moms. Each of you is making a difference whether you are a stay at home mom, working mom, or volunteer mom. When you become a mom, it is often easy to forget the side of you that is also a woman who may have had a career, hobbies and education before you became a parent. As a mom we spend our days multi-tasking and juggling. We are now the CEO of our households. Our job description includes diapers, dishes, carpooling, and an endless amount of laundry. Overnight you go from being a woman with style to someone who is happy to just get a shower. Being a mom is wonderful but it is also important to have a sense of yourself outside of your family.
This page is for you. Give us feedback on what you would like to see by emailing us. Check back often because this page will change monthly.
Tips for the Working Mom
Tips for the Working Mom
Parent to Parent Tips:
Balancing Family Life
- Don't fight change, just plan on rearranging your sleeping and waking schedule to ensure that you get quality time for you (i.e. working out, reading, correspondence etc.)
- Force yourself to get into the habit of cleaning up, moving/folding laundry, preparing lunches, and planning breakfast every night, before you go to bed.
- Prepare extra food on Sundays to use during the week (i.e. chop veggies and large fruits and prepare storable meals).
- Always have crackers or other snacks and water in the car.
- Utilize some of your lunch breaks at work to run errands (grocery shopping and post office), but also reserve some of them to refresh yourself (take a walk or eat with a friend).
- As a working mom, you need to be good at multitasking and staying organized.
- Try to make lunches the night before.
- Pick out kids outfits the night before and
- Make sure to get kids to bed early enough that they get the sleep they need.
- Work as a team with your spouse, Get yourselves ready first in the morning. Wake up kids so that they have enough time to eat, get ready and play a bit before you rush out the door to daycare and school.
- Try to talk about something you will do together that night before you all go in different directions. That way, you start the day on a positive note and have something to look forward to at the end of the day.
Tips for the Momprenuer
Tips for the Mompreneur
Don't Just Dream, Take Action
Networking...
- Use the time you spend dropping your children off at school, at the playground, beach etc. to work on brainstorming for your business by doing informal networking with people you happen to be sitting near who might be in your target market - you'll get some great ideas.
- Treat yourself like a big business.
- Rely on experts.
- Don't be shy about getting compensated appropriately for what you do. Remember that people associate price with quality and you are (as a service business) a quality product
- Don't apologize for that - no one wants the "cheapest" advice - they want the best advice.
Each month we feature a mom making a difference in our community. We want to acknowledge working moms and stay at home moms. Suggest a mom by emailing us at info@santacruzparent.com. Past profiled mom...
