Work from home with a baby
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It gets harder as they age. I will WFH with my LO (10.5 weeks) until the 6 month mark probably and then will need to find childcare. I will probably hire someone to come to my house for at least half days instead of daycare. The older they get they need more consistent and longer interaction
Working from home is working from home, it’s not being at home to care for a baby and get paid. It’s impossible to do both
It’s not bad - it’s doable at that age but as they start getting more mobile it will get hard as age as someone as mentioned. I have a 2year old now while I wfh and it’s impossible now
It’s not easy , I would try and get some childcare
Pretty impossible.
My husband works from home and even when she was a baby it was really difficult, at 10months they are more vocal and now she's 3 there is no chance, I have to plan days out, or things to keep her busy. If he was to work from home and do childcare as well, one or the other would slip as his attention would be elsewhere. Also most work from home contracts state no childcare
Impossible. You will not give your full attention to either and both will suffer both short and long term. You need to plan sufficient childcare
It’s sooooo hard. Omg. It’s beyond frustrating and took me all day to get my work in and left me no time for anything else at all. It was terrible. Even with childcare here while I work, it’s not always easy.
Could you get a nanny that could work from your home so you can still see your child but you’re not doing the childcare while you’re working
They will be sleeping less and need more attention. In my opinion, it’s not possible to do a good job and care for a baby.
Thank you everyone for the dose of reality. I genuinely thought it gets easier 😔 as they are not crying or feeding all the time
It does get easier in that sense- you’re not constantly thinking about nappies/bottles/feeds/naps. But they want to explore the world and they want your attention, so they’re not great at independent play for long periods of time
@Rani oh no :( how are you managing now?
@Rachael how much more attention they need? Mine is already stuck to me whole day 😂
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@Rachael yes that is another option i am exploring
I wake up early or do late nights to get work done, even work weekends - I have to use screen times for meetings, plan activities and rotate toys , use the garden when the weather is good, plan meals at well. My job doesn’t deal with calls so I’m lucky in that sense. It’s one of the hardest thing I have done & wouldn’t recommend it because I have nearly lost my mind . My LB starts nursery/daycare in a few weeks so it will be fine soon x
Not easy at all, if anything worse than a newborn as they need more attention and input.