Working Moms
Any work from home mommas? Please share your schedule!
I've worked from home for 10years so I had my routine down pat. I'm trying to keep my LO home with me for as long as I can wing it. So far, he naps on a regular enough schedule and for enough time that I'm still able to get work done. Our house isn't big enough to have a nanny come in and help, we'd all be on top of each other so I know at some point I'll need to find child care outside the home. I've mastered typing with one hand while holding him with my other arm :-) but I'd love any other tips from multitasking mommas!
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Re: Any work from home mommas? Please share your schedule!
I worked from home but I couldn't do it with DD here. For 2 weeks before coming back full time I worked 20 hours and it was exhausting trying to do both. That said, I use a boppy to nurse and was literally able to nurse while typing over DD. She would fall asleep on the boppy and I kept on working. Was great until I wanted to get up. DD had some of the best naps that way, too!
Once you find you need child care you might consider working longer days and taking a day off to be able to continue to enjoy LO. That is our plan and I think that will be nice. GL!
I am not sure if your work from home job is part time, but I never considered working at home full time, and caring for my child. I don't think that is truly WFH.
If you're doing part time, then like you mentioned, multi-tasking and working while your child naps or has down time would be the best suggestion I could offer.
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This is exactly what I did. I was working 20hrs/wk. I have a table that I could slide right up over DD and just keep working which was great because she was a marathon nurser.
I kept her home with me until she was 9mo BUT I was only working half-time, I have very flexible hours and can work anytime basically, and DD was a non-mobile baby even at 9mo (didn't crawl or scoot or anything until 11.5mo). If I was trying to do the same with my DS, there's no way I could have done it even at 8mo because he was way too active.
Basically I'd wake up around 5 when DD woke up, nurse her back to sleep and get 1-2 hours done before 7am. Then start working again whenever she was ready to nurse or sleep. If I had stuff to do that I could start/stop easily (as opposed to stuff that takes longer blocks of concentration and effort), I would work while she was on the playmat at my feet.
At 9mo she started going to MDO 3x/wk (church run care that is about 5 hours a day, typically something like 9am-2pm). With 15 hours of childcare I was able to squeeze in another 5 hours of work when DD was with me.