I delivered newspapers to various coffee shops. It became tricky b/c DD was always stuck in the carseat and it was a bit stressful for me to get out of the door early bc I had to make deliveries by a certain time and as DD got a bit older and mobile, she just wanted to sit and play instead of riding around in the carseat while I made stops all over.

Another way to go is figure put what you could do with that time to save money. If you are already frugal, there might not be much, but if you rely on convenience foods or pay for cleaning, you could cut down on the bills by prepping cheap food (learn to make foods that are cheap).

Or, look around the house for crap to sell on ebay. Kids grow out of stuff quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Depends on your skills, really...

I created a Kickstarter campaign, got funded, and opened an Etsy store. It's not a ton of money, but it at least covers groceries and then some each month. I fill orders and do customer service during naps and after bedtime.

What kind of stuff do you sell? Handmade, supplies, vintage...?

There is some call center and customer service type work that can be done from home. Maybe data entry? What did you do per pregnancy OP? Don't know how easy it is to find, but some of those flexible work space companies do paid offsite admin and secretarial assistance.

Anonymous wrote:If these work-from-home part-time job options were easy to come by, I think a lot of people would be doing them.

And I say this is a part-time WOHM computer programmer.

This is what I would assume, but there was a thread (and I don't remember any good words to search it) and some woman was just incensed that not everyone was doing what she did. It did sound like an awesome, legitimate job that actually paid enough to cover some childcare, but that was the first such time.

OP, please never refer to yourself as "mommy" unless it's in the third person and you are speaking to the person for whom you are changing the diaper. - SAHM

If you like to read and edit, you can set up a freelance editing/indexing business. You won't make a ton of money but you'll get to read a lot of interesting stuff and work from home. Setup costs are nominal.

Depends on your skills, really...

I created a Kickstarter campaign, got funded, and opened an Etsy store. It's not a ton of money, but it at least covers groceries and then some each month. I fill orders and do customer service during naps and after bedtime.

Step One: Stop referring to yourself as mommy. It's not cute and doesn't make you come across as if your head is in the working game.

Step Two: Think about what you did pre-child and if it can translate to working at home.

Anonymous wrote:Get a government job with work from home options.

Uh, no. You need daycare to work from home for the government. You're being paid to do a job not just babysit your own child.

If these work-from-home part-time job options were easy to come by, I think a lot of people would be doing them.

And I say this is a part-time WOHM computer programmer.

Get a government job with work from home options.

Not the OP but I'm also interested in legit work from home jobs. I've looked on a few websites but I'm not a graphic artist or computer programmer and don't want to sell things to family members. I'm interested in just boring, busy work jobs that nobody else wants to do like data entry.

I think OP was looking for ideas on part time work she could do from home, possibly while LO is sleeping, that others have found to be successful both with time management and profit-wise, rather than tips on working from home successfully - is that right OP?

Get a nanny and know boundaries meaning stay in your work area unless baby is sleep and let the nanny do her job pretend like your dropping her at daycare.

Now that my little one is up and running around, I feel as if I would love to
stay afloat with all the bills. My LO is a great napper, we live in a rural
area, any ideas for successful work while mommying?

TIA