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I would have to say that one of the biggest obstacles in working from home is my daughter. I love my daughter dearly and I did not want to put her in daycare after she was born. It took me about a year to get back on my feet so to speak after she was born. I had a hard time focusing on anything for very long, definitely a case of mommy brain. I had to find that new normal and learn that it was also a constantly changing thing.

She is 2 1/2 now and we seem to be at a very challenging stage. She is at that point where she may or may not take a nap during the day. I had relied on that time to work and now I can’t. If she does take a nap, then it takes forever for her to fall asleep at night. I think one of the solutions may be to get up earlier in the morning, but I am not much of a morning person.

I am lucky though in that she will play independently for awhile. So I can get some work done during the day. That time is often interrupted by requests for food, drinks, reading books, playing, etc. So it is not very focused time. It took me a better part of the afternoon to reply to an email interview request.

My husband and I made the decision early on that we didn’t want to put our daughter in daycare. One we really didn’t want anyone else raising our daughter and two it is so very expensive. Now that she is older we have tossed around the idea of trying out preschool. She isn’t potty trained yet, so that limits our options. We tried out a Mother’s Helper type situation one afternoon a week but it didn’t work out too well for a multitude of reasons. My parents split their time between here and Florida. When they are here, they watch her one day a week which is wonderful for everyone. Currently they are in Florida and we miss them dearly.

If you work from home, how do you manage working with a little one under your feet? Any tips or suggestions that you would like to share?