Now that Lil E's third birthday is quickly approaching and nearly every woman I know is pregnant or swaddling a brand new baby, the question about whether we are having more children has been coming up more and more often. We are in those limbo years between Oh My God! Another Baby? Already? Two in Diapers? Already? and If You're Going to Have More, You'd Better Get On It, Sister. My womb has sufficiently healed (See? I'm not as bitter as some folks think!) and I'm over a year out from weaning. And while my body's been doing all this recovering, so has my career. I am left with a strange and confusing combination of ovaries doing little flips when I see those new babies and a career swelling, filling me up and easing the financial worries we've had since the prenatal bills started rolling in. So what to do? Just go for it or just give it more time? And can I keep up with all my jobs with a new baby in a sling and a toddler wailing all the way to daycare?
All these questions, all these concerns, all these calculations made me feel a kindred sisterhood with Georgia Katsilianos after reading her piece on figuring out the whole shift from working mom to SAHM, all while having a second child. I'm working, she's at home with the kids. I have one child and she has two children. But I definitely get where she's coming from. Not only does she reflect on leaving her career to be a stay at home mom with honesty and humor, she's not afraid to admit that being outnumbered by children scares her or makes her question her identity, her abilities and her weight. But the best part is that she does it all while dreaming (See? You can get sleep after you become a mother. It's not as bad as we make it sound after all!) about saving the world and herself, all while wearing a catsuit. A catsuit! Brilliant.
Which makes me wonder, would a maternity catsuit be in bad taste? And is it any more appropriate if you work from home?
