She never planned to have the baby while she was on the panel. The baby was going to be with the caregiver during that time.

True. All four of mine have spent time in bars as infants. Wineries too. Multiple conferences during their first year. And while I worked. It’s crazy, man.

She said she had a former student watching her baby in her office while she taught. And she brought the baby in for a brief time as a writing prompt.

She did have a sitter with her. She wasn’t going to wear the baby during the panel. I feel like people aren’t reading the article.

That’s interesting. I go to an annual women’s conference, and I have taken my babes in arms as do many of the other attendees. I also bring a helper to take baby out when necessary like the author did. Several hundred of us seem to manage to pay attention quite well while meeting our need to nurse our babies and our…

She DID have a helper along. Her friend Angela.