Working from home baby activities

Hi! My little girl is now 6 months old, I will be working from home from 9 months with her. Does anyone have any experience as how to work from home but still be a present mum and also keep little one stimulated? I'm hoping to set up activities she can run through for set times to keep her development up, stimulating her mind and be a present good mum.
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Depends on the job, I wouldn’t have thought it’s possible to care for a baby and work full time without some additional help like a childminder or family. My experience of 9 month olds is that independent play is only possible for very short bursts! (Sorry if I’ve misunderstood your meaning). I’m also going back to work when my baby is 9 months and we’re using a combo of childminder / family / my partner.

@Emma It's definitely possible, a man I work with works from home full time with two children and does a part time university degree on top. I work on large scale infrastructure projects like highways and bridge construction. I have no family and partner works full time aswell and my baby is incredibly easy. My daughter currently plays on her playmat for 2+ hrs per day.

That’s amazing your child can play independently for long stretches! Good luck :)

I'm planning to do the same. You could set up a play pen with a variety of different sensory toys and change them around after a while so she doesn't get bored. Are you required to take a lot of calls during the day? I know my job requires for me to be presenting and talking on the phone quite a bit so I'm worried about managing that with LO.

@Sidra no, I mostly deal with numbers, design and emails so minimal calls thankfully. The ones that I do attend are mostly just for information so not required to participate only listen. so I'll be using them calls to play with my daughter and ovbs listen. ☺️ I have purchased a playpen/large travel cot which had a cover on it so it looks like a dolls house. I'm getting her used to it. And I have just purchased a totter+tumble mat so she has a large safe play area.

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