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A big welcome to my friend and former law school comrade, Julie Buxbaum.  After conquering law and becoming a full-time writer (have you heard of the best-selling books The Opposite of Love and After You?) she decided to take on the biggest challenge yet – becoming a mother.  We’re thrilled to share her guest post with you on the day of the paperback publication of After You, a terrific book about the loss of a friend and how the love for a child reawakens her soul.  Here’s Julie’s take on what happens when a Type-A becomes a mom.

The hardest thing about being a new mother for me?:  I keep waiting for a report card that will never come.  As a self-admitted Type-A perfectionist, I have to confess, I like to be told whether I’m doing a good job.  Perhaps, even need it. When I was a student, this meant shooting for the A+, when I was a lawyer, I had the billable hour or my bonus at the end of the year as a benchmark.  Now as a writer, I’m used to constant feedback about my work—on the Internet, in the newspaper, from reader emails.  Of course, it’s not always good, but at least I always know where I stand.  As a newly minted mom, however, I find that there is suddenly no yardstick, no way of measuring whether my hard work each day has added up to anything, and whether, as silly as it sounds, I’m mastering this whole motherhood thing.       (more…)

Welcome guest blogger Robin Gorman Newman, founder of Motherhood Later…Than Sooner where she blogs about life in the “later” mom lane. Robin’s honesty is stunning; her story is heart-warming.  Thank you Robin for opening yourself up to us today.

I didn’t plan to become a later mom.  Life took its course.

I met my husband when I turned 30, and he was 29 .We were on a singles trip.  He had gone to SUNY Binghamton with my sister, and if I had ever visited her at college, we might have met sooner.

I’ve always been one to believe that things happen as they’re meant to.  We married two years later, and we both had active careers.   (more…)

Welcome guest blogger Hugh Weber, well-known in the online world as the man who went from Dude to Dad. His website (www.dudetodad.com) started as a genuine cry for help. As his wife’s due date approached Hugh found himself still firmly routed in his dudehood. How was this freaked out father-to-be going to make transition from dude to dad? He turned to the internet and received helpful advice from people all over the country. His quest for help eventually became a journey to help other dads. Today he shares some advice with us. Thank you, Dude!

The Top 5 Things This DAD Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before the Baby Came
by Hugh Weber (more…)