WAHM

mlrlexbride

Who works from home and what do you do?  Does your company know that your babies are there with you?

AlisaS

It is pretty much impossible to have a job at home and care for children at the same time.

duchess0727

Everyone on this board that works from home has childcare for their children or works when their spouse is home and/or kids are asleep.  No company is going to pay you to watch your children. 

DallasHorn

Sorry to bust your bubble - working from home in a real (e.g. not direct sales such as Avon, MK, pamper chef) professional 8-5/9-6 job means having childcare.

 I've worked from home in HR for a large technology company for 3 years and every minute of it I've had childcare!

EastCoastBride

Just LOVE the immediate assumption that if people are WAH, their kids are there too.  Wow. 

 

jlw2505

Everyone that I know that works from has other daycare for the kids - either a nanny that comes into the house or the kids are out of the house at daycare/preschool.  I honestly don't think you can work from home and take care of your child with no other help.  You can't give 100% to either if you do.  I work from home 2 days a week and in the office 3 days a week and my girls are in a daycare center (older DD in preschool program) FT.  It works great.

mlrlexbride

So sorry, wasn't trying to assume anything.  I'm just trying to figure out my options as far as being a working mom and wanted to know how everyone worked things in their situations.  Thanks a bunch!

mae0111

I'll be working at home 2X per week starting in January.  Our nanny will be there to watch the baby.  It will still cut down on childcare costs because I won't have my 45min - 1hr (each way) commute to worry about on those days.

Nicole731

I WAH for the first six months with my son. I did not have childcare, and my company did not have a problem with it. As long as my work was done they couldn't have cared less when I did it or whether my baby was in my arms or not. I did medical billing for a doctor's office. I had a good reputation and established trust with them because I worked for them through another company for 6-7 years, and then got hired by them directly once that company closed down. Obviously this was not a typical WAH situation, and not one that you are likely to find when looking for a job.

Sam78

I work from home for a federal government agency.  They know that my daughter is in the house with the nanny.