I work from home. I've been doing it for a little over a year now, and it's a mixed blessing. On the one hand, I can spend my moments of downtime tidying up the house or doing laundry instead of screwing around on the internet. On the other, I feel like I'm at work all the time. When my phone rings at 7pm while I'm making dinner, I feel an obligation to answer. I'm not actively sitting at my computer, but it's still work.
Anyway, one of the perks that I anticipated with working from home and having a baby was that I'd get to spend a lot of time with the little guy. We've visited day cares in the area and can't get excited about any of them. I was raised by a stay-at-home mom and think that it worked out pretty well in my situation. I'm not a fan of dropping my new baby off with someone else and having them raise them... However, I need to work. With the wife in school, there's really no option. I was just hoping to have the best of both worlds.
Right now, I have a lot of people telling me that it's not realistic. One of them is my boss. We're going to have a sit-down next week to discuss. I'm nervous.
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I currently work from home and have been since I came back from maternity leave. It is possible. Eli was 12 weeks when I returned to work. It was so much easier to work from home when he was smaller. Now that he is 18 months and running around with only 1 nap a day, it is getting more difficult. With that said, I wouldn't change me being home with him. I love it! Like you, I was raised by a stay-at-home and I loved it! It is definitely possible to work from home and raise a child.
ReplyDeleteThanks Melanie! It's great to hear the success stories... I feel like I've been hearing a lot from parents that got increasingly frustrated being work- and stay-at home parents. I'm confident that I'll be able to balance things and won't have to miss out on too many of those early-day milestones!
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