WFH FIRST TIME MOM

thank you for sharing! Was he required to work full time?

I work from home. It takes a little bit to get used to it. And getting my daughter on a schedule really helps. My husband helps for the majority of the day and the last few hours of my workday when he goes to work I play my daughter out and work a few cases. If your job is flexible my advice is to have your little one on a schedule and work around their schedule and you’ll be great. 😊

What work from home jobs do y’all do?

I work from home and now that my baby is older it has definitely gotten harder but it’s still manageable! Before I would get a lot of work done when she napped (she would nap on me on our boppy) and when she was awake try solely to focus on her but now she’s too big to nap there and doesn’t like napping in the crib lol but what I’ve done to help is I’ll get up about an hour or so before she does, I’ll pump get some work done. If I have calls during the day I’ll put her in her high chair and give her snacks so she’s occupied and then once my husband gets home we do dinner and after dinner I “clock back in” and get a few hours of work done during the evenings! So it’s definitely not impossible just gotta find what works for you and your baby! 😊

gosh seems like it was a lot to handle! Glad it worked out and you two were able to find the help you need.
Unfortunately we wouldn’t be able to afford a nanny at the moment and we don’t have family close by.
I think have wrangle this on my own. Thankfully though my boss is woman as well and it’s is flexible. I guess my worries are more so around the fact that I could be needed at a moments notice but I’m caught in the moment changing a diaper 😬😅.

my concern is that my baby won’t take to schedule very well or that I won’t be able to get her on one. Was it easy for her to be set on a schedule? How long did it take?

this is exactly what I may need to do. My boss requests a lot of my time during the day but since it is flexible scheduling I may have her give me a list of to-dos so that I could complete them when I’m actually able to do them.

I was blessed enough to find my job through a friend. I was previously working in an office but transitioned to working from home when I moved. I’d give you details about my job but it’s a very small company and they don’t hire often 😕

I was able to do this for a few months by working overnights while covering baby's night feed. I'm a software developer and my boss was pretty flexible about letting me skip daytime meetings and do my work whenever I could. I liked working overnight when it was quiet and easier to concentrate. It was hell keeping up, though. My husband and I put baby in daycare full time at 4 months because we couldn't get out jobs done, even though we were home, and give baby all of the attention and developmental activities she deserves. Transitioning back to days was rough too and still has its moments but our baby gets great care during the day and we have some heads-down time to get work done.

it took about a month or so to get her on a schedule and it helps a lot. I let my daughter lead the scheduling I would notice when she got tired and that bath time helps her wind down for bed time. She likes to play for 3-4 hours then she sleeps for an hour or two and the. She’s up again to play. I know what her day is like and plan around it. Most babies will eventually develop their own schedule.

I work from home and the only thing that worked for us and my LO was sending her to a childminder. Why would you put yourself through that? Is it fair on the child? They need to interact with other kids and have someone that can actually look after them. I find it crazy when people say "oh my boss is an asshole, doesn't get it"... Guess what? You're getting paid to work! In the UK they just don't let you have kids while working, not professional and also not productive.

i do alot of my work when my baby is in bed.. its possible if you dont have to be on the phone or in many meetings alot!

thank you for the visual! I feel this may be what I’d do too

thankfully I don’t but I do work under someone currently and I’m afraid that their needs/to-dos won’t be met. I’ll have to work out a time during the day while baby is napping to get to them.

not sure how you’re coming across but it’s wouldn’t be within our means to put my baby in day care or higher a nanny. I also really don’t want her to be raised up by anyone else but her parents/family. We don’t have family close by that could take care of her but thankfully my work is flexible.
I’m interested to find out how others have done it so that I could get a better idea of how it would look for me. I won’t be working full time either so that should help my situation. As for working…it’s about necessity not desire. If I could I wouldn’t work and be with my baby full time but it’s not within our means right now.

thank you!!

thank you, that’s helpful to know!