https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:13:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2059764 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:45:14 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2059764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: the job is great. Still working to achieve the working mom balance. I think it will be easier when it isn't winter. :/ thanks for asking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2059763 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:43:17 +0000 mrbee 2059763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: How's the new job going?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2003010 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:04:53 +0000 looch 2003010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: We hired a housecleaner. I told my husband it was necessary if I was going to be out of the house working. There was just no way I was going to devote 4 hours (at least) of every weekend cleaning, I wanted that time with my son and husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002799 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:58:47 +0000 blackbird 2002799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! You'll get into a new groove after awhile! The house won't be messy forever (I ised to think it would be lol) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002742 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:32:55 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2002742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: thank you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002638 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:43:02 +0000 Andrea 2002638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No experience, but just wanted to say congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002556 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:03:32 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2002556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I am very concerned about working AND taking care of the house. I'm forcing it to take a backseat on my worry list just because I have more important things, but I really have established a good system here in my time off. I know, I'll establish a new system. Change is hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002549 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:01:37 +0000 Cherrybee 2002549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: I was so worried about the morning and evening routines and even more worried about how I would would work in housework. I made a minute by minute morning routine plan that involved me getting up at 5am!! Long story short, it all fell into place, I get up at 7 most mornings and its really nowhere near as tough as I thought it would be. </p> <p>You will be awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002455 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:02:13 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2002455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: that is so encouraging. I'm so nervous about the routines outside of work, and not worried about actual work at all. :/ Thank you!</p> <p>@Cherrybee: excellent point!</p> <p>@LBee: I have considered that because mornings are going to be rushed. Fifteen minutes is a great idea. I'm definitely going to implement that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002426 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:46:45 +0000 looch 2002426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey, congrats! I did the exact same thing, I returned to work full time just after my son turned 2. What I learned is that it took me almost 3 months to find my groove and get back into a solid routine. The first month was all trial and error and I made A LOT of errors. Then, the second month, things started getting better and my husband and I tweaked routines. By the end of the third month, we had a really good groove going. It's been 2 years now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002375 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:20:30 +0000 LBee 2002375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! </p> <p>No real experience with that exact situation, but as a WOHM, the best tip I can give you is to do as much night before prep for the next day once LO is asleep. Time is even more precious now. Also go through several "dry runs" of everything before you start. And always give yourself an extra fifteen minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002371 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:17:33 +0000 Cherrybee 2002371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always make sure you find your keys the night before! There's nothing worse than having to hunt through coats and change bags in the morning looking for your keys!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002169 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:49:51 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2002169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: thanks :happy: I definitely needed to get new clothes and a haircut. I didn't realize how much I had neglected myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002119 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:22:05 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2002119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! </p> <p>I would say make sure to focus on you! Get some nice outfits picked out before you start. Stuff that makes you feel good and you can throw on quickly in the mornings. Get a good hair cut, a nice purse or lunch box etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-sahm-turned-wohm#post-2002111 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:18:51 +0000 Mrs. Polish 2002111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have any helpful tips for someone returning to the workforce after two years? And for the first time as a mom? </p> <p>Spoiler alert: it's for me. </p>