Jennifer LabitParenting Archives - Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/category/parenting/ Jenn is the Founder & CEO of Cotton Babies, Inc. She created bumGenius, a world-leading brand of cloth diapers. Here, she writes about everything from her experiences in the baby industry to her journey through merging motherhood with full-time corporate leadership. #ceomom Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:43:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/jenn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-jenn2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Parenting Archives - Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/category/parenting/ 32 32 198504389 I hate this day. And I love this day.  https://jenn.org/2016/05/08/i-hate-this-day-and-i-love-this-day/ https://jenn.org/2016/05/08/i-hate-this-day-and-i-love-this-day/#respond Sun, 08 May 2016 21:11:06 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=2421 It’s Mother’s Day. And for some reason, I still have visions of the ideal mom looking like doing my job as the CEO of a mid-sized company while also meeting the standard of the 1950s version of the June Cleaver mom. I hate this day. I love this day. The working mom life means that […]

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]]> It’s Mother’s Day. And for some reason, I still have visions of the ideal mom looking like doing my job as the CEO of a mid-sized company while also meeting the standard of the 1950s version of the June Cleaver mom. I hate this day. I love this day. The working mom life means that […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2016/05/08/i-hate-this-day-and-i-love-this-day/feed/ 0 2421 The Real Story of Cotton Babies https://jenn.org/2015/08/10/the-real-story-of-cotton-babies/ https://jenn.org/2015/08/10/the-real-story-of-cotton-babies/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:44:34 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=1860 The exhilaration of seeing two pink lines on the pregnancy test for the first time fifteen years ago is a feeling I won’t soon forget.  I called my friend and had a squealing moment about those two pink lines.  Then I had to take the other test… just to be sure.  It felt amazing. I’d dreamed about having a […]

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]]> The exhilaration of seeing two pink lines on the pregnancy test for the first time fifteen years ago is a feeling I won’t soon forget.  I called my friend and had a squealing moment about those two pink lines.  Then I had to take the other test… just to be sure.  It felt amazing. I’d dreamed about having a […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2015/08/10/the-real-story-of-cotton-babies/feed/ 12 1860 The Mom Space and Verbal Violence https://jenn.org/2014/10/07/dear-mommy-bully/ https://jenn.org/2014/10/07/dear-mommy-bully/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:12:46 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=1654 Dear Mommy Bully,

Yes, you.

I've seen what you said.

You attack people online using violent or ugly language. You use a woman's face and make fun of her through cruel memes. You say anything and justify it as acceptable because this is "the internet".

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]]> Dear Mommy Bully,

Yes, you.

I've seen what you said.

You attack people online using violent or ugly language. You use a woman's face and make fun of her through cruel memes. You say anything and justify it as acceptable because this is "the internet".

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]]> https://jenn.org/2014/10/07/dear-mommy-bully/feed/ 9 1654 A Business Owner’s Perspective on Disney World https://jenn.org/2014/09/01/a-business-owners-perspective-on-disney-world/ https://jenn.org/2014/09/01/a-business-owners-perspective-on-disney-world/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:26:27 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=1593 Vacation doesn’t often happen for our family. This year, spring break fell right in the middle of the an intense time for our business, but we needed a vacation so, on a whim, we loaded everyone in the car and headed for Florida. I used points to reserve our hotel rooms on the iPad while […]

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]]> Vacation doesn’t often happen for our family. This year, spring break fell right in the middle of the an intense time for our business, but we needed a vacation so, on a whim, we loaded everyone in the car and headed for Florida. I used points to reserve our hotel rooms on the iPad while […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2014/09/01/a-business-owners-perspective-on-disney-world/feed/ 8 1593 Moms travel too. https://jenn.org/2014/07/09/1578/ https://jenn.org/2014/07/09/1578/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:40:43 +0000 Jennifer Labit http://jenniferlabit.wordpress.com/?p=1578 Dear mama with a tired toddler and a newborn getting on the full flight with your nursing pillow… you can sit by me. It’s ok. I understand.  

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]]> Dear mama with a tired toddler and a newborn getting on the full flight with your nursing pillow… you can sit by me. It’s ok. I understand.  

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]]> https://jenn.org/2014/07/09/1578/feed/ 0 1578 Hiding that diaper? https://jenn.org/2013/05/11/hiding-that-diaper/ https://jenn.org/2013/05/11/hiding-that-diaper/#respond Sat, 11 May 2013 10:10:36 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenniferlabit.wordpress.com/?p=808 A mom recently introduced me to a friend as the owner of a cloth diaper company. The friend said, “You probably won’t like me then. I used disposables.” Lets get this out of the way. I make a great product line. It fits. It absorbs well. It’s easy to use. It’s flexible. It can work […]

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]]> A mom recently introduced me to a friend as the owner of a cloth diaper company. The friend said, “You probably won’t like me then. I used disposables.” Lets get this out of the way. I make a great product line. It fits. It absorbs well. It’s easy to use. It’s flexible. It can work […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2013/05/11/hiding-that-diaper/feed/ 0 808 How do you do it all? https://jenn.org/2013/05/04/how-do-you-do-it-all/ https://jenn.org/2013/05/04/how-do-you-do-it-all/#respond Sat, 04 May 2013 12:30:28 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=794 I can’t even count how many times people have asked me this question.  How do you do it all?  There are many assumptions built into that questions.  “All” gets defined differently by different people.  Some assume that I have an organic garden that I farm myself, chickens in the backyard in a coop, homeschooled children, […]

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]]> I can’t even count how many times people have asked me this question.  How do you do it all?  There are many assumptions built into that questions.  “All” gets defined differently by different people.  Some assume that I have an organic garden that I farm myself, chickens in the backyard in a coop, homeschooled children, […]

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