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New here? Please read - Any working moms that work from home?
JennyCupcakes01
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(I posted about this in the Los Angeles section but thought I'd try here as well)
I'm a stay at home mom that needs a job!
We don't know anyone available to watch our son during the day, so I'm trying to find a position that allows me to work at home.
I'd love any suggestions! Thank you!
Re: New here? Please read - Any working moms that work from home?
Whoops, that's actually what I meant to say... a FT WFH career isn't possible without childcare, but that some part-time WFH gigs like I mentioned might be.
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I just quit my full time job to be a work at home Mommy. I am so excited to stay home with my daughter and get that time alone with her before baby no 2 comes.
Chat soon,
Xo
Chantal
I get paid to stay healthy! How awesome is that?
Like others who have posted ahead of me... I worked for my company for more than 3 years when my husband relocated for work. My company was super supportive of keeping me on and letting me work remotely. (I work for an international bank and while we have an office where I am now located, it's a different division. It does give me an option, though, if I run into laptop issues.)
That said, I do have daycare for my youngest (1.5). My older two are now school age (7 and 4) and I have the flexibility to pick them up at 3:15, M-Th, and 2:15 on Fridays when school lets out. They're old enough to understand that I work and can entertain themselves when I'm on conference calls, etc. This past summer, I kept them home with me and did have some challenges - they got bored frequently and they would interrupt me for silly things. So, next summer they will attend a summer day camp at least once a week to break up the summer. But between the pool, their Legos, neighbor kids, it works out well enough.
FWIW, I am a proposal writer, so it is a deadline-oriented job. I think it's "easy enough" to have an infant home with you 1-2x a week when you're working, since they sleep so much, but once they're mobile, forget it.
And really, it's about the child's best interest, too.
I work from home, homeschool 4 kids(the youngest is 2) my job is strictly online support.
Don't think you can't work cause you have at hone, that's just wrong!
PS: No messages about my job,I'm not allowed to share info
Although independent business franchise models like Mary Kay are a great option. These are in no way the easy route. They are small businesses that largely depend on your knowledge and execution to market your products. Most people don't inherently possess this knowledge and it could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to figure it all out.
Besides, you wrote you were searching for a job, which is more like an exchange for your time. Which is why I replied. My little sister, has a position where she works remotely from home. Each day, she allocates a certain amount of time to complete the tasks. She knows what she'll make according to how many hours she has worked.
Which is alot different than running your own home franchise like Mary Kay...where your income is in direct correlation to your skills to sell product.
My sister originally found the position on Craigslist. Since then, she has received a promotion and they have offered to pay her relocation and apartment to a new city.
If this sounds like something you were thinking of, then send me a message and I'll
ask her for the information.
For the past few years I had been really into baking cupcakes and cakes for family and friends and I eventually created some business cards, made a website and started marketing myself.
It was VERY slow going for a long time and I thought about just throwing in the towel but I kept at it and now I've got 5-6 orders lined up for the rest of this year and the beginning of 2015!
It doesn't bring in as much money as going out and working 40 hours per week but it's something! And who knows, maybe business will increase and I'll be able to buy the cupcake truck I've always wanted!
Thanks to those that made suggestions and good luck to those still looking!
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I work around my kids schedules - who are 13-months and 4 1/2 years old (presently). It's tough. I get maybe 2 hours of work done - max - a day. Then do the rest at night and weekends. You can't do it all. My house is always disheveled, never caught up on laundry, scramble to get dinner done. I enjoy being home, but it's a trade off for sure. Some days I'm envious of Moms who get to work in an office and get paid whether their tired, off their game or spacing out. I only get paid when I turn in a project :-)
It's important to have a support system even if it's just emotional support. My husband works from home most days and will throw laundry in, help out on a really hard day and just be a good sounding board. I supplement my income with some creative work like video editing and virtual assistant work, finding discounts, odd jobs and anything else I can find.
I work full time from home, for an employer (not any type of MLM), and my child is at home with me. The catch is, I had the job before I got pregnant.
Now, I wake up at 4 am and work until my daughter wakes up, work during her 2-hour nap, and then finish up work when my husband gets home from work to help me with the baby.
If you can find a job that just consists of daily tasks that need to be completed on a flexible schedule, you might be able to find something that fits your needs, but you really have to prove your disciplined.
I recently started working from home part time teaching English to kids in China. I never thought I would find a good work at home opportunity that worked for me as a teacher, but this has been a great fit. You have to have a bachelor's degree and some teaching experience (but it doesn't have to be certified experience, pre-school, daycare, Sunday school, etc also counts). I don't think it would work for most people as a full time option because of the hours (unless you can survive on no sleep!) But it's great for some extra money part time.