For moms who work from home

Joansmith1128 · April 2014

DS is 9 weeks old and my maternity leave ends when he is 12 weeks. I work from home (im a grant writer) and I want to hire a nanny to stay with him in my house while I'm working. Has anyone done this? How did it work for you? I think hes too young for day care, but im nervous that if i hear him crying in the other room, ill be very tempted to come out of my home office to help the nanny. I have no family nearby either. Thoughts?

kateebrooks78 · April 2014

I had a nanny while I worked from home for my first born. She did a great job of making sure that I had the space I needed to get work done while she kept my 3 month old busy. Basically at that age all she did was carry her around to look at things around the house, do tummy time, and sing to her. I kept breastfeeding and would nurse her to sleep the two times a day that she did nap. It worked really well for me because I had a great nanny but I admit I remained distracted when I heard her crying or was wondering if I should be feeding again. Pumping never really worked for me!

olivj100 · April 2014

My son is the same age and i work from home from 8-5 as a sales admin. We have a Nanny come part time on days that i know i'm going to be really busy. I'm lucky enough that i dont use the phone all that much. I mainly working through email. However the days the Nanny does come OMG i get so much work done! It was hard at first not to get up every time i heard him cry but we got a nanny cam in his bedroom so i just turn it on and have it in the corner of my computer as i'm working so i can see whats going on. That really helped a lot. We used Care.com to find her and I LOVE HER!

Joansmith1128 · April 2014

Thanks ladies! Im sure it will be hard at first, but now im optimistic! @olivj100‌, do u mean the nanny cam was on while the nanny was there? Was she comfortable w that? Sounds like a good idea!

olivj100 · April 2014

We didn't tell her about the nanny came that would defeat the whole purpose of it, i wanted to be able to see that she was treating my son right since he can't tell me anything. We have a couple of them. 1 in his bedroom which is on the wall (its his monitor) the other is hidden in our playroom. So she could very well know about the one in his room but not the playroom. I know it might be overkill but i've read and seen to many stories where you think the nanny is amazing and BAM shes crazy!

olivj100 · April 2014

MrsMuq said:
If you work from home, you need childcare for the hours you work, whether a nanny or DCP.

You may be able to work with part-time help with an infant, but you'll need full-time help once you have a mobile child.

When I work from home (part-time consulting work), either DS is sleeping, or someone else is watching him (H, babysitter or a family member).

I think this statement depends on the type of work you do. My sister has 2 kids and she works from home just fine.

olivj100 · April 2014

These boards are suppose to be positive, uplifting and NICE. So many people don't have anything nice to say!!! Didn't your mother teach you if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all! How dare you say se must be doing a disservice to
Her children! She's able to make her own hours and works while they're sleeping!

ttag0511 · April 2014

I work from home full time in customer service so I have to use the phones and send emails. We have a part time nanny when both of us are working the same hours. I couldn't do my job without her. Hubby swears we don't need a nanny but there is no way in hell my 19 month old son (sorry I popped in here and saw this post!

) would be able to allow me to answer calls without him in the background or even emails without grabbing my computer. So yes, I work from home and have a nanny. I do not go out there when he is fussy because she is great with him! I will admit with our first nanny I would go out there and offer suggestions but he was a lot younger and even though she was good with him I still have urges to go out there when he got super fussy. But you shouldn't do that and I'm not saying it was okay for me to do that. I cut it out quickly and she got used to him also. But I completely understand wanting to run out there when you hear your baby in the other room crying.

JackieP1023 · April 2014

I WFH the majority of my pregnancy due to complications, and continued WFH around 2 weeks. I am down to 1-2 days/week WFH now. I do it without childcare. I make my own hours, work when LO is sleeping. I'm only required to get 4 hours in per day, so on my WFH days, that's typically all I work.

ASmallWonder · April 2014

olivj100 said:

If you work from home, you need childcare for the hours you work, whether a nanny or DCP.

You may be able to work with part-time help with an infant, but you'll need full-time help once you have a mobile child.

When I work from home (part-time consulting work), either DS is sleeping, or someone else is watching him (H, babysitter or a family member).
I think this statement depends on the type of work you do. My sister has 2 kids and she works from home just fine.

Slow your roll. She works when they're sleeping meaning they aren't requiring care. That's fine but you didn't say that and most jobs aren't like that. If you are working, you need someone to care for your child during the time they need care. That's implied, really.

cagoldi · April 2014

elmoali said:

olivj100 said:

MrsMuq said:
If you work from home, you need childcare for the hours you work, whether a nanny or DCP.

You may be able to work with part-time help with an infant, but you'll need full-time help once you have a mobile child.

When I work from home (part-time consulting work), either DS is sleeping, or someone else is watching him (H, babysitter or a family member).
I think this statement depends on the type of work you do. My sister has 2 kids and she works from home just fine.

Slow your roll. She works when they're sleeping meaning they aren't requiring care. That's fine but you didn't say that and most jobs aren't like that. If you are working, you need someone to care for your child during the time they need care. That's implied, really.

This. I WAH and it would not be fair to my baby or employer to try to manage both at the same time. Most companies require you to have childcare in place as part of your WAH agreement.

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