I got laid off from my tech job after 6 years. Now, I'm juggling being a stay-at-home mom while job-searching, and it's complicated.

Courtesy of Molly Devane

My daughter had been chugging milk like a high school boy after football practice, so I consulted the "experts" on the proper amount for an 18-month-old. I typically rely on our pediatrician and my mother for the best toddler-rearing advice, but for something as trivial as this, I went straight to the sage elders known as mommy bloggers. About 20 ounces per day, one of them said. Good enough for me.