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August 7, 2009 at 8:59 pm · Filed under work at home mothers, work at home moms, moms, mom
Do you work from home, but you just cannot seem to get any work done? Your kids just don’t cooperate with the schedule that you have set for everyone? I know that this is a major problem for moms that want to work from home. You just cannot seem to get everything accomplished in one day that needs to be done. A new trend of hiring a nanny for part of the day is becoming very popular.
Hiring a nanny for only part of the day allows you to get work done, but it also allows your children to stay in their own environment. You also do not have to worry about leaving your children alone with someone you hardly know. This is a great option for people that do not want to leave their children in a day care, but also need to keep a job.
This is also a less expensive option. You do not have to pay a day care for only half the work. Often times using a college student works out great. It will give the student extra cash, and you peace of mind that you are working and your children are being cared for properly. College students are great for this type of job because they usually have a more flexible schedule then most other people.
August 6, 2009 at 8:58 pm · Filed under mother, moms, mom
Do you wish that you had a “reset” button every time that you felt a meltdown coming on? This would be the perfect solution to all those times that you felt like you were going to explode during all those long car trips, never ending errands, and constant bickering among your children. I would love to have a reset button that put everything back into place including the pieces of your house. You would never have to worry about a bad day again. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a “reset” button.
There have been so many days when I could have used a “reset” button. I would not have to yell and scream at the kids to behave, or deal with annoying people in line at the grocery store. You know the ones that want to tell you how bad of day they are having like no one else could possibly be going through anything worse.
We all have bad, stressful days. We all need a break from these kinds of days. When I find myself in the middle of one of these days, I practically have a meltdown. I just want everything to be quiet, and I want everyone to do what I want them to do. As a mom, I don’t think that that sounds unreasonable, but my kids do. So that is why I will try to find some way to escape.
I will take a long bathroom break where I just read. I have a pillow hidden under the cabinet so that when I need to escape it is already there. I just flop down on the floor and enjoy fifteen minutes pure, peaceful quiet. It does wonders for the mind. Just a little reminder though make sure you have had time to clean the floor first.
August 5, 2009 at 8:57 pm · Filed under work from home, work at home mothers, work at home moms, work from home
I knew that when I had my first child that I would want to be a stay at home mom. I wanted to be with my child all the time. I am not very good at trusting other people with my children. I always have this fear of what if this happens or this happens, then what would they do. I just cannot shake the feeling that the care giver would not be able to care after them properly. I am a paranoid parent. I cannot really change this, so the solution is to work from home.
The only problem with working from home is that you do not always get the work done. I have little people calling me all day long for this and that. They do not see a difference in me working and just being there. This can really create a problem if I have a time line that I need to finish a particular project that I might be working on. It can be really stressful sometimes, and during these times I often wish that I was in a quiet office doing my work. This would defeat my purpose though.
I normally try to get most of my work done during the all important nap time. This usually works out great, but there are those days when nothing seems to go right. On these days, I will usually try to line out a few activities that they can do on their own. I will give them things that do not require my attention the entire time that they are playing.
