work from home/sahms how do you do it?

[Anonymous]

It's just really hard to spend all your non kid awake hours, working for pay.

As the kids get older, they sleep less and you will have even less down time.

At some point you will need to hire someone to watch the children so you can work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then why are you so frazzled? Why did you post your original post? If you work only when the kids are in bed, why do you feel other parts of maintaining the household are falling apart?

Because she is not telling the truth. Theres no way she is working 4 hours in the am before her kids wake up and then 4 hours after they go to bed. OP please stop the BS.

Maybe she works part time?

[Anonymous]

Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

People did answer her question. They told her to hire help since she is tired and cannot manage it or she needs to quit her damn job. She is obviously NOT able to work while they are at home and function, like maybe you claim you can, so she needs to make a choice. She CANNOT work from home if she is not doing the work!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

That's not OP, that's some random unhinged nutjob.

[Anonymous]

OP, people aren't being "vile" by telling you to get a sitter. Even if you just nap or get reorganized during that time, it'll help you recharge. Getting a sitter is one way to make your life easier. That's the advice you asked for, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not interested in advancing or in a field where I need to, just enjoy my work. I don't want to give too much personal information but I am an independent contractor so working conditions (kids being around) doesn't matter.

New pp here but I still do not see how that would matter. Unless you are self employed and your own boss, unless you current boss knows you are working from home with kids and it OK with it, you are more than likely breaking the code of conduct or your contract.

Not the point at all. I'm not breaking any codes and my employer knows full well my home situation. I work before my kids wake up and after they go to bed.

Then why do the house/dinner/etc fall apart? When do you think most SAHMs do those things? Not only before kids wake and after they go to bed.

If you want to be able to do actual work, get childcare. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

That's not OP, that's some random unhinged nutjob.

Oh. Then she probably needs to get a sitter too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

That's not OP, that's some random unhinged nutjob.

I am not a nutjob. I am sick of this topic. It always comes up. YOU cannot work from home without daycare. Don't tell others what they cannot do like it is fact. You don't know what OPs job is or what she gives up so she can work. The only thing that is unhinged is your brain.

So if you don't do what OP is asking, then why are you commenting? You can't do it, so your opinion is of little value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

That's not OP, that's some random unhinged nutjob.

I am not a nutjob. I am sick of this topic. It always comes up. YOU cannot work from home without daycare. Don't tell others what they cannot do like it is fact. You don't know what OPs job is or what she gives up so she can work. The only thing that is unhinged is your brain.

So if you don't do what OP is asking, then why are you commenting? You can't do it, so your opinion is of little value.

WE don't say people can't work without childcare - respectable employers do. Then again, judging by your kindergarten-esque writing style, I doubt your education level matches that of most posters here, so your "argument" holds no water. You're embarrassing yourself (and likely embarrassing OP, too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up.

I work from 6am until 7am. Then from 12pm until 2 pm. Then from 8pm until 2am. Then I wake up again. If my husband is off then I work normal hours. I am not OP. I work from home and my kids are under 5.

Either answer the question or stfu. Stop saying what people can and cannot do. What I do depends on getting it done, not on punching a time clock. No I am not a transcriptionist, but so what if OP is? Is that an insult? It is not a good one.

Back to OP because you idiots annoy me. I am tired but we need the money and I don't believe in daycare so that is how I do it. I work 6 days a week and always take one off to relax. I would work less if money was not a concern.

Jeebus. Calm down OP!

That's not OP, that's some random unhinged nutjob.

I am not a nutjob. I am sick of this topic. It always comes up. YOU cannot work from home without daycare. Don't tell others what they cannot do like it is fact. You don't know what OPs job is or what she gives up so she can work. The only thing that is unhinged is your brain.

So if you don't do what OP is asking, then why are you commenting? You can't do it, so your opinion is of little value.

WE don't say people can't work without childcare - respectable employers do. Then again, judging by your kindergarten-esque writing style, I doubt your education level matches that of most posters here, so your "argument" holds no water. You're embarrassing yourself (and likely embarrassing OP, too).

SNARF!

[Anonymous]

Okay, I got popcorn now. What did I miss?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I got popcorn now. What did I miss?

Children at play in the sandbox.

[Anonymous]

What crappy responses. I did this freelance work for several years when my kids were little, working mostly at night after they were in bed. A lot of very late nights. I also was in grad school when they were little and had a sitter for classtime, but did all my studying late at night. OP, you can do it for awhile, especially when you have one child who is a good napper, but it's not sustainable over the long haul. You really do need childcare in order to give your sharpest mind to your work and get most of it done in daylight hours. I know that childcare is expensive, but there comes a point when it's the only way.