It all began when IBM manager Cate Colburn-Smith sat down in the com-pany’s employee lactation room, shed a few silent tears, and wrote this on a paper towel:
I’m a new mom and today is my first day back at work. Is anyone else using this room?
Right away women responded, and the paper towel was eventually replaced by a series of notebooks, in which these moms offered one another advice and support for juggling work, life and a newborn. Based on the original notebooks, The Milk Memos is an informative, encouraging (and often hilarious!)guide to blending motherhood and work.
Actual journal entries ate interwoven with information-packed sections on subjects that matter to working moms, such as:

● Finding the right child-care solution
● Getting a decent night’s sleep
● Finding a priuate to pump breastmilk
● Establishing a routine in the midst of a busy workday
● Negotiating with an employer for fled-time, part-time, or a job share

Whether you love your job or just need a paycheck, love nursing or have found it to be one of the greatest challenges you’ve ever faced, you’ll find a voice that sup-ports you and speaks to you in these pages.

CATE COLBURN-SMITH (top) and ANDREA SERRETTE are authors, IBM professionals, wives, friends, dreamers, and most of all, mothers. Some days they hold it all together, and some days they feel like mice on unicycles juggling torch-es. They’re delighted to share what they’ve learned about mixing business with babies, and not losing your mind (or your job) in the process.