I used to wake before dawn to the cries of my son—tiny, loud, relentless. While soothing him, I opened my laptop to a flood of work: emails, Slack pings, and deadlines. My mornings were a blur of lullabies and client reports, bouncing him in a baby wrap while muting Zoom calls. One day during a meeting, someone asked, “Is that a baby crying?” I smiled and said, “Probably just my ringtone.” They laughed. I didn’t.

Before becoming a mother, I was a star employee—promoted from admin to project lead, working double shifts, and helping save the company during a rebrand. My manager once said, “If I had five of you, we’d be unstoppable.”

But when I returned from maternity leave, things changed. I was suddenly “tired-looking” and “unavailable.” Late meetings clashed with daycare. My paycheck came in late. When I asked why, my manager replied, “You’re not the breadwinner anymore, right?”

Then came the final meeting—with HR. “We need someone without distractions.” I stood up and walked away.

That night, I recorded a video and told the world the truth. It went viral.

From that, The Naptime Agency was born—and now, we’re 30 strong. All moms. All unstoppable.