Work-from-home-moms (WAHM) / moms with home-based jobs thread

[swtgrl_bee]

Sis janachen, ako din yung bills namin nasa tapat ng work station ko. 

[ayouweinlove]

Hello sissies, sorry for invading this thread actually im not a mom but a bride to be and planning to resign sa work to able to focus more on the wedding preps, one of my options is to work from home para may side income pa din. Care to share yung websites on where to apply? I would really appreciate it.

[janachen]

Kung ako sayo, wag ka munang magresign lalo na kung puro palabas ang pera. Malaki ang gastos sa kasal.

Anyway, you can apply sa upwork, bestjobs, onlinejobph. eto sis, hindi na ganun kabilis makakuha ng client at matitinong clients. Yung iba balasubas at sobrang kuripot lalo na kung alam nilang baguhan ka. Kung ako sayo, while working ka, apply lang ng apply. Pag may interview ka sa skype,either umabsent ka or ikaw ang magsabi ng oras ng interview mo.

Pagnakadecide ka na maghomebased at nahire ka, dun ka magresign.

[Kailarueluka]

i work in flexi hours and also available for on call support.
i just need to go to our office if there is a meeting. if i cant be there physically due to some other reason i can always dial in.
there are pros and cons but i prefer looking on the brighter side specially when i had a baby.
when i work at home, i try to go to a quiet place like take my laptop to our study room and lock the door so my child cannot interrupt me. i also have a maid to watch over my kid and do the chores. when my load is not heavy i can have a quick break and play with my kid or have a quick bite or do some errands like going to the bank.

[SARAHnghae]

galing mo naman sis janachen. pano mo nagagawa yan? lol

[janachen]

Hindi ko rin alam sis. Pero parang mild nalang sakin. Nasanay nako.

Pagkagising ko sa umaga, linis ako 30min.

Magsasaing nako--rice cooker naman. Tapos prito lang or yung ulam isasabay ko na pati tanghalian.

Tapos maliligo nako, dun ako mag iistart magwork bandang 8am..sisingit ko yung ibang gawain ko.

Pagkagising ni baby, pakakainin ko tapos maliligo mga bandang 10am.. Minsan while working, padede..Pagka medyo demanding si client sa time ko, nagplaplay ako ng cartoons para dun ang atensyon ni baby muna.

Sa hapon sasamahan kong matulog. lagari sis.  Pero nawawal naman ang pagod ko pagnaglambing si baby.

[SARAHnghae]

^grabe. wala kang helper no? possible pala yun. sana makaya ko rin yung ganyan. 

[janachen]

Meron akong kasama sis.. pero most of the time ako tumitingin sa baby ko kasi nasany sakin. Tsaka ang tamad.. Sobra. yun bang mas mauna pakong magising sa kanya at ako pa magluto, magpakain ng aso. Siya gigising at maghuhugas nalang.  Konswelo ko nalang yung meron akong kasama. Malayo kasi kamag anak ko, tsaka dito ko na nabili yung bahay.

Minsan nabuburyong ako sa kanya, pero hindi ko mailabas. Baka lumayas. Haha hirap pa naman maghanap ng makakasama talaga.

Sa sabado sia naman namamalengke at naglalaba kaya keri nalang din.

[beanpipe]

Hi mga sis! pasali naman po..

work from home din ako since 2012 and last year nagkababy.. tama kayo sis, kelangan talaga ng helper kahit yung mga times na may meeting or client call ka.. san ba kayo humahanap ng helper? nagtanong na ako sa prov namin pero wala talagang success. huhuhu! hirap maghanap ng yaya ngayon.. 

[superneneng]

hingi naman ako ng tips for home based jobs. like medical transcriptionist or online teaching.

[shyla_c]

Hello fellow parents! I would just like to share, I've been working from home since I got pregnant, I had a sensitive pregnancy (first was threatened abortion, NO we did not abort nor wanted to but that's how the doctor called it during the very early stage of pregnancy yung muntik na sya mawala (the baby), then threatened miscarriage naman after), for the first and early 2nd quarter of my pregnancy, medyo delikado, I was in bed rest for almost 5 months. I had to resign from work.

Fast tracking, now I am working from home with my very makulit baby, now 14 months. Anyway, I have chosen to work from home kasi aside from wala kami choice, no close relatives here in the Philippines, I can't imagine din having a yaya taking care of our child and sila lang at home, I'd go crazy worrying. The thing is, sometimes it is really hard to balance everything and most of the time I feel guilty because I had to make our child watch nursery rhymes (little baby bum) over at youtube just so I can get something done, otherwise either carry ko lang siya the whole day and we will be playing the whole day. It is really hard staying at home working and taking care of a baby. I do not want to be hypocrite, there are times na iniisip ko it's way to much easy working ng real work than taking care of a baby, ang hirap hirap pala especially when he's having tantrums, yung hindi mo na alam what to do. Sometimes kung pwede lang ako naman ang iiyak. My baby wants to be carried palagi or walk siya but sobrang curious siya with everything, and he grabs and gets just about anything and puts onto his mouth. When i place him naman in his playpen, he would only last about 15 minutes then he would start crying, I give him toys or books alternately para hindi ma-bore but still sandali lang then bored na naman. I play with him too, a lot. But it's hard to get anything done and I really feel guilty kasi minsan instead of being happy that magkasama kami minsan I feel sad and alone and very very tired. 

[elarose]

Gusto ko na din maging wahm. Medyo sakitin kasi ako at lagi ng absent sa work.

[shyla_c]

hi sis ^mikelly oo nga eh, pag nabobore kasi siya he wants to be carried. We bought him recently "a lot" of toys and books, pero sandali lang nya talaga lalaruin, and the books naman dedma.
I really don't know how to keep him occupied. I have a nephew naman whom I used to baby sit, ang layo ng personality nila, I would leave him with his toys and books, okay na siya right where I left him. Nagiging makalat lang pero no whining, no crying, no tantrums.

[janachen]

Nasanay ba syang kinakarga mo noon sis? Yung baby ko 24 months na, minsan nagpapakarga lang pagka nabored or magdede. Ang ginagawa ko pagka ayaw talagang mahiwalay sakin kumukuha ako ng sarili nyang chair, may mesa sya, dun naglalaro sa tabi ko or minsan nanonood ng cartoons. Dalawa kasi yung laptop ko, sa kanya yung isa.

Try mo yung ganun sis..Tabi lang kayo.

[shyla_c]

^^ hindi naman namin sinanay na carry siya palagi, I noticed na whenever nasa living room kami where he can roam around hindi sya masyado whine-y. We have a home office kasi where I work and we placed a playpen doon kasi marami sya pwede masira, or accidentally makain or makuha like paint, paint brushes, cutters, glue, at maraming electronic devices and appliance like printer etc. Although nasa shelf or table naman sila natatakot ako baka hindi ko mapansin eh our little boy is kind of good in climbing and reaching stuff. So when I place him there sa playepe. para I can work mga ilang minutes na mag-cry na sya and I noticed it's only there na he puts 4 of his fingers waaaay inside his mouth until masuka na sya, feeling ko to get my attention. Kasi he never does that pag nasa living room kami. I can't stay naman sa living room kaming dalawa the whole day kasi hindi ako makakawork and chores. Ang hirap lang pero hands down ako sa ibang mummies who really are able to manage haaay ang hirap maging nanay.

[janachen]

ouch! Baka magkaiba energy ng baby girl at boy. Sa akin kasi baby girl, behave ng konti. Pero sobrang hirap din talaga, minsan pagkatinotoyo  at ang daming trabaho, umiinit din ang ulot ko..LOL

[andy2014]

ako lalake ang anak ko. 5 months pa lang sya super likot sa crib I have no choice kaya kumuha ako ng yaya, while working katabi ko sila kasi wala akong natatapos kung ako lang nag alalaga sa kanya. ako padin lahat, bath and feed pero si yaya nag papatulog and bantay while I work.

[SARAHnghae]

hi mga sis. i just recently gave birth and im on maternity leave right now. 2 kasi client ng husband ko (wfm siya). tinutulungan ko siya dun sa isa nyang client simula nung nagML ako. pinapag-resign na nga niya ko sa work ko, wag na daw ako bumalik sa office. haha.
good timing naman kasi naghahanap yung isa niyang client ng isa pang va. ako ni-refer niya and hopefully matanggap ako.
sa pag-aalaga naman ng baby ko, thanks to my inlaws at naiiwan namin sakanila si baby while were working.

[janachen]

Hindi ka nagpabreasfeed sis?

[SARAHnghae]

^mixed feeding kami sis. ang konti pa kasi ng milk ko laging nabibitin si baby. balak ko nga bumili na ng electric pump para makapagpump ako every 2 hours kahit nagwowork. manual pump lang kasi meron ako.