I have a newborn baby, do office work from home (24/7 job) while husband does outside work (limousine company). I can't seem to organize my time properly. I have no time to keep up with the phone calls and office work, clean the house, make dinner, take care of the baby, get enough sleep or take good care of myself (healthwise or appearance). I don't even think about going out anywhere, or i'll just mess up my scheduling even worse than it already is! I try to do the paperwork at night but this just causes me to not be able to wake up in the mornings to take care of the baby. please help me organize my time better!
2006-10-13 08:44:44 · 4 answers · asked by adam's_mom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
The answer isn't organizing your time better but it's the fact that you need help. Trust me. I have two babies in diapers, age 2, and 4 1/2 months. I work at home and have employed a nanny to take care of the kids during the day. I still don't have enough time to do everything that I have to do. You have to get someone in a few days a week to help you out and give you some time to run errands and be away from the kids for a while.
I have also used a Mother's Day Out program at a local church. I drop my 2 year old off at school from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. two days a week. That gives the nanny a break and me a noise break because the toddler voice will travel through a phone to your boss on the other end at the most inopportune times.
Best of luck.
2006-10-13 08:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by stocks4allseasons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure how old your baby is but first you need to get on a sleep schedule. Set the latest you can go to bed and waht time you need to get up. Start out with that for a while (even if your baby is still sleeping you can get up and get some stuff done). Do baby stuff for an hour or 2 in the AM then during the first nap of the day do your phone calls that are most important. If you're good at multi tasking, check your email and such at that time as well. Throw a load of laundry in right before that too and you'll be doing 3 things at once. When baby gets up do more baby time. Let baby entertain him/herself for a while with tummy time or time in teh swing or bouncey while you sort some paperwork or fold the laundry. Try to get what you can done regarding work while your little one is napping. This will give you some time to spend with your hubby before bed. Just a suggestion. Best of luck!
2016-03-18 09:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One suggestion is to set up actual "office hours". In my experiences, people who work from home can be consumed by the job and are really not very productive in anything they attempt. Maybe set your day up in sections - like time with baby and hubby in the am til 9 or 10, then "open" the office from 9 - noon. This may be a good time for baby to nap. Take lunch from 12 -1 (time to feed yourself and baby and maybe vacuum the living room. Then re-open the office til 4 or 5. Break or close the office for dinner. During the "closed" times, let your voicemail or answering machine get the phone, like you aren't there.
It may take a couple of weeks, but you will see a pattern emerge and things will get done. You may see a need for a few hours of outside child care, but it will be minimal.
It's not easy doing what you are doing and I commend you for it. I wish you the best of luck!
2006-10-13 09:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you find someone to watch the baby for 2-3 hours in the morning? That way you could have time for yourself and to get the house cleaned and other little things like that. Then you could get started on your work, and her sitter could bring her over in the late morning/early afternoon and you would be ready to start your work day.
2006-10-13 08:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋