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This is a question specifically for experienced parents. Not for people without kids. I want to work a remote job where I bring home 1500 weekly (net pay) so I will get to stay home to take care of my baby. I won't have any help at all and don't want to hire a stranger to handle my newborn. I don't want my parents to help with the baby either. After I give birth, I plan on going home with the baby alone. I'm pretty sure I'd be exhausted but I still think I can do it. I would have frozen meals prepared and all the baby stuff ready. I probably would also get an automatic baby rocker or machine that pats the baby's back to soothe it. On top of that, I would buy a dishwasher and washing machine and automatic machine that cleans the floor to lessen my work load. As for my work hours, there will be stretches of a few hrs where I won't be able to tend to my baby. I work 8 hrs a day. If I need a break, I will just leave the house without the baby for a few hrs.
Do you think it'll be doable?
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I don’t have any children, but if you’re gonna work in the evening, then you’re gonna have to hire a babysitter you can’t leave the kids home alone unless you have an older daughter or a son that’s like in his late teens that he can watch them. Of course they have to be responsible the alter teens
I will just be gone for 2 to 3 hrs while the baby lays in the crib. It'll definitely be tall railings so the baby can't climb out. Breaks are necessary to being a good mom. Burn out irritated exhausted moms don't treat their kids well
I’m sorry, but I don’t like this. I hate the idea of leaving a child that young alone in a crib it’s dangerous. I’ve heard too many stories of kids being left in cars. You have to hire a babysitter in my opinion. What if somebody breaks in what if the kid gotta go to the bathroom what if he becomes dehydrated or too cold?
Well I will definitely make sure the baby isn't crying once I leave for my break. If the baby is content and happy, then it'll likely be OK. I have taken care of babies before, they all demand 24/7 attention. I have come to realize I just don't have enough energy to give them 24/7 attention.
This is why I only trust advice with people who have experience raising kids
No, but are you working in the same house and you can go downstairs and check on the kid? Or are you your miles away at another building? It has nothing to do with being an experienced parent it is common sense. You don’t live kids at home to work in another building because you can’t keep an eye on the child.
@iron_man
I have seen moms leave their kids in the crib for a few hrs while they entertain guests or take a nap. You can leave the baby for short periods. But nothing more than 2.5 to 3 hrs. It just seems you don't have any experience with kids
Moms have things to do such as housework, cooking... no one sits there and looks at their baby every 20 minutes
It's different for 2 to 5 yr olds, you can't leave them alone even 30 minutes at all without them trashing the house. But for babies who sleep most of the day and can't walk, it's more doable to leave them alone a few hrs
I don’t know about that. I disagree.
I have worked as a baby nurse. I leave them in their cribs for a few hrs with no problem. Reality is If you ever been a parent, you will know it's physically and mentally impossible to give your kids attention 24/7.
[I’ve heard too many stories of kids being left in cars. ]
The stories you hear about kids left in cars are usually due to kids to died from heat exhaustion in car parking lots in intense summer heat. That's the only reason why it made the news. If the kid was fine, it wouldn't make the headlines. Secondly, it is dangerous to lock a kid in the car because kidnappers can easily break the car window down and kidnap the kid. This is entirely different from a secure house without predators passing by. Lastly, big kids are hyper and move around a lot. Babies and newborns do not. So it would be much more cruel to lock a 9 yr old In a car than a 9 month old in a crib. 9 month olds don't move that much.
[You have to hire a babysitter in my opinion. ]
I don't trust strangers with my child. You have no idea who is this is or why they chose to work with babies. Maybe they could be a pedophile or evil. I would be ok with having a babysitter for my kid if it was 8 or 10. Because a kid that age can tell me if they dont like the babysitter. If a kid tells me they don't like the babysitter, it's a huge red flag.
]What if somebody breaks in what if the kid gotta go to the bathroom ]
Bro, you clearly have no experience with babies. Babies wear diapers! They don't go to the bathroom.
[what if he becomes dehydrated or too cold?]
Nobody becomes severely dehydrated in just 2 to 3 hrs. Dehydration happens over the course of days. And if I had been hydrating the baby well enough before I left, it won't be suddenly be passing out dying due to thirst in just 2 hrs.
Cold? I will make sure the room will be a proper temperature before I leave. Even if it does get a bit Colder in 2 hrs, the baby won't die of hypothermia. We all have been through slight temperature changes, nothing has ever happened to us.
How many of these questions are you gonna make yesterday? It was about people on EBT homeless and welfare and you went on for two days now you’re coming back for me again on here. Ridiculous.
You're just mad cuz you don't know anything about kids. Now you're trying to insult me again. How pathetic
It was you I knew it
So what if it was me?
Is that your way of insulting me?
No, I would be happy to see you
Yes just start piecing together things you can do at home or online until they add up to the amount you want each month.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lVowkvIdYNUWhere I worked we had several people that worked from home. I could often hear kids screaming in the background when I talked to them. Somehow they made it work.
Anything is possible if you want to do it bad enough.
The reason why i asked this question is... even though it technically sounds doable, I don't want to be one of those burn out exhausted single moms.
I've been working remotely full-time for 6.5 years since the onset of COVID-19.
Being a mom is a full time job. Add a remote job to that. I'm working 2 jobs
yeah... it is
there are entire economies that do work this way
Are you a parent?
yes... and worked with parents in this situation, as well
I heard Lotta single moms struggle to survive. But I think it's way easier for me since I'm financially stable and work a remote job.
yeah... but guess what, a lot of families with double income and great salaries, also struggle a LOT, raising their families
so, if you focus on doing things the right way, you can manage it as well
I think it also has to do with how many kids you choose to have. Lotta dual parent households have way too many kids. I only plan on having 1 which makes it so much more doable and less expensive. Everything in life is a choice
yes, many things in our life are a choice... but also, life make its own choices for you sometimes
that's something you learn as both, a parent and a worker... lol
If your company has a baby sitting care center? Yes. But very few companies have that.
No I don't let strangers look after my kid
Well then good luck to you. Because unless you got parents that can watch the kid… you don’t have other options
I work from home so I can watch the baby
Ok then why the fuck are you asking this question?
Listen the way you respond to me shows me that you don't have any kids. Like I written above, I only Want advice from people who already have kids. You just don't seem to get it and I don't care enough to explain
There’s a lot of common sense when it comes to being a parent.
You work from home. Your kid is at your home. So what’s the point in asking the question? You don’t need a sitter. Because you are not leaving your house
Like I said, you don't understand what it's like being a parent. That's why you would need to question it
Do only fans or find a sugar daddy then. Since you’re incapable of figuring it out
If you're working from home I don't see a problem.
I don't know how i might handle it
Probably not