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Congratulations!!! Welcome to #Momademia! Prioritising sleep is indeed a very healthy strategy. Keep going! 😍

Nothing prepared me for the bittersweet mixed feelings when you leave for a conference, finally, after such a long time, but your little one wants you to stay at home… Nothing. #Momademia.
Anyways, #ECEM23, I’m on my way!!

Today I reached the Yes-there-are-milk-and-poo-stains-on-my-baby-but-at-least-she's-asleep stage of parenthood. #Momademia

The night after a day of work with sick kids at home #momademia

It's just amazing how much you can achieve when no one is sick. We had three weeks without illness and I think I finished more projects than in the half year before. Dear future me, please remember this and be kind to yourself during the winter months.

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Today I feel defeated. I pushed myself very hard, despite being sick, just to meet an important deadline tomorrow. I somehow managed to to get so so so close, but I won’t make it, because my child is now developing a fever. So no childcare, no submission and no relaxation tomorrow. Instead, it’s going to be another intense day without break and then more work waiting for me during the weekend to catch up. This is not sustainable. Please send good vibes.
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Graduation Day is finally here! May 5th, 2023! It felt so far away when it began in August 2020 🤯. Looks like we made it! 🎓🥳✨ Not going to lie, it's been the longest three years 😄 and oh so memorable!! My incredible cohort and I worked towards this goal through a pandemic, with change, loss, obstacles and the uphill climb of a 3 Year program. 1/
#ClassOf2023 #MSW #SocialWork #TherapistsConnect #Gradschool #Momademia #KeepDreaming #FreedomOfMind
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr2ZTpCA1j7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

😂 My guy was following me & the photographer...I have to wait like 2 weeks to get the professional pics 🧐🤓🎓 but it was a really fun day. Graduation countdown 🎓🥳 (May 5th)
#msw #classof2023 #socialwork #pictureday #momademia #gradschoolmom #academicchatter #TherapistsConnect #graduation

I get giggly and goofy when I'm happy and it felt great that even at 45 years old, I can be a giddy graduate: TikTok proof 😂🤓💋🎓
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3WvCba/

😂 my guy was following me & the photographer...I have to wait like 2 weeks to get the professional pics 🧐🤓🎓 but it was a really fun day. Graduation countdown 🎓🥳 (May 5th)
#msw #classof2023 #socialwork #pictureday #momademia #gradschoolmom #academicchatter #TherapistsConnect #graduation

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3WvCba/

n Feb, just before knowing that our 1 yo actually had COVID, I was approach by @metricausa to talk about the challenges of doing science while #parenting for Nature methods @Nature

The article is now out!

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#WomenInSTEM

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-01818-x

It was so predictable.

I blocked a whole week for writing, everything went well, and then my child got sick. Again. I’m so tired of this. 🥴🤮🤒

But also: hooray for having supportive parents-in-law!!! 🥳

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Graduation 🎓 Countdown
28 days!!!

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Btw, in academia we often take seminar speakers out for dinner, even though that’s not super family friendly. So here is the mom version: second breakfast, directly after Kita drop-off with ☕️ and 🥐

So happy to finally meet in person after a looong time of collaborating via zoom! 🥳

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Btw, in academia we often take seminar speakers out for dinner, even though that’s not super family friendly. Here is the mom version: second breakfast, directly after Kita drop-off with ☕️ and 🥐

So happy to finally meet in person after a looong time of collaborating via zoom! 🥳

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#academicmum
#AcademicParents

Update: I’ll have a little coworker for the next days. A puking coworker. Yay.

Please send good vibes.

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How on earth do people concentrate when they face a deadline? My brain just goes bananas and the rest of my body tells me to run away as fast as I can...

Ah, and on top of everything daycare has reduced hours and closes at 12 because too many teaches are sick. This is not working. Aaaah!

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Today I’m trying really hard to get some work done. But it’s difficult. Because my brain refuses to cooperate. It’s constantly singing „wo, wo, wo geht ein Astronaut aufs Klo? Wie, wie, wie macht ein Astronaut Pipi?“

(English translation, even though it does not really work in English: „where, where, where does an astronaut go to the bathroom? How, how, how does an astronaut pee?“)

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And last but not least thanks to my family - my mum who got me into neuroscience, my dad who has always been my mentor, my brothers for nerdy conversations, my wonderful kids for inspiring me, delighting me and making me see developmental psychology through new eyes (#mothersInScience #momademia #academicMums) and my partner for supporting me every single step along the way when times were difficult and when times were fun. I look forward to this new adventure with you!

Yesterday, we had a very successful working afternoon at @freieuniversitaet Eltern-Kind-Zimmer located at the @fubcp. I'm not sure this would work for a long sesh of work, but it did for some hours, and the older one even napped for an hour. Geat help for #AcademicParents!
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New record: 5th stomach virus in less than 4 weeks. First kid, than me, then kid again, than husband, now kid again. And there go my plans for the rest of the week…

#Momademia and #AcademicParents, please send good vibes. This is not working.