Every parent has at some time or another had to make the decision of whether to go to work or stay home with a sick child.
This my friends, is where the benefit of being a work-from-home mom comes in.
This, my dear readers, is WHY you decided to work from home. (ok that and because the cost of child care was so prohibitive that every penny was going to "The Local Learning Academy" and none towards groceries)
Yesterday my 7 year old had 102.8 fever, I should have known something was brewing when she decided to take a nap. Eventually we got her fever down and she slept through the night. This morning she has a low grade fever but reports a "pukey" tummy and ear ache.
By tomorrow my other 2 youngster will probably bed ridden.
The Bad News: Three girls = Whine fest 2008
The Good News: I'm home.
If you are a work-from-home parent, you are probably aware of the one limitation of working from home AND watching the kids.
NO PHONE CALLS
The phone is a magnet or monumental proportions. They could all be in the living room putting together puzzles, playing with dolls, or the Little Tikes Kitchen... but as soon as the phone rings or you dial out.... All three of them PLUS THE DOG, will be tugging at your shirt for attention, repeating "mommy mommy mommy" or perhaps requesting a snack over and over again.
You can't even take the phone out into the back yard... because they will find you.
or worse.... the baby will suddenly and inexplicably wake up from his/her nap and start wailing! If you are a new mother, you know what that does... if you are a stay at home father... (sorry guys, but your not known for your multi-tasking abilities) you may even hang up on your caller just to go to the baby.
NO.... You must be aware of this limitation.
If you are working from home and you have younger children. You must NOT perform any phone work. If you can't NOT use the phone for your job, you may want to consider calling in reinforcements. Someone to sit with the kids while you make your calls.
Hope that helps.
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