Countdown to 2015, day 13: Working Online With a Baby
I am counting down the days until 2015 arrives with ideas, information, inspiration and resources to help you earn more in 2015.
Are you working from home with a new baby…or have one on the way? How will you manage it all? What will it be like? How can you make sure that your child gets all the attention he or she needs, while simultaneously creating an online income?
Here are a few choice tips to help you on your way.
Recruit Help
Make sure those around you know how important it is to you that you’re still able to continue building your income while providing a first-rate childhood for your baby.
Your first line of support is likely your husband or partner. Talk to him and schedule in time for him to take care of the baby, during which you can work without distractions.
At times, you may have to recruit help from other family members or friends. Don’t be afraid to ask.
Give It a Couple Months
You won’t know what to expect at the beginning. It takes a while to get used to waking up in the middle of the night to change diapers, or waking up feeling exhausted because you didn’t get enough sleep.
You won’t know what your child’s habits are like, nor what your personal schedule can look like for at least a few months.
The most important thing you can do is to just give yourself permission to be a little messy with your schedule and not make as much progress as you’d like in your business for a while.
It’s unrealistic to try to raise your baby and aggressively build an online income at the same time. Make your child the number one priority and slowly figure out a schedule and system that allows you to build your business at the same time. Figuring out this schedule could take a couple months.
Plan to Be Interrupted
The level of interruptions in your life is going to go up dramatically. How can you prepare for this?
If you have an online business, outsource as much as you can. The less you need to personally do, the better.
Any task that needs to be done by a certain date, plan to have that task done 48 hours in advance. Why? Because you never know what could happen at any given moment. Some sort of emergency could come up that will distract you from your business for a day, perhaps even two.
Instead of falling behind on commitments, try to be ahead. That way, if an interruption does happen, it won’t hinder your business.
These are a few things that any mother can do to help ease the transition of a new baby into the household. Getting help, giving yourself room to adjust and learning to work with interruptions will make things a lot easier for you to handle mothering and work in 2015.
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Recent Comments
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Great post.
With 3 little children I know all about the challenges it can present with home business. I know this was written for mothers, but there are a lot of stay at home Dads in the home business world too!
Thanks Dan! I don't discriminate against dads. I am just used to writing for moms. They are my target audience. And, these blog posts are also written for my email list which consists of mostly moms. In actuality, everything I write could be used by anyone who is interested in working at home or online.