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Working From Home
Hi I'm very new at this parenting journey. I have some real high
expectations for myself in raising my unborn (which is due April 4;
Easter). Besides her father working to support the both of us, I would
like to bring a little extra income in myself, he can bring the main
money home, and I can bring in some recreation money home for us. The
problem is, I want to be at home with our little one. I don't want her
thrown in some daycare and I have to miss important "first" moments of
her life. Is there a website or a number I can call to check out any
jobs that let you work from home; and that is legit????????????????
Please Help Someone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Working From Home
Since most of us here are terrible mothers who "throw our kids into daycare" I don't think we'll be much help.
But thanks for the insults...........
you might want to post on the SAHM board.
Good lord, this.
Thank goodness you won't be working with others, eh?
Do you like working? Is day care the only reason you don't want to work? Because honestly you should consider a few things:
1) You could still miss your LO's firsts, if you're out on a date with hubby, take a dump on the pot, take a shower while LO is awake, let LO have some time at a grandparent's, leave LO in the nursery for church, gym, whatever.
2) Your LO is going to get more attention in a day care than if you're trying to work at home during her waking hours. Sure, they nap a lot in the first year, 18 months, but after that, they need and want a lot more attention. If you're trying to medical transcribe or answer customer service calls (this is one legit WFH job I know of) while she's awake, honestly, she'd get more attention from a babysitter or day care.
I freelanced from home my first year, a lot while LO was napping. That worked out fine. But working from home while baby sleeps is not a long-term solution unless you only plan to work after DH gets home.
Just food for thought. GL.
Heh, well then I'm a really terrible mom who throws my child in some daycare while I work from home.
And right now, I'm a really really really terrible mom who throws my toddler in some daycare while I'm at home on maternity leave with my baby.
Oh, and I also missed DD's first time rolling over because even though I was at home on maternity leave, I dared to put her in her crib for a few minutes while I got dressed. I came back, she was on her belly.
Someone call CPS on me! LOL!
Sorry, to be slightly more helpful to the OP... I also suggest posting on the Stay at Home Moms board. Most of us here who work from home have full-time jobs that require us to throw our kids in some daycare, so we won't be much help to you.
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
You can be a hooker. That's a job that takes little skill and can easily be done from home without having to take your child to a nasty daycare.
Good luck!
:::runs to our nasty daycare to feed my son because the ingrates that watch him can't get him to take a bottle:::
You must lead a very sheltered life.
Really? That actually was one reason I went back to work. I wanted DS to be around other little one's his age.
::typed at my home computer, while DS is at daycare::
TTC#2 October 2011. June 2012 diagnosed with mild PCOS and both tubes blocked.
10/1/12 miracle BFP 11/12/12 missed m/c (9w2d), baby stopped growing at 7 weeks
1/16/13 BFP, EDD 9/27/13, m/c 1/19/13
2/12/13 BFP, EDD 10/25/13 Please stick little one
A stowaway on board!
Wow - this is an interesting post (yes, I too am a mom that throws my DS into daycare). I must be worse than other mom's because I really don't "have to" throw my DS into daycare, I wanted to go back to work.....
Note to original poster - while you did not mean to offend people, your delivery was poor. I am sure it was not intentional, but none the less a bit insulting to some of us working moms that all have kids with a nanny or in daycare. If you want to "work at home" you are naive to think you can do that with a child around. You will need some form of babysitting or daycare to do a job from home. No employer will pay you to take care of your baby while working for them. If you are lucky enough to find something you can do from home while your child is sleeping or your DH is home in the evening like freelance work or something, that may be ideal. In most cases unless you were already working in that type of capacity it would be hard to find something like that now. Maybe you can post this on the SAHM board.
I wasn't speaking for you or any other mom on this board. I was speaking about the moms that I KNOW. You guys are awfully defensive. I guess it's good your kids go to daycare!
I'm not defensive. Just pointing out that while you may not KNOW any moms who feel like that there are many of us out here. If you read it as defensive maybe it's because you are defensive of your statement based on a limited group??
TTC#2 October 2011. June 2012 diagnosed with mild PCOS and both tubes blocked.
10/1/12 miracle BFP 11/12/12 missed m/c (9w2d), baby stopped growing at 7 weeks
1/16/13 BFP, EDD 9/27/13, m/c 1/19/13
2/12/13 BFP, EDD 10/25/13 Please stick little one
A stowaway on board!