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[quote=Anonymous]I did it and it SUCKS without childcare.  (Again, that depends on the age of your children - mine are under 6).  Like, it's not sustainable for more than say a month or two.  So then I hired a mother's helper.  I was trying to not pay a full nanny's rate because (1) I was there and able to help as needed; (2) I didn't ask her to do anything beyond watch the kids - no meal prep, no shopping, no laundry, no clean up.  But the kids were still disruptive and honestly my mother's helper didn't do much beyond plop them in front of the TV.  I wanted to encourage her to do more, but I was stuck in my office working.  And I was only paying her $15/hr, so I felt like I couldn't be too pushy. (I couldn't afford more because I wasn't making that much more to justify it!)

It actually made it really tough WFH because I became critical and resentful of my childcare.  And kids under six will interrupt you.

My advice would be either stay a SAHM or find a WFH job that (1) pays enough for you to justify paying a nanny a nanny rate and (2) has an option to get you out of the house.

You could also do the daycare route, but then you are still driving to/from the daycare, which might eat some time.[/quote]

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