Recent Reviews
Hobey, a writer for Parenting magazine, has found a
niche with this informative and practical guide on
becoming a working mom... on the work front, her
manual is not just instructional but indispensable.
Worksheets help moms clarify the emotional and financial
aspects of working versus staying home. Concrete
suggestions on alternatives to full-time (e.g., flextime,
freelancing, flexplace), how to choose child care and ways to
continue networking are clear and well researched. Success
stories and snippets of moms' lives make potentially dry
material an easy read, plus the writing is frequently jaunty,
attempting to step in as a modern Girlfriend's Guide.
- Publisher’s Weekly
Full of advice about everything from breastfeeding to
negotiating a flextime position at work, [The Working
Gal's Guide to Babyville] is packed with anecdotes,
tips and worksheets, including a "life-with-baby budget
calculator." New mothers will find much of this information
useful, especially the chapters on babies' feeding and
sleeping habits...Hobey's style is breezy, which is a relief from
the preachy, scolding tone of older-school parenting authors.
- The Washington Post
Babyville is an informative, indispendable, one-stop-
shopping resource for all new moms planning to return
to work.
- Mommytrackd.com
To work, or not to work. That is the question for many a
modern mama. In The Working Gal's Guide to Babyville, author
Paige Hobey offers a guide for gals who've made the choice to
return to work post-baby. She teams with pediatrician (and
working mom) Dr. Allison Nied to give advice on basics such as
newborn care, childcare options, sleeping and eating. Not
only that, but Hobey gives mothers a detailed map into the
world of work. Peppered with anecdotes, this guide has
a friendly, from-one-mom-to-another conversational
tone. Working Gal's Guide is chock-full of sound
advice on a very timely topic.
- BookPage
“Babyville” has detailed sections which help the reader figure
out what she’s going to do about her work status. Complete
with thorough worksheets, pros and cons lists, and no-
nonsense discussion, Hobey lays out all the pragmatic
combinations of employment new moms could consider…The
section on “Nine Simple Steps to Great Child Care” is well
thought out, as are the recommendations for women who plan
to be full-time at-home moms on a temporary basis. If you
(or a pregnant woman you know) are on the fence
about what you’re going to do about your employment
situation post-partum, this book could really help you
honestly assess your options.
- The Boston Herald’s Boston Mommy Blog
Having a baby can throw a wrench in your career, even if you
plan to return to work immediately. You can get helpful,
sisterly advice from Paige Hobey, in The Working Gal’s Guide to
Babyville. Hobey...addresses full-time, part-time, freelancing,
job sharing and flextime, along with child care logistics.
The book is both practical and funny. Dr. Allison Nied, a
NYC pediatrician and working mom, offers tips on
breastfeeding, pacifier use, napping and developmental
milestones.
- Manhattan Living
Hip, new, funny “Girlfriend’s Guide” to raising a kid.
- Buzz Girl
Among the wealth of new mother books, few have addressed
it from the perspective of being a mother who is maintaining a
career. As such, this jaunty new entry from a Parenting
magazine writer fills an important niche. The sections
that speak to work and networking are excellent. If
not for you, consider it a meaningful gift for any new working
mom on your Mother's Day list.
- Marisa Thalberg, President of Executive Moms
An essential resource for working women trying to
balance career and motherhood. Parenting magazine
contributor, Paige Hobey, along with pediatrician, Dr. Allison
Nied, provide tips on how to juggle work and childrearing and
offer advice on decisions such as child care and negotiating
work schedules to meet your family needs.
- Second Opinion.org
You can juggle deadlines, PowerPoint presentations and
client dinners, but a baby? There's no manual to tell you
how to fit a wee one into an already busy schedule--or
even how to downshift from a high-powered job to
three months of maternity leave. That is, until this
month when The Working Gal's Guide to Babyville hits
shelves. It was penned by Chicago author and
businesswoman Paige Hobey who was inspired to start the
project after she shopped at a bookstore looking for guidance
on dealing with work and a new kid and left empty-handed.
Her advice? "As a working mom, it's so important to be your
own advocate-- at the office and at home," she says.
- Today's Chicago Woman
The Working Gal’s Guide to Babyville moves breezily from
preparing for maternity leave to returning to work– or deciding
not to. From surviving newborn care to developing a baby’s
intellectual curiosity, Paige Hobey and pediatrician Allison Nied
take working soon-to-be-mothers through practical
suggestions, we’ve-all-been-there moments and lots of girl
talk. The book is a useful compendium of ideas,
suggestions, and old-fashioned reassuring pats on the
back to reassure women whose work focus has
undergone, of necessity, a genuine paradigm shift.
(++++ out of four)
- InfoDad.com
Author Hobey helps moms sort through questions,
deftly covering what it's like to manage an infant.
Included are terrific anecdotes on everything from cleaning an
umbilical cord to handling comments from the in-laws.
- Nashville Parent
This practical guide focuses on returning to work and
balancing home and career. The author has a laid
back style, as if talking to a friend or sister. Journal
entries, dialogues, e-mails and third person anecdotes add
interest to the text. It is a useful resource to help get
organized before returning to work.
- Journal of Human Lactation
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