ADVICE RATING |
 5.00 (Highly recommend) from 13 votes (236 Visits) |
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Running a business from home with small children |
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by toosh  (August 2007) (rank 39th) |
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I have been runnning a home based business for about 6 weeks now and have found it hard at times with my young children - 2 years & 7 1/2 months. I have found a few ways to make it work & I hope it will help some of you.
- Try to do most of your work at their nap times
- First thing in the morning is great as in Australia ABC kids has all the good educational shows to keep them occupied
- Try to time phone calls with nap times if possible
- Crayons and paper are very handy to have close by in case you need to keep them busy while you do some work
- Put a movie on for them to watch
- Breastfeed while you work or make phonecalls
- I don't work at night after they go to bed, that is time for me and hubby, but if I really need to I can
- I don't work on weekends if I can help it - that is family time for us all
- Try and keep consistent work times so if the kids are awake they know this is when mummy works
- Always put the kids needs first - everything else can wait
- Don't stress about getting things done - it is YOUR business and you can run it at YOUR pace
- If you do party plan most people understand if you have to bring a child or you have to work around your children, don't be afraid to make this known
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Most of all enjoy what you are doing and involve your family as much as you can - this is after all to benefit the whole family!
I really enjoy my business, and my family is enjoying it too. the business I have can be run at MY pace and I don't have to do "parties" or anything like that if I don't wish to. Choose a business to suit your lifestyle and run it for yourself and your family - don't let it run you!
