An Inside Look Into Our Search for Child Care for Our Baby
There was never doubt in my mind that I would return to work after the birth of my first child. I loved my job, revered my boss, and took immense pride in my work in public […]
Updates 9/9
Because caregiving never ends My mom has been very busy as a Census door knocker for the past two weeks. She’s been assigned to work in Ocean Park but will transition soon to a community that […]
Sirinya’s Update: Caregiving!
Since November 2019, I’ve been in the throes of caregiving for my parents – including my dad, with whom I’d been estranged for nearly 10 years. This all started first with my mother, when she declared […]
Blog Name Change: Raising Wilshire is now “Raising Wilshire’s Grandparents”
Follow my journey in caregiving for my parents and neighborfriends Because if being a full time working mother isn’t hard enough, try adding caregiving for older adults to the mix. Between my mom, my dad, and […]
Wilshire Thanks You for Vaccinating Your Child
Vaccination rates are up overall in California (yay) – but not in Santa Monica. The number of kindergartners enrolled in school in Santa Monica actually fell this past school year (2018-2019), according to the Santa Monica […]
Why I took Will to the ER on a bike, and not by car
This is the second in a series about How We’re Making Car-Lite Work Yesterday, I had to take Wilshire to the emergency room for stitches. The kid tripped and hit his eyebrow on a door at […]
Bird Scooters allow me to get my child on time from daycare
This is part 1 of my multi-part series on how we’re making Car-Lite work in Santa Monica Over the past five months, I have been relying on Bird scooters to get from work to Wilshire’s daycare […]
6 Excellent Tips for a Great Plane and Road Trip With a Toddler
Hello again! We’re back from our East Coast Adventure, where we traveled 1,200 miles in 12 days and visited six states plus Canada. Our adventure started in Toronto, Canada and ended in the DC area for […]
Buying Children’s Books in Santa Monica
This is a part of the “SaMo Parenting Guide”, an ongoing series where I talk about where I buy stuff for Wilshire. I know that we lost our Barnes & Noble earlier this year. But don’t […]