1. Call for Help
Find the very best day care or nanny that you can to leave your children each day and focus on your career, since there is no substitute for good baby sitters. Build their pay into your budget and leave no room for scrimping. Good pay is one way to keep the kind of nanny that you can leave for days while you go away on a business trip. Highly paid sitters don't mind working late when you are under deadline and your boss needs you to stay at the office. Get and call references before you begin the relationship. Follow up at first with spot checks during the day. Always encourage your children to be frank and honest about their day with your day care provider. When you find that gem, pay her well.
2. Work from Home
Great careers are possible from your home office these days. The need for home workers is only increasing as the economy corrects itself and businesses look for ways to cut costs to increase their profits. A home-based worker doesn't need space provided, which includes not only rent and utilities, but also furniture and electronics like computers and fax machines. Freelance writing, rebate processing and call centers are constantly in need of home-based workers. Look online for the tons of opportunities out there and build your own career. One caveat though is to never pay to work for someone else. Serious employers don not ask you to pay for privilege of working for them.
3. Call for Order
In order to launch a successful career while staying at home with your children, you must be very disciplined and set limits for your family. Then you have to police the boundaries you set and stick to them. Carve out a place in your home where you can have privacy and can shut out the noise of the house when necessary. If you have a baby who needs constant monitoring, use electronic devices to listen to the crib talk. Get a big playpen in which to set your baby in the office while you work. Employ the assistance of your husband and older children to give you time alone when you need it.
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