Are there any jobs I can do with my baby? (UK based)

I can’t imagine being able to work if I were caring for my baby full time. The few times I’ve had to (sitter fell through and I couldn’t take the day off) I felt like I was doing two full time jobs at once and doing a bad job at both. Not saying it’s impossible, but you’d have to be very selective about the job and you’d probably have to be pretty forward with your employer about your situation. If they’re flexible with your hours it could maybe be possible to get some stuff done while LO naps.

Not a full time job, but you could check out mystery shopping?! Could do that with baby and some tasks ask you to take your baby with you!

Uber eats/deliveroo if you drive, if you're crafty you can come up with something useful/beautiful and start selling on Amazon, on Fiverr there are freelance opportunities if you have skills in any of the services offered on Fiverr. If you're good with children, you can become a child minder (max 4 children, don't know if your own child would be included in that number)

I don’t know of any jobs that allow you to work from home and be a primary care giver to a child unfortunately. Tbh you really couldn’t do most admin type jobs from home in the UK and be a decent parent at the same time. Childcare can be a good one however as you can obviously keep your child with you so either childminder or nursery work that way you can keep an eye on your child while there I guess.

I'm s nanny and my son comes along too, it's all about finding the right family

IT and marketing. Some companies might not allow you to have the baby with you though. I work from home full time with my baby so very thankful for my company, and it's doable for sure!

I have actually been looking into that but I don’t even know where to start!
nope, I can’t programme but most likely can learn lol
What does that sort of work entail?
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don’t drive yet no, I was going to sell on Amazon but never really got round to it. Iv checked fiverr after you mentioned it and a lot of the posts are people offering their services so I can’t see what is actually wanted from people. I’m considering childcare atp as it seems the best option atm
apparently a lot of them online are scams so I’m not even sure where to look, and the ones I can see don’t offer monetary payment, just cash prizes which isn’t ideal.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far, it’s really helpful to have something to look into. It seems a lot of the online jobs, like live chat, customer service agent, writing jobs etc. are all office based too

Childminder? That way you could looks after your own kid and get paid for play dates.

that's kind of how Fiverr works. Whatever services you have listed is what people are looking for. You have a profile as a seller with your gigs (offered services) and then people looking for them send you a message

Childcare does sound like the best option when you're good with children, I definitely agree with that as anything else would make you turn the focus away from your child

I’m in the US so I’m not sure if this exists there- but I’ve heard of women running an at home daycare? Here you have to get licensed, but then you can have a few children in your care along with your child.

You also could nanny your baby and another child.
Or possibly find a part time sales job? That you could do from home? I totally understand the struggle xx

@Lucy this might sound silly lol but whatever you earn , if on UC WOULD you have to declare the income


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the only thing that is making me feel a bit more lost is the fact that firstly they want to do a health check, while my health is stable atm, I do have a few chronic illnesses so I don’t know if I’d even pass that. Secondly there are areas of my home even my son isn’t allowed in just because of the general state of disrepair, I have done what I can to make certain areas safe and keep him contained however I’m not sure I’d pass on that front either. Lastly I just feel so damn beat up atm I feel stuck

ah right, it’s just really hard to see anything that says “I’m looking for…” from where I am it just seems like a load of random posts of different skills people are offering but there is no indicator of what’s in demand. And yeah the last thing I want to do is turn my focus from my son😥

Learn a high level skill. I work from home doing fashion marketing. Don’t get into mlm🤮