![Public debate about the difficulties and costs of managing work and family is still solely centred on women.](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/7/f/e/3/image.related.landscape.380x253.gt7ewc.png/1481850618667.jpg)
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![The Chic Element ... Tiffany Faglin and her sons Romeo, Texas and Keeanu.](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/r/1/g/6/image.related.landscape.300x200.2r1dh.png/1375333925830.jpg)
Mum in business: Tiffany Faglin
Tiffany Faglin is the founder of TheChicElement, an online business that sells a range of beautiful, functional pieces for home offices. She's also the mum of three boys under the age of four.
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The basics of starting your own business
What's the difference between a 'mumpreneur' who sees her business as a hobby, compared to one who uses it to earn her income? Two business owners explain how they started out.
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Mum in business: Ilde Naismith Beeley
Ilde Naismith Beeley is the inventor of Starlettos, a unique and stylish yet practical footwear solution. She runs the Starlettos company while raising her two young children.
![Mike Catabay and kids, Jacob (2yrs) and Noah (7mths)
Photographed for Sunday Life, March 2013.
Photo by Nick Cubbin](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/h/6/4/v/image.related.landscape.300x200.2hiaf.png/1365568636300.jpg)
The rise of the blogging dads
Move over, mums who blog - your male counterparts are hitting the net, and they're bringing a new wave of 'dad-vertising' with them.
![Mum in business ... Ere Perez with her daughters, Maura and Emma.](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/h/b/s/0/image.related.landscape.300x200.2hbrw.png/1365139879457.jpg)
Mum in business: Ere Perez
Ere Perez runs her own make-up and skincare company, Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics, and is also a mum of two girls.
![Mum in business ... Cris Bucknall of Eco Chic with her daughters Kira and Emery.](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/f/k/f/a/image.related.landscape.300x200.2fjl7.png/1362534058977.jpg)
Mum in business: Cris Bucknall
Cris Bucknall is the co-founder of Eco Chic, a stylish, sustainable furniture and homewares emporium. She's also the mum of Kira, 7, and Emery, 5.
![Top: Noelle Sandinsky; middle: Fridge-to-go small lunch cooler bag, $29.95; bottom: cool tote, $59.95](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/e/f/g/a/image.related.landscape.300x200.2effa.png/1360881433390.jpg)
Mum in business: Noelle Sadinsky
Noelle Sandinsky is the woman behind Fridge-to-go, a unique range of eight-hour cooler bags. She's also the mum of two boys: Jasper, six, and Cruz, three.
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Do some dads use work to avoid home life?
Men with young children do more overtime than anyone else. Are they trying to avoid family life?
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Mum in business: Jacquie McLean
After being a stay-at-home mum for six years, Jacquie McLean decided to make one of her business dreams a reality, creating the Project Ten beach bag range.
![Mum in business ... Sarah Hardie, of Fabrik, and her daughter Jemima.](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/9/p/0/a/image.related.landscape.300x200.29m02.png/1353456805197.jpg)
Mum in business: Sarah Hardie
Sarah Hardie is the founder and 'chief dreamer' of Fabrik, an online company that sells beautiful children's clothes, homewares, dolls and more. She's also a mum to Jemima, 4, and Jonas, 18 months, with her third child due in March.
![rhian allen](/web/20170202223131im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/2/8/g/h/9/image.related.landscape.300x200.28f0g.png/1351551861367.jpg)
Mum in business: Rhian Allen
Passionate about health and wellness, Rhian Allan, a mother of one with one on the way, created an online business designed to help mums lose weight safely post pregnancy.
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