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Have Baby, Still Travel

What Working Moms Do When Traveling

By Megan L. Fowler, MSJ

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To make their separation a bit easier, Azar says her husband will make videotapes of their son and him together doing silly things. "My husband is very funny and creative, and when I get home he and my son will have designed something for me," she says. "He'll also e-mail pictures every night of funny things my son has done."

While Bailey is home she'll plan a full day of activities with her kids and use an entire roll of film throughout the day. "I'll take pictures of everything from us getting out of the car, to setting up a picnic basket, to laying on the beach," she says. "Then when we get home I will paste the pictures to construction paper and write a little book about it. When I'm gone my husband would read those books to them and it would be their way of being connected with me."

Azar also carries pictures of her children everywhere she goes and saves certain books to read only when she is home. "So my time at home is even more special with them," she says.

The most important thing a traveling mom must do is keep a positive attitude, suggests Bailey. "So many moms concentrate on the guilt of being away, and our children learn more from our behaviors than what we say," she says. "My kids have learned that if you work hard you can find happiness in reaching your goals and that will translate into their work ethic later on in life."

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