Tag: maternity leave
Free Coffee Mornings: Back to Work After Baby
Before becoming a parent, I hadn’t ever really given much thought to mum & baby community support groups, or possibly no thought at all. I knew that parenting was tough-going (everyone said so) and I kind of thought that maternity leave would be a bit monotonous and tedious, but rewarding […]
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Mama’ hood – Positive Birth Series #1
I’m thrilled to kick-off our Positive Birth Interview Series this month. Each month I’ll be posting uplifting interviews based around pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent. The overall theme of this series is sharing empowering experiences of positive mind-set, strength, and resilience – along with the ups and down of pregnancy, […]
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Retrospect Series #2: “Grafton Street’s a wonderland…”
It’s now been exactly two months since my littlest joined his big brother in crèche and I waved goodbye to my second little baba at the crèche door for the first time. Two months after my first return to work, I wrote the post below. I still remember that day…it […]
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New Workshop 1st July – Back to Work After Baby
Are you about to go back to work after maternity leave? Learn more about our new workshop here… Book by 14th June and avail of early-bird discount!https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/back-to-work-after-baby-tickets
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Life as a Housewife…gender equality & the mental load
It’s been an interesting internet news week for a feminist parent like myself, with a couple of articles in particular catching my attention…http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/the-best-places-to-give-birth-ireland-isn-t-in-the-top-20-1.3089123 “Using the latest data on women’s and children’s health, educational attainment, economic wellbeing and female political participation, the index shows which countries are the best for women to […]
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