Coping With Young Children While Working From Home

Are you trying to run your own business from home around one or more children? Or is this something you want to do and are looking into?
Well hopefully I can be of some help as I’m a mum and just about managing to cope with a toddler and a newborn while working from home!! I’ll give you a few tips I’ve thought of!
So as you’d expect it’s not easy, so just let that make you feel a bit better! Even if some mums look like they’re perfect in every way, I’m very sure they’re not!
My 8 week old baby (yes 8 weeks already! Therefore she had her first jabs today which were pretty awful. So horrible to see her so upset. My mum came along to help me as had my toddler too, who very sweetly kissed her injected leg and was concerned about her crying), I digress! I’ll start again! My 8 week old baby girl normally has a lay in after feeding a few times through the night so I get to give my toddler boy attention after making his breakfast by playing with his trains or puzzles. He does love his iPad so sometimes I think I could be getting on with some work like listening to training webinars or writing my blog while he watches it, but I’d feel too guilty. Also the main reason why I want to work from home is to get to spend more time with my children so if I’m working then I’m doing the opposite of what I want to be doing!
Plus when you play with your children you need to give them your full attention, they do notice if you’re casually looking at your phone. So it’s best to be in the moment with them and cherish that playtime as you won’t get it back!
Yesterday was one of those mornings where little things kept going wrong such as porridge over spilling in the microwave (which was actually handy because I gave it a good well needed clean!), breaking a bowl, the floor getting really wet and so on that my favourite word that morning was the ‘F’ one! So I had to be careful not to use it when Tommy was about as he copies now!
Beforehand I would have been more stressed because I’d feel if I’m not playing with the children then I should be working on my business, but after reflecting on things I’ve chosen to not let myself get stressed because it is unnecessary, not good for me or the children.
So here are my top tips that I now use!
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