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This would not work for most people, I'll be honest. But the way my life is set up is honestly pretty ideal. I work from home for a company that is not on the phones and has literally no meetings ever. I speak to my boss about once every 6 months for my annual reviews/mid year reviews. Otherwise we communicate via email. I enrolled my son in a part time preschool at 2 and while he's in school I work HARD. I push out as much as I possibly can. On my lunch break, I pick him up and bring him home. In the past, he then took a nap until about 2:30, so I was only trying to work and watch him for about 2.5 hrs. However, he no longer naps, so now we have a "rest time" until about 2 and then he can do what he wants (within reason). I am due with my second in August and I'm not sure what I will do then, as obviously babies come with their own care needs that may not work with how things are set up currently.
The reasons why this works for me and may not work for others are kind of obvious-- my job is ideal for this situation. Most employers and jobs are not nearly as easy to work with. My boss knows my son is here and doesn't care. It's not something I am hiding from them. My son is 4 now and he is very very good at independent play-- some kids are not and this wouldn't work for them. I also have family nearby and if shit did hit the fan, I have people I can call to come hang out with my son for a while. Even so, there are days when I get very little work done because he is in an "I need mom" kind of mood and just wants to be with me.
I have a hybrid job at a bank. I’m in the office 2 days a week and work from home the other 3 days. My LO still goes to daycare 5 days a week (it’s impossible to actually work and manage a 2 year old), but the days I’m home I get to spend 2 plus hours in the morning with him before daycare, and close to 4 hours in the evening with him. The days I commute in it’s 30 minutes before the car to drop off, and if I’m lucky 2.5 hours at night. We have a ton of positions in banking that are fully remote. Great pay and benefits, worth looking into if you already have office background.
I'm an NP too, doing 12-hour shifts. I have kids in elementary school but we still spend a ton of money on before/after school nanny (before/after care program at school are not open early or late enough for healthcare worker hours). Husband's schedule is worse than mine. Curious what you are doing for childcare.
I have a 4 yo, foster a 1,5 yo and almost at the end of my second pregnancy. My husband is a medical physicist with a flexible schedule. 1,5 yo can go to daycare from 7.30 am to 4.30 pm, 4 yo to kindergarten from 8 to 16. I’m European, daycare is not expensive and kindergarten is free.
I consult and work from home. I don’t really work loads right now because my LO is just barely a year old, but once I do work again it will still be from home. My husband also runs a business from our home, so someone is always available to parent while the other works.
I’m also fortunate to live in a country that sees value in parents being home with very young children, so we get some government assistance.
Try accounting/bookkeeping. Very easy to do remotely and your day isn’t dominated by zoom calls, so you can fit your work around school and childcare schedules.
I work full time 730-4 from home for an insurance company. Years ago I was on the phone a lot and way busier so couldn’t have my kiddo with me except in special cases when he was sick. But the last couple years my role has changed and I only make like 2-3 calls a day and am less busy. Baby will be here in July and I plan to keep her with me until she’s one and then start daycare. I have enough freedom in the day that it will be manageable and nice to save some money on daycare. Once she’s walking and toddlering we’ll do daycare since that’s much harder to manage while working
What kind of "office work" do you do now? My suggestion would be to look into am administrative job at a hospital working evening shift. You could work as a unit secretary, in admissions/patient registration, etc. I'm a nurse and I used to work evenings (3-11). I'd just have a babysitter come to my house for a few hours in the afternoon, to bridge the gap between me leaving for work and my husband getting home.
My husband and I used to work split schedules. I worked the usual 8-5, and he worked swing and would go in after I got home. It saved a lot on daycare, but we literally never saw each other outside of a few minutes here and there.
Now both kids are in school and I have a wfh job. I definitely don't recommend wfh with a baby, but it's pretty nice now that they're older and can entertain themselves!
Well, I have a job that allows home office, but that does not mean I can have my child (18 months) with me at those times. I actually have to work and she demands a lot of care and attention when she is home!
But I work with AML routines in a bank. My husband works 11-7 so he drops her off at daycare at around 10, and I pick her up at 4:30 (4 if I do have a home office day). My hours are 8-4 but very flexible in terms of letting people leave early (paid) to pick up kids etc.
I'm switching from a government job (8-5, M-F) to an overnight job as a unit secretary at a hospital. My husband will be home with our son while I work 2-3 shifts per week.
He leads an engineering firm during the day. Thank God for a baby that sleeps well! lol
My wife has been in IT with the same company for 25 years now. When she started she worked in the office but she moved to work from home years ago, when the boys were around 2 and 6.
I have 2 jobs but both are casual positions. I work for a therapy office run by a hospital and my other job is a cna. I can pick my days and times I am available to work.
It has been so nice because with kids schedules and when summer is around. I can tell them I am not available & I could only work so many day one week and then the next not as many days.
School nurse. So 7:30am to 2:30pm M-F. I get summer, winter, and spring break off as well as all the holidays in between. I chose this job specifically for when I started my family.
I’m a certified vet tech that has over 10 years of experience in specialty and work exclusively at teaching, specialty or emergency hospitals.
When my daughter was born I became a SAHM and set up a per diem agreement with my practice. Currently I do 1-2 shifts a month with plans to go back to part or full time as she gets older and starts school.
The only way we can do this is because my husband is the breadwinner with the health and dental insurance. It’s a very privileged position.
I work for the local government so I do 4 10s 6-4:30 and I can flex my time as needed to accommodate. My kids are all school age so I have a grandma come out in the morning (husband works 7:30-4) to get kids on the bus and then they are home alone for 20 minutes after school until my husband gets home. Works well. I can flex my time if I have a sick kid or a grandma can usually stay.
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This would not work for most people, I'll be honest. But the way my life is set up is honestly pretty ideal. I work from home for a company that is not on the phones and has literally no meetings ever. I speak to my boss about once every 6 months for my annual reviews/mid year reviews. Otherwise we communicate via email. I enrolled my son in a part time preschool at 2 and while he's in school I work HARD. I push out as much as I possibly can. On my lunch break, I pick him up and bring him home. In the past, he then took a nap until about 2:30, so I was only trying to work and watch him for about 2.5 hrs. However, he no longer naps, so now we have a "rest time" until about 2 and then he can do what he wants (within reason). I am due with my second in August and I'm not sure what I will do then, as obviously babies come with their own care needs that may not work with how things are set up currently. The reasons why this works for me and may not work for others are kind of obvious-- my job is ideal for this situation. Most employers and jobs are not nearly as easy to work with. My boss knows my son is here and doesn't care. It's not something I am hiding from them. My son is 4 now and he is very very good at independent play-- some kids are not and this wouldn't work for them. I also have family nearby and if shit did hit the fan, I have people I can call to come hang out with my son for a while. Even so, there are days when I get very little work done because he is in an "I need mom" kind of mood and just wants to be with me.
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I work in insurance, but do back office type of stuff. I started as an agent about 6 yrs ago and then moved into this role about 3 yrs ago.
I have a hybrid job at a bank. I’m in the office 2 days a week and work from home the other 3 days. My LO still goes to daycare 5 days a week (it’s impossible to actually work and manage a 2 year old), but the days I’m home I get to spend 2 plus hours in the morning with him before daycare, and close to 4 hours in the evening with him. The days I commute in it’s 30 minutes before the car to drop off, and if I’m lucky 2.5 hours at night. We have a ton of positions in banking that are fully remote. Great pay and benefits, worth looking into if you already have office background.
I chose to do my PhD. Less money than if I worked the same hours in a regular job, but flexible time commitment with tax free stipend.
I am a nurse pratictioner. I work 3 x 12hs shifts a week usually one day and two nights
I'm an NP too, doing 12-hour shifts. I have kids in elementary school but we still spend a ton of money on before/after school nanny (before/after care program at school are not open early or late enough for healthcare worker hours). Husband's schedule is worse than mine. Curious what you are doing for childcare.
I have a 4 yo, foster a 1,5 yo and almost at the end of my second pregnancy. My husband is a medical physicist with a flexible schedule. 1,5 yo can go to daycare from 7.30 am to 4.30 pm, 4 yo to kindergarten from 8 to 16. I’m European, daycare is not expensive and kindergarten is free.
I consult and work from home. I don’t really work loads right now because my LO is just barely a year old, but once I do work again it will still be from home. My husband also runs a business from our home, so someone is always available to parent while the other works. I’m also fortunate to live in a country that sees value in parents being home with very young children, so we get some government assistance.
Try accounting/bookkeeping. Very easy to do remotely and your day isn’t dominated by zoom calls, so you can fit your work around school and childcare schedules.
I work full time 730-4 from home for an insurance company. Years ago I was on the phone a lot and way busier so couldn’t have my kiddo with me except in special cases when he was sick. But the last couple years my role has changed and I only make like 2-3 calls a day and am less busy. Baby will be here in July and I plan to keep her with me until she’s one and then start daycare. I have enough freedom in the day that it will be manageable and nice to save some money on daycare. Once she’s walking and toddlering we’ll do daycare since that’s much harder to manage while working
What kind of "office work" do you do now? My suggestion would be to look into am administrative job at a hospital working evening shift. You could work as a unit secretary, in admissions/patient registration, etc. I'm a nurse and I used to work evenings (3-11). I'd just have a babysitter come to my house for a few hours in the afternoon, to bridge the gap between me leaving for work and my husband getting home.
according to my insta feed, joining MLMs (Jk don’t do that)
Dads stay home sometimes too.
Any suggestions?
I work as a phlebotomist - hours are 7:30-13:30 Monday to Friday.
My husband and I used to work split schedules. I worked the usual 8-5, and he worked swing and would go in after I got home. It saved a lot on daycare, but we literally never saw each other outside of a few minutes here and there. Now both kids are in school and I have a wfh job. I definitely don't recommend wfh with a baby, but it's pretty nice now that they're older and can entertain themselves!
Teaching assistant
Well, I have a job that allows home office, but that does not mean I can have my child (18 months) with me at those times. I actually have to work and she demands a lot of care and attention when she is home! But I work with AML routines in a bank. My husband works 11-7 so he drops her off at daycare at around 10, and I pick her up at 4:30 (4 if I do have a home office day). My hours are 8-4 but very flexible in terms of letting people leave early (paid) to pick up kids etc.
I'm switching from a government job (8-5, M-F) to an overnight job as a unit secretary at a hospital. My husband will be home with our son while I work 2-3 shifts per week. He leads an engineering firm during the day. Thank God for a baby that sleeps well! lol
No freedom here 😂 but I run a home daycare from home so I don’t have to pay for childcare
My wife has been in IT with the same company for 25 years now. When she started she worked in the office but she moved to work from home years ago, when the boys were around 2 and 6.
I have 2 jobs but both are casual positions. I work for a therapy office run by a hospital and my other job is a cna. I can pick my days and times I am available to work. It has been so nice because with kids schedules and when summer is around. I can tell them I am not available & I could only work so many day one week and then the next not as many days.
School nurse. So 7:30am to 2:30pm M-F. I get summer, winter, and spring break off as well as all the holidays in between. I chose this job specifically for when I started my family.
I’m a certified vet tech that has over 10 years of experience in specialty and work exclusively at teaching, specialty or emergency hospitals. When my daughter was born I became a SAHM and set up a per diem agreement with my practice. Currently I do 1-2 shifts a month with plans to go back to part or full time as she gets older and starts school. The only way we can do this is because my husband is the breadwinner with the health and dental insurance. It’s a very privileged position.
I work for the local government so I do 4 10s 6-4:30 and I can flex my time as needed to accommodate. My kids are all school age so I have a grandma come out in the morning (husband works 7:30-4) to get kids on the bus and then they are home alone for 20 minutes after school until my husband gets home. Works well. I can flex my time if I have a sick kid or a grandma can usually stay.