How do you juggle it?

[MummyCharmzy]

How do you go juggling working from home and your family. Is it hard or does it just 'fit in' eventually.

What happens when things clash? Do you have your kids with you all the time or use occasional care, childcare etc so you have some pure 'work time'?

I would like to work from home as I do not want to start part time work until my youngest is in kindergarten (shes not born yet so thats 3.5 years away) and then I would only like to work at night once kids are in bed so I can still be actively involved in there school and kinder life still, and then when ALL are in school I would start part/full time during school hours and/or nights. I don't want them in afterschool care etc and I want to be involved in there education.

So if I can find something 'work from home' that really works for us then I think that would be perfect and solve my problem of trying to find 'that job' in a few years time.

Any tips anyone has for making it work would be great thanks. I am just looking for now but would hope to start some work from home work when bubs is around 6 months old - once we've had plenty of time to settle in and what not as we are moving house in a few months too.

TIA,
Charmaine :)

[EskimoMumma]

It is all, as you have mentioned in previous posts, about routine, and setting boundaries and rules that must be followed. The oldest are old enough to understand this. Say when you are doing a work from home thing you can possibly put the DD's into occasional care, say childcare for a few hrs each day, and still be at home with the older boys until they reach school age, from there (and by that time) The DD's will be old enough to understand and be a bit more independant.

This was sort of odne on an episode of Supernanny, where both work and home was combined. just like setting out time to work, you will also have to set out time to play with the children and most of all spend time with your DP. IMO Working from home is a good idea. Ive tried numerous things and unfortnuatly none of it as worked for me. If your capable of maintaining a business and 4 kids, go foer it. BUt other then telling you that boundaries, routine and rules will work, i have no other ideas.

Good luck