Who has a DH who works from home?

katkat74 · December 2010

So my DH and I both work from home and I am a little concerned how that will pan out once LO is here? Can anyone offer any input, advice, experience? I am honestly as little concerned as his office is on our main floor and he talks to clients and customers all day long. I can just imagine it now...trying to conceal LO's crying...as if:)

Lucky_Dragonfly · December 2010

MH moved his office back to the house since he was never at the office to begin with, waste of money to keep it. He has his own computer business. Its a hit or miss with DS. It's much easier to get him down for a nap and do what he is suppose to do when MH is not home, but once he is home DS sometimes has issues separating the fact that while MH is home is technically "at work"

bellestar922 · December 2010

My DH does... He said he will just shut the door to the office that he works in. We also hired a nanny to come in and take care of the twins, it ended up saving us some money because we dont need them for full hours because he is home.

CutieBean79 · December 2010

Mine does. He'll work behind a closed door in his office. If he comes out to visit with us then that will be great, but we are looking at it like he is at work. I'll be a SAHM so it'll be a little adjustment to get used to each other around all day long. I'll be planning outings and will try to think of it like he's not home.

chicsub · December 2010

It was fine for awhile, but our house isn't big and it got annoying to try and keep DS quiet at the same time I was trying to get him to nap and DH had a client call. We only saw DH during lunch and periodically during the day and it might have been fine if our house was bigger, but it's not. Luckily DH and his partner got an office in the city and I have the house to myself again and can let DS cry/scream/laugh as much as he wants on our own schedule.

Don't get me wrong, I loved having DH around and he saw DS a lot more, but I kind of felt like a babysitter in my own house.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

my H works from home. We have a very small house.

The baby crying while he's on the phone has never even crossed my mind. I figure he can close the door. I don't think most people would mind the noise in the background. It's not like he'll be holding DS while S is crying and H is on the phone right?

chicsub · December 2010

WannaBeCrunchyMama:

my H works from home. We have a very small house.

The baby crying while he's on the phone has never even crossed my mind. I figure he can close the door. I don't think most people would mind the noise in the background. It's not like he'll be holding DS while S is crying and H is on the phone right?

It depends who he is on the phone with and how important it is to sound like you're not at home with a crying baby, you know?

chary412 · December 2010

DH and I both work from home. Neither of us has calls with clients often, and our coworkers are all used to hearing barking, etc during the day... they just laugh. He's already got a microphone headset that blocks out a lot of background noise, but if it's too much, he can just close the door. We're also hoping that the tenant living in our (really cool) finished basement apartment will decide to move out at some point soon, at which point he'd move his office down there and be totally soundproofed.

LifesPeachy · December 2010

My DH works from home about half the time. He has an office downstairs that he will go in but now he just works on the couch for a lot of the day- which I like because he's around. It is limiting though because I can't play music or have the TV on, silly things and having DH home is more important, but it makes me think of when LO is here too. He won;t get any work done up here.

What about a white noise machine for his office? They really work to drown out background noise.

missfire · December 2010

My DH works from home a few days a week. DS has usually been in daycare and I work from an office. On the days when DS and I have been home (when he's sick or daycare is closed), it's been a nightmare for my DH. DS is 2-1/2, and he knows how to open the child locks on our doors. He has an uncanny ability to know when DH is on an important call, and goes barging into the office as soon as I run to the bathroom for a minute. He throws big fits when he misses daddy, since he knows DH is home.

Once DS is home with me again during the day, we're going to need to get DH working upstairs, or to put a lock on his door for important calls. I like the white noise machine idea too.

It was great when DS was an infant, though. Sometimes I needed an extra hand, and I was pretty emotional at first - knowing someone was nearby was helpful.

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