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[quote=Anonymous]Agree. Please specialize, stat. Hang in there, make lots of money, and work on an exit strategy. Remember, you don’t need to be a perfect associate. Build up some skills that you can take elsewhere. If you’re not planning to try for Partner, don’t sacrifice your life going above and beyond. After my kid, I became perfectly fine with being less than perfect.

I had my first child as a fourth year and was a single mom (gasp!). The ONLY way I survived (and am now a 9th year) is because my mother is a retired saint and kept my daughter full time the first year. It didn’t matter that I needed to work a 16 hour day or leave for a week or two, she took care of everything. By age 1.5, I was dropping off at daycare in the morning, my mother would pick him up from daycare, and then and I would get him every evening around 7 pm. I would work every morning before work and every evening after dinner. I also frequently worked on weekends and asked my mom to watch the baby on weekends too. I could NOT have kept this job without her help. And now I have a husband who is also a major help and awesome.

Good luck. So many of us have gone through this. You’re just going to be tired, exhausted, and feel like a terrible mom and a horrible lawyer. It gets better in a few years.

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