https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 06:58:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220395 Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:30:49 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2220395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Feel free to wall me! During the school year I tutor 4 afternoons a week and also was at school two afternoons a week as an interventionist teacher (focusing on ELL students this past year). It's been a really lovely way to work part-time in education. I'm lucky! I have my own tutoring business and I'm happy to answer any questions/send you my website, etc., if you're looking to get started and want to run ideas past someone! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220334 Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:01:14 +0000 FaithFertility 2220334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: Do you just tutor full time? Do you teach in a school....<br /> I am a teacher too and truly would love to do what you explained full time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220264 Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:08:41 +0000 lamariniere 2220264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm self employed and WAH. Both of my LOs go to daycare. LO1 goes full time (but hours are shorter here and I pick him up around 4) and LO2 has a slightly shorter day. LO2 will start full time in the fall. Before LO2 started daycare I had a babysitter who would come every morning until 12 or 1 and then I would put her down for a nap and cross my fingers that she would sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220241 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:47:03 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2220241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a tutor, and from age 3 months-7 months I worked both from home and (very part time!) out of our home as a teacher. We had a nanny here for when I was gone and while I saw students in my home office. VERY occasionally my son would nap while I tutored without anyone here as back up, but that was only on days where my nanny cancelled and my husband couldn't leave work early to help out. For this summer, I'm just seeing tutoring students, and we have an awesome high school student come to play with my son during tutoring sessions. She's really affordable and has lots of energy! Since I only work a few hours at a time this setup works for us-if I needed someone for a full 8+ hour day I'd definitely do a nanny or daycare. To your question about if it's weird or not to be working while someone is home caring for your baby, I really don't find it to be that way. When I'm seeing students I really have my "teacher" hat on, and know that unless anything nuts happens, it's as though I'm not there. It's so great for me to keep my son in his home environment, taking naps in his crib, etc. I'm still EBF, and sometimes nurse him between clients, but more often than not I'll pump while catching up on emails or phone calls and she'll give him a bottle. I really love working from home, and hope you do, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220172 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:17:51 +0000 ksnow 2220172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I WFH about 30 hours/week. We have a baby sitter who comes 9-1...after she leaves I put LO down for nap and (hopefully) finish work. during busier times I work before she's up/after she goes to bed. </p> <p>I tried daycare but it was too much hassle getting her stuff packed up, driving 20+ minutes each way...I felt like if I drove back home it was a waste of time and if I found a place to work (library/starbucks) it was too distracting.</p> <p>When babysitter doesn't come, I pretty much just do my best to keep up with e-mail/lync and catch up later.</p> <p>She tries to come into my office occasionally, but if she's having a good time/entertained she pretty much goes about her day fine even though she knows i'm in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220161 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:59:55 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2220161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @mrsjyw: I did the same! MIL either brought them to me, or I would just step out when I knew it was nearing nursing time. They were pretty routine kids, so I always had an idea of when they would need to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220150 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:36:13 +0000 mrsjyw 2220150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yep! I was still in the office a few days a wk so she was pretty on top of his feeding times and would bring him to the den or come get me so I could step out to nurse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220149 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:34:48 +0000 winniebee 2220149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: did she bring him to you to nurse so you didn't have to pump? Ryan's nursing schedule is still every 2-3 hours so I'm worried I will be micromanaging! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220146 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:34:12 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2220146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a PT nanny from 8-330 M-TH. My LOs are 4 and 20 months. Her schedule will be a bit different in the fall when DS goes back to preschool but total hours the same.</p> <p>I just try to pretend I'm not home as much as possible, and she has access to the car so most mornings they do some sort of outing or at the very least play for awhile outside. And once it's lunchtime I usually head out for a workout and then may do a little more work outside the house (coffee shop etc) or run errands if my workload allows.</p> <p>ETA my older DS is used to the arrangement and doesn't give me much trouble if I'm in and out. Sometimes the little one clings if I am around, so I try to minimize it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220142 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:19:49 +0000 mrsjyw 2220142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom watches Ds. When I was still nursing she would watch him at our house. Now that he's 2.5 she watches him at her place most days because I can't get work done when he's around! He'll be in preschool in the fall while my mom watches ds2 when I go back to work at the start of the year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220136 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:11:51 +0000 NovBaby1112 2220136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! Thinking about hiring a babysitter/nanny 2 days per week when I return to work in January after mat leave and will WFH those days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220127 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:01:29 +0000 BandDmommy 2220127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told you mine.. We are sending B to school full day Tuesday - Thursday. D is going to daycare tuesday and Thursday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220053 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:31:40 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2220053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL watched both kids for their first year of life at home while I WFH - it wasn't an issue until they became toddlers and started trying to knock down my door (then I felt guilty for not being able to be with them), so after they became toddlers they started attending a daycare/preschool full-time. It was more stressful being at home with them because in-between meetings or work, every spare second I had I'd try to take my kids off my MIL's hands to give her a break, and I just felt so pulled in so many different directions. That might not be an issue for you though since you are paying a professional. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220017 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:40:01 +0000 daniellemybelle 2220017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is in daycare T/TH and Grandma care M/W. I don't work on Fridays though I will often work during her naps.</p> <p>Even though I am part time and have childcare, I am terrible at time management so I end up staying late or waking up before LO wakes up to meet deadlines. And I still don't always get it done... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2220003 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:25:04 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2220003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I am just getting started with this, but I have two days set aside as "work" days. I drop off the toddler with a babysitter (a SAHM who has her own son who is close in age) from 8-12. I keep the baby with me, but that will only work until she is a little older. I work as much as I can from 8-12, then pick up lo and then we come home, have lunch, and I work some more while he naps. When he wakes up we have an hour or two to play before DH gets home...we eat as soon as DH is home, and then I work the rest of the evening. I can get about 6-7 hours of work in on those days. I also work on Sunday afternoons and don't need childcare because DH is home. I leave the other days open because I only want part time hours and we do play dates etc. on those days. Saturday is family day and I don't work at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2219998 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:18:57 +0000 HabesBabe 2219998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I telecommute for my job, so that means 40 hours a week at home (the standard M-F, 8a-5p gig). We're lucky enough to have free grandmacare because my mom comes over every day to watch the kids while I work.</p> <p>Every now and then, she stays home (she's sick, etc.) and I pretty much get nothing done. It's impossible for me to have them stayed occupied on their own while I work (Char is almost 3 and Harry just turned 1), so I just check my emails and Lync while I sit with them in the living room, and try to get stuff taken care of while they nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2219994 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:09:05 +0000 autumnlove 2219994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH doesn't work on Monday and Tuesday so he finds stuff for the kids to do and they stay away from my office. The LOs are in daycare and preschool for the rest of the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-wfh-whats-your-child-care-situation#post-2219989 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:06:05 +0000 winniebee 2219989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been staying home the last 2 years (and previously our eldest was in daycare). I'm starting to WFH part time soon, so I'm looking to hire a part time babysitter/ nanny for our 6 month old - the 3 year old is in preschool 3 full days in the fall (and is doing some summer camps) so the nanny isn't really responsible for him. I'm excited and nervous. And also I'm wondering how awkward it is going to be with someone watching my baby while I'm upstairs? </p> <p>What's your WFH arrangement? </p>