The hardest thing about going away for work is leaving my two-year-old daughter behind.
I know she is in the very capable hands of my husband so I trust that nothing will go wrong, but I still miss the interaction and the kisses and the cuddles.
Phone calls home are rarely satisfying because two-year-olds are not the best conversationalists.
Fortunately, due to the wonders of modern technology, we now have more toddler-friendly modes of communication— like Skype and Facetime.
But that doesn’t mean the conversations go smoothly. In fact, “conversation” still remains a very generous term.
Ilana Wiles writes Mommy Shorts, a humor blog geared towards new parents. In addition to sharing her less-than-perfect take on parenting, Ilana has an interactive audience who regularly submit funny pictures of their kids for caption contests, fan photo albums and ridiculous competitions like "The Evil Baby Glare-Off." Ilana is a regular contributer to Babble's Toddler Times and Baby's First Year, plus her writing has appeared on the Huffington Post. She is one of Babble's Top 100 Mom Blogs and one of Huffington Post's top 20 women to follow on Instagram. In addition to blogging, Ilana works as a creative director in advertising and has created ad campaigns for everything from Oreo to Diet Coke. Ilana lives in the East Village of NYC with her husband, her two-year-old daughter, a newborn baby girl and a rapidly growing pile of stuffed animals.
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The hardest thing about going away for work is leaving my two-year-old daughter behind.
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