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December 2010 Moms
Okay, ladies, I need your input/ideas/advice! (long)
first off, please excuse the lack of capitalization and spelling errors, i have a very clingy little mister sleeping on me so i'm 1ht.
for almost the past yr we have been living with il's so i can finish school and we can pay off debt. it was, in theory, a nice arrangement. though since r was born, things have gotten out of control. they act like i abuse my dog, disrespect all rules i have for him, etc. fil yells at me when i leave anything of ours outside our tiny bedroom we share with r.
and now they are ganging up on me and yelling at me because r has decided to cry any time i put him to bed. last night was particularly bad- he was over-tired and hungry and refusing to latch so r was with dh, screaming while i made his occasional bottle of supplemental formula. fil came upstairs and yelled at me because i hadn't already made a bottle "just in case". i explained that he almost never gets formula, and this bottle was a last resort and i didn't think it was necessary to waste our super expensive hypoallergenic formula every night. he yelled at me some more becaus r was "obviously in pain" which isn't true, he was just cranky from his cold and really tired.
oh, and they have decided to team up on me and continually tell me that i need to give up breastfeeding even though they know better than most that i have fought tooth and nail to keep breastfeeding (had mrsa in one of my breasts)
so, the moral of this... novel... is,dh and i need to get back into our own place. and to do this, i need some sort of income. it needs to be something i can do from home while i'm finishing school since we can't afford childcare. any ideas?
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Re: Okay, ladies, I need your input/ideas/advice! (long)
Sorry I don't have any money-making ideas for you.
I just want to say that I am sorry you have to deal with the ILs and that you are doing great with BFing... don't let stupid people discourage you!
Thanks! I'm trying to do everything I can.
What is Direct Sales?
Yeah, that's my plan once I run out of online courses
hang in there! i'm sorry your in-laws are being so ridiculous.
a friend of mine runs a mini daycare from home...she watches 2 other LO's along with her own. she says it really works for her!
good luck!
I'm so sorry, that sounds like a nightmare!
I agree with PPs about maybe an etsy shop type business? Do you like to make anything? I don't know how mch you need a month. Or like Mary Kay or Avon, that could be good extra income?
I've also heard of people who assemble mail and other things from home. Not sure what that's called though.
Good luck! And for sure check out your school for daycare/part time jobs.
Are you able to afford to move into an apartment or rental? I realize you wouldn't be able to pay off debt quite as quickly, but the bottom line is you're in your IL's house, so they can kinda be annoying if they want, it's their house. Which sucks.
I think the only at-home things you'll really be able to do would be what pp's said, watching other peoples kids (which I'm not sure if your il's would love) and something like avon or tastefully simple. Any kind of work from home job that would give you guaranteed, regular income otherwise probably wouldn't be something you could do while watching your baby and juggling schoolwork really. My situation is unbelievably uncommon that I don't have to have child care for my son. In most cases even women who work from home need at least part time child care.
Good luck to you, it sounds like an awful situation to be in. If it were me, I'd definitely do what I had to do to get an apartment or something.