Any WFH moms with little/no childcare?

I start back to work from home in a little over a week. My LO will be almost 4 months then (16 weeks). What are your best tips and tricks to make things go smoothly for you and for baby?

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Any recommendations for wfh jobs as someone with no remote experience but I do have a laptop

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Not WFH but I bring baby to my workplace either me and care for them during the work day…
Just started this past week so no tips yet but… learning to give myself a lot of grace.

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I'm working from home and my baby is super clingy. I can't work while taking care of my baby. She will cry if I sit still. If I carry her around, I can't work.

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I WFH with my daughter and despite her being a pretty easy kid and good at playing independently... It is hard. I have a very flexible job where I can work any hours of the day and it's still tough. Idk if I'd be able to do it if I had to be available during a set schedule. I will say it was easier when she wasn't mobile because I could keep her contained. Once she started walking, it got really hard. It takes a lot of patience. Give yourself grace and if you can have help... Do it.

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Hey Lauren. My baby is 6 mos now. Not going to lie it was rough around the 4 month mark because she wasn’t independent enough and needed to be in the same room and wasn’t nap trained yet. 1. Id say sleep/ nap train ASAP. 2. If you don’t have an activity center mat or chair, get one. Also a swing chair or something to move them in and give them chew toys. 3. I just got a musclemat and it’s next to my desk so she can crawl around and roll around on that while being next to me. It might be rough for about a month, but once they start independent play a little more where you can set them down more that’s super helpful! Oh and sleep training was HUGE

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Yup. I run my business full time- I’m a photographer so I’m out half the time and home the other.. she’s 16 months now- but my husband also works from home, so we switch off and the grandparents come twice a week. My baby learned real quick independant play- and loves her large playpen .. it’s getting to the point now though where I’m gonna need to maybe put her in daycare for one day.. I don’t want to have to work from 8-midnight every night for forever lol

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I wfh with my 2 year old. It was easier when she was younger because she napped more and I could have her do tummy time or sit in the bouncer when I had a call. Now it is much more difficult and stressful. My tips would be, have a play area where you and your baby can sit and play comfortably with your laptop (if possible), get a bouncer if you don’t already have one and work as much as you can before they wake up and during naps.

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i mean this in the most supportive way but i just have to tell you in my experience it only got harder as my LO aged. 4 months was easy, now 16 months i’m dying i can’t even get work done im outsourcing

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I had a hybrid schedule when my baby was 4.5 months until she was 14 months; I would wfh 2-3 days a week. I set her schedule to go to bed when I did so she would sleep in; I would wake up earlier and could get a good 3 hrs of work in. I would take a long lunch break when she was awake, and I would work a little when she ate. I would then get more work done when she was napping in the afternoon. It was hard; she had a nanny the days I went in so I would be able to get a lot of work done on my in office days. If needed I worked more when my husband came home and he took care of her.

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WFH with a little one is not easy my guy is 3 now and I’ve been doing it since he was born but we get through it and as he’s grown it has gotten harder because he loves to be by my side and talk my ear off but I would say have an area where baby can be safely contained and if your job is a call center one with a high volume I would definitely recommend having someone come help you.

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Has the new government rules on screen time stressed anyone else out?

Screen time reliance was already stressing me but I'm home alone as many of us are...I have no village and a very full on and demanding boy. My son is 19 months and in a really hard phase whinging and clingy wise....we don't do iPads and tablets (unless I absolutely have to if he's throwing an absolute fit having a nappy change and I don't want shit all over the wall!)
We do however end up doing teletubbies and dancing fruits during "high stress times" of the day. Usually cooking or if he's having an awful meltdown...popping teletubbies on means he smiles and relaxes, and I can get our food cooked and the kitchen tidy.
In the evening we allow him another half hour whilst we make food if he's in a particularly demanding mood and wanting to be held the entire time. Then we switch off teletubbies and put something soft like quiz shows or comedy on for my partner and I and we play with our son at the same time. He usually zones the TV out if it's not his program.
I feel so guilty for every second of screen time now. By the time he's finally gone to bed at 9-10pm (he fights sleep like crazy) I just have to fall into bed myself. My partner can stay up watching his TV but I can't make it past 10 (proof that being a stay at home mum is harder than a regular job much!?)

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Husbands attitude..

I’m unhappy with the way my partner acts with our son. So before we had kids he was the most chilled, fun loving person & I thought what a breath of fresh air compared to my ex who was an abusive narcissist!

However since we’ve bought a house and had our son (he’s 4) it’s like he can’t handle parenting.
His fuse has become short & the last few months he just seems to lose his temper at our son & me over the smallest things. I understand kids are frustrating and we all shout at times but he screams in his face and it really upsets our son & honestly it makes me so sad that he gets so angry over trivial things, often I have to step in & take over cos I’m worried he might smack him or something.

I’m a SAHM and so I’m with my son every day yet I can control myself. I’m more laid back (he’s my 2nd child) maybe cos I’ve been here before. I feel maybe as he was brought up with an Asian father who was quite strict it’s given him high expectations of expected behaviour?
I have spoken to him about how I’m not happy with it & that he should walk away but he just gets defensive and throws his dummy out the pram!
What’s your partner like with discipline? Do they shout and do you ever disagree with the way they are?

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School

I know being a stay at home mom is meant to be staying at home with the kids. But do you ever consider sending them to school? Especially if you have multiples? Or do you just homeschool? I feel like I want to send my oldest to school and stay home with the baby. My oldest just turned 4. What should he be in (pre k or… ?) I’m not sure.

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Would you travel 30 miles one way to take your children to school and nursery just to keep them happy to avoid distress with change?

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Any WFH moms with little/no childcare?

I start back to work from home in a little over a week. My LO will be almost 4 months then (16 weeks). What are your best tips and tricks to make things go smoothly for you and for baby?

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