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Balancing Act....
Ok Ladies. I'm just trying to get some opinions here. I am a FTM and SAH right now with my LO. My LO is going to be 3 months on April 28th. I did want to go back to school for Medical Coding and Billing and Transcribing and I can do it online!! I'm thinking this is a great thing! BUT she is going to be a lot more active (duh) and I'm just wondering if I will have a free moment to go online and do school work or am I going to be overwhelmed here? Right now I can put her in her bouncy while i am online for a bit and she's good but when she becomes more active I can't do that... just wanna hear from SAHM who are able to do online classes with older babies. TIA!!!
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Re: Balancing Act....
personally - i would watch billing and coding. Because as technology really changes it seems offices are moving dramatically away from these services. Just a thought.
As far as actually sitting down and getting anything done (for yourself) at the PC is a bigger and bigger joke as they get older. Come 6 months it is practically impossible to do something more than 10 min at a time. So keep that in mind. Unless you want to be up late at night doing it after baby goes to sleep.
I think it depends on your baby's temperament. I took online classes when DD was a mobile. She was pretty content to play next to me and I would let her explore the living room when I was on my laptop.
it can be done.
I have been doing school online since DD was 5 months old...and I'm not going to lie, its hard....you really have to be self disciplined and take every moment you have to work on school...for me I always worked on school while DD slept, now that she is old I can throw on a show for 30 mins and have that time to gather what it is I need to do, so by the time she is sleeping I am ready to go...
you'll be pulling all nighters some times, like I was up till midnight last night working on an assignment and have to get up at 6 with DD...
Although as they get older and sleeping better it gets better. I would also see about getting a babysitter once a week for a few hours to help you..I take DD to my sisters once a week for 4-5 hours...honestly its not much time but its something...plus when DH is not working like crazy he helps out...like last night he cooked cleaned and put DD to bed while I worked....its hard but worth it in the end
I'm a full time student, 6 hours each semester on campus, 6 online. I find it extremely easy, actually. I get my work done when he is napping or in bed at night. As long as you can delegate your time effectively, it shouldn't be a problem.
Now, onto the online classes. Some of those all online schools are a joke. I really would recommend doing it through a community college where you will get credits that can actually go towards a future degree if you so choose. Many of the technical colleges don't transfer at all, and can end up also being much more costly in the end.