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Posted By: wouldn't have it any other way. on 2006-03-20
In Reply to: Has anyone breast fed while trying to work at home, can you do this and still work full time? - memt

I have three children - 8, 5, and 2. I nursed all three until the age of 2 - the older two are in school now, and the baby stays home with me. And yes, because they are mine I am probably slightly prejudiced, but they are all well-behaved and brilliant :)

What I have found works best for me is to work the night shift. I start work at 7 PM and work until 3 AM. Homework/supper/baths for the most part are done before I get started. I work until 3 AM, sleep until 7 AM, get the older two off to school and then nap when the baby naps. It's more than a bit exhausting, yes, but it allows me to work full time and be available all day to my children. In the summer and over school breaks, this schedule *really* works well...they get to stay up a bit later and play/read/watch cartoons, (which translates into more sleep in the AM for all of us!) and then we have the whole day "off" together.

My point is, it certainly CAN be done. Lots of us are doing both - and frankly, doing *both* jobs well. You will become an expert at multitasking when you become a mother. If you are the type of person who cannot perform parenting tasks without assistance, (for example, I did know a mom once who couldn't bathe her children unless her husband was around to help) then you will find it very hard to juggle motherhood and working simultaneously. If you can envision yourself folding laundry one-handed, typing with a child on your lap, and at times jumping in and out of your chair because of a minor mini-crisis, then you will be okay :)

For the person who said you cannot concentrate 100% while working at home with children - well, I personally don't feel I'd ever concentrate 100% anywhere else. I'm certainly less stressed out - and more able to concentrate on my work -knowing that I'm the one caring for them.


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