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Aprilfools 
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 2:47pm |
I'm interested in hearing about people who work from home so that they can take care of their little ones. Either you or your partner working from home.
I'm considering this as an option part time so that we can keep reducing our mortgage. Obviously this is a way off yet but it's something we've been talking about so thought I'd ask the question.
What I'd like to know is what do you find easy and hard about it? And also what type of work are you doing? How do you manage your day and what do you do to make it easier?
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cuppatea
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 3:03pm |
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I did work from home for a while, have just finished altogether. I was making electrical panels in my garage. I would work when Spencer was asleep or when DH was home and later I put Spencer into daycare for 2 afternoons a week.
I found it hard sometimes to get the motivation to actually go and do the work, there is always so much other stuff around the house that needed doing, or I would have had a moo of a time with Spencer and would just need some timeout once he was alseep instead of working.
I tried to give myself set hours but it just never seemed to work for us so instead would normally just take each day as it came. I found it did help to make a date with work for when work would be completed so that I had a deadline (they were always flexible if I needed to move it but I would try not to.)
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NeoshasMummy
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 3:05pm |
 cuppatea wrote:
I did work from home for a while, have just finished altogether. I was making electrical panels in my garage. I would work when Spencer was asleep or when DH was home and later I put Spencer into daycare for 2 afternoons a week.
I found it hard sometimes to get the motivation to actually go and do the work, there is always so much other stuff around the house that needed doing, or I would have had a moo of a time with Spencer and would just need some timeout once he was alseep instead of working.
I tried to give myself set hours but it just never seemed to work for us so instead would normally just take each day as it came. I found it did help to make a date with work for when work would be completed so that I had a deadline (they were always flexible if I needed to move it but I would try not to.) |
Wow how did you get into that? I have always wanted to open my own nail tech business at home *sigh*
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FionaS
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 3:10pm |
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I work 10 hours per week in the office and 15 from home. I found it really easy when Elle was having 2 good sleeps a day but now find it more tricky (she has one 2 hour sleep most days). I tend to work most at night and sometimes do an intensive block on a sat or sun afternoon.
I'm a fast worker so manage to keep up with it all but am generally very busy juggling everything.
It is a good thing overall but can be hard work being a full-time housekeeper / mum / wife + doing what is essentially a fulltime job.
I am the HR Manager for Rhema Broadcasting Group and have also just taken on the role of web content manager.
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 3:33pm |
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I have my own little business and it can be hard at times if you have bubs home full time too. He doesn't let me do what I want to do. Setting aside hours to do the work sometimes happens, sometimes the motivation isn't there
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cuppatea
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 3:47pm |
NeoshasMummy wrote:
cuppatea wrote:
I did work from home for a while, have just finished altogether. I was making electrical panels in my garage. I would work when Spencer was asleep or when DH was home and later I put Spencer into daycare for 2 afternoons a week.
I found it hard sometimes to get the motivation to actually go and do the work, there is always so much other stuff around the house that needed doing, or I would have had a moo of a time with Spencer and would just need some timeout once he was alseep instead of working.
I tried to give myself set hours but it just never seemed to work for us so instead would normally just take each day as it came. I found it did help to make a date with work for when work would be completed so that I had a deadline (they were always flexible if I needed to move it but I would try not to.) |
Wow how did you get into that? I have always wanted to open my own nail tech business at home *sigh* |
I'm an electrician by trade and arranged with my work to do stuff from home for them. Panel building and electrical drawings were the two things I could take home with me.
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susieq
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 7:42pm |
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so Fiona, do you know the guy Guyan in the Rgema Broadcasting group, his dad is our church organist
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Posted: 30 July 2008 at 8:14pm |
I produce business documentation, specialising in health IT, and I did some whilst I was pregnant (on top of working full time)....and I tried to carry on with some of the work once Oli was about 3 months old, but I found it too hard. I think that the type of work it was...(it often involved conference calls, background reading, intense documentation, and trying to get into the office occasionaly for meetings)....just made it too tricky to try and juggle with a baby that didnt have a good sleeping pattern, and would only sleep for an hour at a time. I would just get into it and then he would wake up! Even now, he will only sleep for an hour at a time.
The company still contact me periodically to let me know that whenever I am ready, there is work for me (to do from home), and its nice to know that they "need me". At the moment we are not desperate for the extra income, and I am not ready to put Oli into daycare and I dont have anyone that could look after him for a couple of mornings a week, so not sure how I could do it.
I think a lot of it depends on the type of work ie how much concentration is needed, and what sort of baby you have.
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Posted: 31 July 2008 at 5:05pm |
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I'm a computer programmer and work from home 28 hours a week (well not currently as I'm on maternity leave but will return at the end of September)
I found it quite easy when Casey was a baby as she was happy to play under her playmat or in her bouncer while I was working. I also got very skilled at one handed typing and made the most of her nap times. She started going to daycare at 18 months of age - firstly for 8 hours a week - 10-2 two days a week, she'd then have a nap when I bought her home - I couldn't see the point in paying some to watch her sleep so did her hours around her naps. Her hours have slowly increased as she got more demanding - she now does 16.5 hours at 3.5 years old. I plan on doing the same this time around though may look at starting her in daycare a little earlier - say around 12 months but thats more so she has her big sister there while transitioning into it but Casey will go to school when Zoey is 18 months old
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Posted: 31 July 2008 at 6:27pm |
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I am planning on working from home eventually, I'm fully trained in relaxation, therapeutic and sports massage, and know a bit of aromatherapy and reflexology and have a room set up at home. Its only a hobby at the moment for friends and family.
Thought I could schedule appointments around sleep times, or in the evenings when DH is home. Will see how it goes.
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Posted: 31 July 2008 at 6:40pm |
I work one day per week from home, but I don't do the work during the day time as its too hard. I tend to do it in the evening after Lauren goes to bed, so I do a few hours each night before DH gets home.
Sometimes I find it hard to focus though, eg right now I should be doing month end, but here I am on OhBaby 
So on that note, I better go and do some work!!
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Posted: 01 August 2008 at 8:36am |
I work from home part time writing for an Australian kids' fashion website. Linky.. (It's a round-up of the designer kidswear on sale around Australia).
Hard things:
- I procrastinate and procrastinate. Must get better at that. Tomorrow maybe.
- The very nature of the website I write for means I'm constantly temped to spend everything I earn 
Good things:
- As a defence wife I move around all over the place and because this job is internet-based I can take it with me. No more short-term jobs on my CV.
- I really enjoy the work itself.
- My boss is awesome, which makes everything easy.
- I can be really flexible as to when I actually work so long as the deadlines are met.
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