It’s funny, September has always felt a lot more like the beginning of the year to me than January. There’s something about summer coming to an end, the evenings growing crisp and the start of a new school year that fill me with hope, excitement and—quite honestly—a bit of anxiety.
Since I only have one kid in preschool, I certainly don’t feel the pressure of back-to-school shopping lists, impending homework assignments or endless volunteer sign-up sheets like many moms do. But I can’t help but feel my heart tug as I send my son off into the world with a new teacher, new classmates and new opportunities to learn and gain independence.
Our family has just a week until school starts and I’m realizing I need to kick into high gear. Luckily the Yahoo! Mother Board has provided me with great inspiration and motivation. Read the rest of this entry »
September 1st, 2010 by Amy, Influencer Marketing, Sunnyvale office
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Family time
If you’re a mom like me, you constantly worry about developing healthy eating habits for your kids. How do you get the little munchkins to eat their vegetables? (And I am not including french fries in this challenge.) Drop us a comment and share your tips, but first check out my story about okra and a new recipe I created. (My 9-month-old baby totally loves this!)
As a kid, much to the joy of my parents, I loved okra, the vegetable that’s high in fiber, calcium, and iron: fuzzy on the outside and mucilaginous on the inside!
My introduction to okra was when I visited the exotic city of Ahvaz, Iran, in a stew called “koresh bamieh.” I next saw it in a less-exotic location — North Carolina — where I dined in a cafeteria called K+W, which served Southern-style fried okra. I remember the manager telling me “you gotta try those, honey; everyone around here loves them things. You ain’t a true Southerner if you don’t love Okra.” It actually took me a year or two to realize that okra and bamieh were the same vegetable! Read the rest of this entry »
August 23rd, 2010 by Layla, Senior Community Manager: Answers, Groups & Delicious, Sunnyvale office No Yodels yet
Aug23
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Food and dining
My name is Layla, and even though I have been blogging about all kinds of fun things on Yahoo!, this is my first Yodeling Mamas post, so thanks for reading.
Like most new moms out there, I wake up every morning with a smile and a sigh, because I could really use another hour of sleep, but my daughter’s “cooing” is just too adorable to ignore.
Our family has a pretty regular routine down:
• The baby wakes us up
• My husband and I argue about whose turn it is to get up, even though we both know it will be me
• I breastfeed and then bring the adorable bundle of joy to her father so they can have their bonding moment, which is — you guessed it — getting her diaper changed. (Who said life isn’t fair?) Read the rest of this entry »
August 10th, 2010 by Layla, Senior Community Manager: Answers, Groups & Delicious, Sunnyvale office No Yodels yet
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Childcare
Jobs at Yahoo!
Sessions, workshops, opportunities, networking… This was one event-packed, motivational week at Yahoo! thanks to Global Career Week, organized by the Yahoo! Women In Tech. This grass-roots employee organization helps women (like me!) succeed in our careers at Yahoo! by finding great ways to inspire and support not only employees, but the next generation of technical women.
One great workshop at the event was ‘Lego Serious Play’. It was a special hands-on, minds-on learning workshop that helped women explore, realize and articulate their goals—and the potential for action. It was such a fun, interactive way to foster creative thinking through three-dimensional self-discovery exercises, and left everyone feeling energized and mentally stimulated.
Another fun session was ‘Growing Your Career At Yahoo!’. Read the rest of this entry »
August 6th, 2010 by Vrushali C., Senior Technical Yahoo, Sunnyvale office No Yodels yet
Aug6
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Jobs at Yahoo!
Bragging about my kids at work is one of my favorite pastimes (which makes this whole blogging thing all the more perfect for me). But a couple times a year, I get to take my mama pride to a whole new level. I get to actually bring them with me. Last Friday was one of those pride-filled, crazy-making days. It was Yahoo! Family Fun Day!
Instead of my computer bag, I grabbed the diaper bag. I wiped the ketchup from the corners of my boys’ mouths (though it was quickly replaced with cotton candy loveliness) and headed to campus. Bouncy houses, bubbles, bands…it’s was a kids’ dream come true. And, let’s face it, getting to spend a little time parading my boys around was a dream come true for me, too.
August 3rd, 2010 by Amy, Influencer Marketing, Sunnyvale office One Yodel
Aug3
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Family time
Jobs at Yahoo!
Place: Sunnyvale
There are days I’m especially proud to be a mom. Or a Yahoo. Or even a blogger. Last Thursday and Friday—at the Yahoo! Mother Board Summit—I got to celebrate being all three. (All in 140 characters or less!)
Over 60 women from around the U.S. and Canada, who had formed virtual friendships online as part of the Yahoo! Mother Board, finally came together and met face to face at our welcome reception. Eyes lit up with recognition and shoulders relaxed as the moms stopped worrying about the kids they’d kissed goodbye and started diving into conversation (and mojitos, of course). Listening to these inspirational women chatting at the party, there was no doubt this was going to be one great exchange of ideas.
And it was.
On Friday morning the group arrived at Yahoo! headquarters. Read the rest of this entry »
July 20th, 2010 by Amy, Influencer Marketing, Sunnyvale office 8 Yodels
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Events n' conferences
Place: Sunnyvale
About three years ago, Yahoo! formed some very special relationships with 17 moms. Bloggers, to be exact. Wonderful, insightful, smart bloggers.
Fast forward to today and the Yahoo! Mother Board is 80 women strong. What’s even better, 62 of them are about to meet face-to-face at Yahoo! headquarters for the first time. Of course many of us “know” each other. What was once a product testing group is now a true community. We email through our Yahoo! Group, read each others’ blogs on our monthly topics, tweet like mad (seriously, some of these women must dream in 140 characters) and every now and then meet at industry events. But this is different. This isn’t just another industry event. This is a Yahoo! Mother Board event. Summit, actually.
Though I’ve worked at Yahoo! for 7+ years, I’ve only had the honor of working with these women for a few months. I think I started in my new role the day the Yahoo! Mother Board Summit became official. Talk about diving into the deep end! Read the rest of this entry »
July 14th, 2010 by Amy, Influencer Marketing, Sunnyvale office 6 Yodels
Jul14
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Events n' conferences
Continuing my infertility train with you all again. You see I haven’t blogged for awhile trying to figure out the right balance between working and my colleagues knowing too much about my personal life. What do I mean? My husband and I have been trying to conceive again and I haven’t been too sure I want work to know this part of my life. However, I’m sure it will help someone else out there trying to work, be brave and conceive.
Since I had my son 19 months ago, we’ve been trying to conceive. I’ve been pregnant twice so far. Yes, little pink line and joy, right? However, the joy still hasn’t come. The first pregnancy was way too soon. My son was only 4-months old, and I was pregnant. Not what we were exactly planning, but hey, we would learn to roll with it. Then the many upon several ultrasounds later told us we had a Blighted Ovum. What is that you say…exactly what we said. It’s a false pregnancy. Womb keeps growing as though you’re pregnant, but no baby. Picking ourselves back up again after learning we were not really pregnant—but feeling as though we were for 12 weeks—was tough. BUT we knew we might have some issues, so we moved forward. About a month ago it finally happened again. This time no yays or jumping for joy for fear of the inevitable. Sure enough I took the blood tests for the HCG levels and found out I was already miscarrying.
SO now the big decision has been decided. We’re going to try only one more time, and this time with fertility help. Read the rest of this entry »
July 8th, 2010 by Jennifer, Compliance Paralegal, Sunnyvale office One Yodel
Jul8
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Infertility
As I type that title, I realize it has so many more meanings to me than I originally intended. You see I have a 13-going-to-be-14-year-old daughter and a 19-month-old son. I am remarried of course, and when we thought about starting a new family together I never thought I could do it all over again. I never thought I could do diapers and midnight bottles all over again. Then I had my beautiful baby boy, and I can’t believe I did the first time so young. I am so much more patient, wise and simply happier now than I ever was with my daughter.
But what I was originally thinking when I started writing this blog was the fact that after several months with my husband out of work, he has just found a job and we now have our son in daycare. OH BOY starting my days and routine all over again.
How can a day get any longer? I get up a 5 a.m. to go to work, while my husband gets up to take the baby to daycare. I go to work early, so I can be the one to pick him up. Once I pick him up, he of course is STARVING, so I race home to feed him dinner and cook dinner for the family. Read the rest of this entry »
July 8th, 2010 by Jennifer, Compliance Paralegal, Sunnyvale office No Yodels yet
Jul8
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Childcare
Family time
Parenthood
Place: Sunnyvale
In honor of National Internet Safety Month in June, Yahoo! released some interesting data from a survey of 2000 U.S. Internet users done to gain insight into consumers’ behaviors and perceptions around online safety. The good news, parents are doing pretty well—Yahoo! gave them a B+. The better news, our Yahoo! Mother Board got the opportunity to speak with Catherine Teitelbaum, Director of Child Safety at Yahoo!, and now we’re all a bit smarter and sharing the insights we learned about keeping families like ours safer online.
Here’s the summary in numbers:
• 70% of parents talk to their children about online safety at least 2-3 times a year; 45% talk to their children least once a month.
• 74% of parents are connected to their children’s profiles on social networking sites.
• 71% of parents have taken at least one action to manage their children’s use of the Internet or cell phones. Parents are checking to see where children are searching online, setting time limits, setting parental controls on video sites, and using filters to limit where their children go on the Web.
And huge kudos to dads:
• 71% of dads (compared to 63% of moms) say they are taking at least one action to help manage their children’s online behavior, including having conversations about respecting the privacy of others and checking their children’s privacy settings. Read the rest of this entry »
July 7th, 2010 by Amy, Influencer Marketing, Sunnyvale office 2 Yodels
Jul7
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Family time
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