What job do you have and how well does it work with your family?

Question

Right now I am a stay at home mom with a 15 m/o. I will within the next year or so put her into daycare. My husband works long hours, weekends holidays so I will be the one having to drop her off and pick her up. I didnt go to school just took a few classes at a junior college my only experience has been in fast food and at dry cleaners (which usually wont work around a m-f 8-5 schedule). What type of job do you hold? How old are your kids? Is it possible for you to pick them up and be home on weekends? What about when your kids get into school and are out at 3pm? This is all new to me and quite confusing my mom stayed home with us until we were in high school LOL. Did you go to school for it?ANY suggestions on what I should look into. I dont have the money or time to go back to school any longer than a year or two (for a cert. or an associates degree). Thank you so much for your time.

Answer 1

i know how u feel and here was my solution. i am a young mother of an 18month and 5wk old. (i know i didn't waste ne time..lol) i work for the local school district as a bus driver. i don't know where u live and how it is there but the district i work for the pay is surprisingly really good and no need for a college education. another plus is the hours, while students are in school you have time to spend with your kids, or as i do take college classes. also when your child is old enough for school no need for child care because they can ride the bus with you. as for holidays and summer you are off the same days your child is. if being off for the summer will cause a fanatical problem here's that solution...get a job at a local day care. during the summers day cares usually have to hire more help including a bus driver for there field trips. (again u will not need to worry about day care b/c u can usually work something out with the boss). now i do understand that not everyone can drive a bus but it is something u should consider. (i didn't think i could at first but did fine...lol) now a little off topic but i wanted to comment on your college comment. please don't let money or time stop you. there are so many resources, such as fanatical aid out there to help nowadays and time well trust me i know its hard but u can do it. wish u the best of luck

Answer 2

It's important to me to be a SAHM until my youngest (18 months) is old enough to go to school - I think I'll send her to pre-school at her sister's private school when she turns 3.

I became a nanny :) The job I had allowed me to bring her with me. I watched a little girl from 3 months old on, until she was almost a year. The nursery school (very elite) they had put on the waiting list for got an early opening and they told her if they didn't take that opening, they'd go back to the bottom of the list. They had put her on when it was 18 months, and it came open 11 months later. So, I had to say goodbye *sniff* But, I put an ad out there on a nanny website and I've been hired to start in December for a family that just had their baby a few weeks ago. They're willing to let me bring my daughter with me.

As a nanny, your hours can be flexible because no family works the same schedule. I could have worked almost any hours I could have imagined - 11-6, 7-4. The family I chose has me from 8:30-2:30 five days a week and I can still bring my youngest with me.

If you love children, I recommend making sure you're CPR certified and First Aid certified. Then call any nanny agency in your town or google/yahoo terms like find a job as a nanny, +nanny +service +name of town.

Good luck!

Answer 3

What type of job do you hold? --Full time student unemployed currently
How old are your kids? --None
Is it possible for you to pick them up and be home on weekends? --Yeah my parents had babysitters during the day when we were children.
What about when your kids get into school and are out at 3pm? --Umm, we didn't need sitters then
This is all new to me and quite confusing my mom stayed home with us until we were in high school LOL. --Umm isn't LOL teenager stuff?
Did you go to school for it?-- for what?
ANY suggestions on what I should look into? -- Night school and part-time school if you still want to complete your degree.

I dont have the money or time to go back to school any longer than a year or two (for a cert. or an associates degree).--k

Answer 4

I have a teaching degree, but since my husband is in the military and we move a lot, I work as a nanny (each state has diff. tests and requirements for a teaching license...I have 4 state licenses..none of which are enough to teach here in PA). I make more per hour as a nanny, anyway, believe it or not (what does that say about the world, eh?). I started working again two weeks ago. My baby just turned 3 mos old on the first of this month. I take her with me to work. I work 11:15-630/715ish M-W. I wouldn't be working if I couldn't take my daughter with me, but, then again, she's a lot younger than yours. And Katie seems to like the attention the girls I watch give her. It's win-win all around so far. My husband makes good money in the military, so, I could afford to be picky when I was applying for a position.
I know a bunch of SAHM who opened home day care businesses, and then they don't have to pay day care costs (obviously).

Answer 5

I just graduated college in May and have a 5 month old baby. I recieved a Bachelors degree in Safety Science and I work as an Occupational Health and Safety Engineer at a pretty big corporation. Everything works out well, but only because my husband is a stay at home dad.

Have you looked into cyber college at all? This way, you can spend time with your children (when you have time, lol) and get educated at the same time.

Hopefully I helped you a little bit. Sorry if not.

Best wishes to working everything out.

Answer 6

Try Cosmetology, after you graduate(11 month or 1800 hours depending on where you go and your state guidelines) you can work where you want and pretty much make your own hours depending on where you work, that is what I did and I do it as a side job now, I also nanny three days a week and I get to bring my daughter (3) with me. I do the hair on weekends or when I have free time. My oldest is ten so he can get him self off to school and return home he is never left longer that an Hour but he gets home at 4pm.

Answer 7

You pretty much just have to wing it...i had my daughter in daycare from 630-530 everyday well now we have her in headstart (which is only 8-3) and then a lady picks her up everyday and brings her to her house to have home time and then we pick her up its rough im ready to go back to being a stay at home enjoy whatever time you can with your child now..cause you miss out on so much ....like the other day she said all her abc's i didnt even know she knew how to do that...she can sing twinkle twinkle lil starr...i didnt know she could do that...she can say all her numbers in mexican ...i missed that....i didnt even know she knew these things and im too exhausted after working 7-5 and coming home cooking and cleaning getting ready for bed...its very upsetting...my daughters only 3 i get weekends off...but its still not enough tim em to spend with her im a shift supervisior

Answer 8

I work retail at an outdoor gear store. Hours are flexable, and because it's a co - op the wages are great. No commission. My son's dayhome is 2 minutes away. I am a single mom and I usually get my brother to get him early if need be because some days he's done work at 230pm. Get yourself a support group of other moms or relatives who don't mind helping you out occasionally. I like dayhomes better than daycare. Less kids in general and a more consistant group of kids.

Answer 9

You could consider a Domestic Cleaning job. Week days only and hours that suit you. Another option is family daycare. This is where you would care for other children in your home as well as your own child. You would have to get in touch with your local council to find out about this possibility. Demonstrator, Consultant or Merchandiser are also options. (you see demonstrators in supermarkets and other shops demonstrating products or offering food samples.) There are jobs out there that will suit, you just have to find them. An employment agency or Welfare agency may be able to help.

Answer 10

I know how tough this can be. One thing you can try and do is see if you can get a job at your children's school. You would probably have to go through the county but I know a lot of moms who do this. I do know there's not a lot of money in it (very unfortunate, but that's a whole other topic) but it might be the best way for you to work and be there for your kids.