Find a parent buddy
Probably one of the best things you can do to help you learn how to juggle kids and research is to become buddies with another parent in the lab. There are several advantages to this:- You will have someone to talk to about the pressures of parenting and working.
- You can share childcare resources or even childcare duties.
- You will have an understanding person you can ask to help you in an experiment when kid duties get in the way (make sure you are prepared to help them too!).