New mom, working from home and need help with organizing my time better!?

Question

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!

Answer 1

Stay off of Yahoo Answers. kidding. New Babies are the worst time. Don't be shy about asking for help from your spouse,friends,family. They will be glad to help you until your little bundle of joy hits terrible 2's.

Answer 2

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!

Answer 3

Taking care of a newborn is a full time job by itself. You need some help. Your main focus should be the baby, so hire someone to clean the house once a week, do your grocery shopping online, and have it delivered. Don't try to make a full dinner every night. Soup and sandwiches are quick and easy. As far as the 24/7 job - that has got to stop. Decide which hours you are going to work, and stick to it. Turn off the phone, computer, etc. at the time you decide, and take the baby out for a walk. You are doing yourself and your baby no favors by working around the clock. Good luck!

Answer 4

Well, first thing would be to get up when the baby gets up (which you probably do) and take at least that first hour for yourself. Making breakfast, getting ready, putting on makeup, getting the baby situated, etc. Maybe clean a couple small things as well.

Second, figure out all you need to do that day for work (figure out what things need done such as paperwork, ect.) and figure out how long each thing approx. might take. That way, you can see how many things you have to do and how long they are going to take. If paperwork is going to take 1 1/2 or 2 hours then you can set a timeframe and make a certain time "paperwork time" whether it's from noon-2 or 3-6 or whenever, you will have it on schedule for a certain time. Do that for everything else as well that's work-related.

Figure out how much time you can allow between things such as a half hour between paperwork and something else. Use that time to vaccuum or fold laundry (or whatever needs done) and also use it as a time feed/change the baby (or whatever he needs).

Set a time where you know you should be done with all work-related things. Maybe 5 or 6 o'clock. After that time, use the rest of the night to make dinner and relax.

You probably need more ways to keep your baby situated while you work, so here's a few things you might consider:

Get anything and everything you can that acts like a second pair of arms such as a swing, bouncy seat, playpen, etc. Anything that can hold him and keep him situated while you're working will be a blessing. Set up an area close to your work area that is the baby's space while you work. Clear up a free space and put down a rug and set up his swing/bouncy seat along with an activity gym or other things. Make it the baby's space where he stays while you're working.