All stay at home moms please read?

Question

I am currently 39.1 weeks pregnant and am planning to stay at home with my baby. I will not be going back to work at all even after my maternity leave is up but i was wondering if there was a home to work from home that anyone else has found successfull. Please let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions. I would really like to be able to continue to contribute financially and not just leave everything up to my husband. Thanks so much.

Answer 1

The September issue of Woman's Day Magazine had an article in it with about a dozen ideas. I've already passed the magazine on to someone else so I can't quote all of them for you, so finding the actual magazine will result in more ideas. But the ones I can remember off the top of my head:
* Becoming an incoming call customer representative. The calls are routed directly to your home during the hours you choose to work. You receive training from the company to handle the specific calls (could be anything from satellite tv to vacuum cleaners).
* Telemarketing. Otherwise known as cold calling. You have to have a thick skin, but there is money to be made.
* Medical transcription. Takes some training, but you can do it at night after the baby is in bed.
* Personal trainer.
* Expert. There are many websites that hire people to write expert articles on subjects.

Obviously, as others have pointed out, if you have to pay its probably a scam.

I do eBay. It's not as set an income, but it combines my love of shopping with making a few extra dollars.

It doesn't just have to be about bringing in an income either. Just reducing the amount that is outgoing will also help change the family finances. Take time to check around and make sure you're getting the best insurance rates for your cars, house, and life insurance. If your husband regularly buys lunch while at work, you can make him a gourmet "sack" lunch and save $7 per day.

Answer 2

There are quite a few things you can buy into to sell... such as Jewelry and accessories (Cookie Lee, Sashay, etc.), Cookware (Pampered Chef), Candles (Gold Canyon), Makeup and Skin care (Arbonne-my personal favorite, Mary Kay, Avon) and Home Decor (Southern Living). There may be more, but those 8 are the ones that I have known people to do and be happy and successful. One thing that I would do is I find out where there are going to be local farmers markets, Like there is one neighborhood around me that has one every second Saturday of the month, and then I would go and set up a table and bring your stuff with you. You can bring your baby and set up a little canopy to protect the two of you from the sun and bring your baby's swing or playpen and enjoy being outdoors together. It would be a good way to inform people in your area that you are selling those things, and let them know that you are available for parties and such. If you don't have any farmers markets or anything in your area, you could make fliers to hang out or you could put an ad in the local newspaper. Congratulations on your expecting arrival, and kudos to you for wanting to stay at home with your baby! I think it is awesome that more moms are realizing that there is nothing wrong with just being a mom!

Answer 3

I'm a stay at home Mom with 1 baby boy. He is 5 months.
I have been selling STUFF on Craigs list. Just stuff I have around the house. File cabinets, office chairs, a playpen I did not need, diapers that my son has grown out of, 2 old fashioned school desks I found at the curb, extra computer monitors.
I've made $710.00 in 1 month.

I'm sure it will tapper off someday. ~~Even if I can sell $30.00 worth of stuff a month that's something.

** I worked at home as a customer care rep before my baby but my breaks were scheduled and I was monitored via telephone. If they heard children, dogs barking, loud music you could be fired ** There is NO WAY I could do that with my son.

MAYBE clean a few houses at night or on the weekends. (however I can barely keep my house in order)

Answer 4

remember you will be contributing FANTASTICALLY by being a stay-at-home mum - bringing up your kids as best as you want to as a family is the most important role and you will be the primary carer. Let that be your role and let your husband earn the actual money as he will have less to do with the child-rearing. I would like to see you have time for a job! I know people do it, but it's hard. Don't feel you *have* to.

However, I have made a nice amount on ebay - it ha paid for all my daughters' clothes and toys and bits and bobs - you can sell unwanted stuff from around your house, or with a bit of practice, buy to sell on.

Good luck!

Answer 5

I'm a SAHM of a 1yr. and 3 yr. old and I'm planning on working in the evening part-time.. It will allow me to socialize which I rarely do and make a bit of an income... I plan on working anywhere from 25-35 hrs. a week... I did this with my first son and I found it to be very healthy for me emotionally to get out and be around other people and make a bit of money in the process. Also, it allowed my husband some alone time with my son.. He would do the cookind/cleaning on the nights I worked... I breastfed both of my children till they were over 1 yr. and I started working when my son was about 6 months old. and he was on solids/juice or pumped breastmilk... good luck

Answer 6

the only thing I hear is succesful is mary kay and avon. everything else seems to be a scam. I will give you the advice I was given; if you have to pay for it, then it is probably a scam

I suggest if you have a skill like writing or jewelry making you can do this at home, I have also heard of calling businesses yourself to see if they could use you. Best wishes, your baby will be here any day now.

Answer 7

I wondered this myself! Unfortunately I'll have to return to work, but thank goodness it will only be 29 hours a week with Wednesdays off!

I was wondering if you could make some money if you pump your milk, freeze in storage bags and sell it to an adoptive mother???? Of course, you'd want to sign a waiver protecting you from false accusations (drug use, over-the-counter meds, etc). Maybe you know of someone who you could trust and visa versa!

I have exclusively breast fed my baby since birth (she is now 9 weeks), and I have at least 25 storage bags with 4-6 ounces of milk in each. I only pump 1-2 times a day. I could EASILY have more frozen milk if I wanted, but I've wasted some because I'll defrost some milk, then I won't use it - I'll have to feed it to our barn cats!

Answer 8

Talk to the company you currently work for and ask if they have any telecommuting type jobs. If you do data entry, or secretarial work, sometimes you can work from home and just go to the office a couple days a week to pick up and drop off hard copies.

Answer 9

Here's some ideas: Partylite Candles, Marykay, Avon,Tupperware, Longaberger Baskets, or Pampered Chef.

Answer 10

Good luck with that, I looked everywhere for a work from home job and only found places you have to pay for. If you find out let me know, cause Im a stay at home mommy too.