Comments on: Making it work: working mom’s struggle

By: E-commerce in the Philippines | Household | personal blog of a Filipina mother of 2

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:53:12 +0000

[...] am a full time working mom and because of that I only get to do chores, pay bills, shop, buy groceries, fix the house and [...]

By: My year as a mom | Family | personal blog of a Filipina mother of 2

My year as a mom | Family | personal blog of a Filipina mother of 2 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:07:52 +0000

[...] is the hardest year I have had trying to balance work and family life. With a sweet but demanding husband (I love you sweetie), two equally demanding and growing kids, [...]

By: Date night | Marriage | personal blog of a Filipina mother of 2

Date night | Marriage | personal blog of a Filipina mother of 2 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:28:13 +0000

[...] it, everyday married life and parenthood can suck the life out of us. Out of me. Waking up, making sure your husband is awake, spending mornings with your kids, going [...]

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:21:21 +0000

Patty - Its great that you were able to give up work to take care of your kids. I’m afraid we just cant afford it right now. But I can dream, and my husband says eventually we will get there. I just pray that it will not be too far away. Like you though, I am not the type to not-work. I may have to keep a part time job to keep my financial independence. Thanks for visiting!

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:19:11 +0000

Julie - I envy you… you got it all!

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:40:25 +0000

It’s funny that I came across your blog and this entry in particular. After working for so many years, I recently gave up my career to give birth to and take care of my 2nd child who is now a little over 1 yr old. I’ve recently started to look for work again because (I know it might sound bad), I’m really not cut out to just stay at home. I miss my financial independence most of all. I’m clueless about where to look for part-time work though. I know how it feels because I was a working Mom for SO LONG. It’s really no easy task. Congratulations to you for being able to pull it off!

By: julie

julie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:03:06 +0000

It is hard to balance work time and family time. I used to be a part time WAHM and part time SAHM. I still am, working away from home 11am-7pm MTW and spending Th-Sun either in our own home or at MIL’s home (technically still our home because it is there where I have a small room made for teaching, a mere 10 minutes away from us) but still working, doing tutorials. I miss real stay-at-home days during the three days I go elsewhere to teach. But then, I can bring the two little ones with me to both places so I still get the best of both worlds: working and being with the children. Well, maybe not all because the house needs some serious cleaning up.

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:37:09 +0000

@MM del Rosario - Do you stay in the Philippines? I tried looking into day care centers before to look after my kids when I couldn’t find a nanny but it isn’t widespread here. And the ones that I did find are way expensive.

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:32:52 +0000

@andrea - I wish I worked part time - even work at home is better I think than being in the office all day. A lot of companies I think have realized that women are great workers and to keep them happy in the workplace, they need to be considerate of these challenges. Thanks for dropping by!

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:31:05 +0000

@analyse - Thanks for visiting. Is it true that there are countries in Europe that have a 6-month maternity leave policy? I heard that the Philippines has the shortest duration for maternity leave.