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Mom at Work

By Wendy Kirwan

I’m a mom to two adorable babies and wife to one incredible husband. Professionally, I am the director of media relations at Kars4Kids, a nonprofit based in New Jersey, where we live. I have a B.A. in business journalism from CUNY’s Baruch College and I enjoy blogging, here and elsewhere, about the working mom life. Follow me on twitter @Wendy_Kirwan.

If you've got to be a working mom, working for a youth and education nonprofit has got to be about the best deal you can get. I don't actually work with kids most of the time (that would be a bit of overkill, after my own two), but I get to work for Read more...
I didn't take a real vacation this summer, but I did get a chance to get out of the office. My family and I spent a week at Kars for Kids-sponsored camp, TheZone. Located in upstate New York, the g ... Read more...
OK, so I know that breastfeeding at work is not an option for many people. But if you've been following this blog, you already know that at Kars4Kids, I have access to an onsite daycare, making breastfeed ... Read more...
I rarely do grocery shopping anymore. With two babies, it just ain't worth it. My husband's getting better at deciphering my shopping lists- not just the handwriting but the intent as well. A bin full of rotting peppers and tomatoes taught him well that our small fa ... Read more...
Curious George and the Berenstain Bears are definitely SFW, but they're not often discussed at the water cooler in the office (or more accurately in our case, the coffee maker.) But when you work with lots of moms and you work for Read more...
Working full-time for Kars for Kids, I don't often get to see my toddler interact with children her age. She's a very outgoing little girl and is usually very friendly, even to strangers. So Sun ... Read more...
My toddler did not take well to having a little brother. She'd never hit before; after he was born, it became a constant struggle. But a month in, I thought we'd made remarkable progress. She was "making nice" more often, kissing him maybe a little too aggressively, ... Read more...
I’m sitting in a meeting about upcoming marketing initiatives with a dozen or so Kars4Kids team members. Discussion grows lively as ideas are tossed out, challenged, rehashed and debated. I’ve just finished a heated defense of ... Read more...