How to manage a full time job, school and a baby?
You won't see the baby much. Two days a seek you are going to get ready and leave the house at 6am, and get home 7pm. The baby will be sleeping from 7:30pm - 6:30am. So you'll study while the baby sleeps. Your boyfriend will be a stay at home dad. You will see the baby on weekends, and 3 nights a week. For about 2 hours. My hubbie works 6 days a week 12 hours a day and spends about 1 hour a day with our twins. That is about how often you will see your baby, except for the weekends. I nannied 50 hours a week, so it isn't uncommon. Just make sure you do fun things on the weekends. You can make time with the baby, a friend of mine wakes the baby to feed before she goes to work, then lays the baby back down when she leaves. Hubbie sees our twins as he is getting ready for work, and plays with them then. Even if you have to give formula while at work, you can still nurse in the morning and night. That is what my friend did, and she continued that way with her son from 6 - 12 months. Many working moms do that. At 6 months your supply will reduce, but nursing twice a day it shouldn't go away entirely.
How do you manage taking care of a baby/kid when both parents have full-time jobs?
Time management and some support from family could save the day for you in this case.Here’s how a blog on Time Management for Working Moms helps you strike a balance between your work life and personal life:#1 Learn to delegate without the “nagging” feelingThe household doesn’t have to be run solely by you. If you live with your partner, figure out a system to involve him in the day to day house chores, and if you have kids, maybe they are old enough to start helping too. Some alternative schooling systems actually make house cleaning part of the activities they learn early.You know when your house management system doesn’t work when you have the feeling you are constantly ‘’nagging” people to do stuff.A way to prevent that situation is to agree on rules as a group, and make the rules very visible. Once the rules are established, you are not longer nagging, the rules are and you are simply reminding them :)# 2 Have a weekly scheduleYour family will probably have recurring activities (like soccer). By seeing your schedule from a week perspective, it will become easier to be prepared and it will allow you to block time for the activities you want to do.#3 Spend money to reclaim timeConsider leveraging your household income to free you up if you are not satisfied with your current situation.Nowadays you can easily and cheaply outsource the cooking and the cleaning and automate various aspects of your life (paying bills automatically for a small fee).Hope this helps all the working parents out there!
Did your 1st baby come on time?
Mine was 6 days early. They come when they want, not a second before, so dont listen to all those 'ways' to get the baby to come faster. The only way to make a baby come faster is a c-section! I knew a women who was induced with pitocin on a wednesday, they baby refused to come and they finally had to do a c-section on saturday night
How do I manage studying with a 1 year old baby?
Get organized now. Whatever you can afford to pay someone else to do, like clean the house, do it. Take one day on the weekend to whip up casseroles or other meals for the family to eat throughout the week. Get a sitter that can watch the baby a few hours in the evening so you can study. Most important though is to get your baby on a good nighttime schedule so that he learns to sleep all night, then you can at least count on having some quiet time to study once he's gone to bed. If it is too difficult, you may look into taking 2 or 3 years to complete your masters, so that the workload is a little less overwhelming.You can do it! :D
How do working mothers manage their kids?
Yeah.. U r right... Everything comes with a cost... Being at home to bring up ur child on hourly basis is a pleasure to every mum...But upbringing a child in a metro takes more of money...Well coming to ur question... Everything has cons and pros... While giving less time to ur child leaves u with a guilt at the other side children who go to day care become more active as they are growing between the kids...They see kids of same age.. comete with them.. Learn in a group... Still cant imagine to leave a 6 months old infant in day care.(Which has become part of life now a days) But when a child is grown up... No matter what.. a mother should stay connected to her kid... If she cant be there after her school, still she has few hours to spend with her child.Its just about prioritizing ur life.If I think , after ofc I m supposed to cook or do household activities...Rather I would prefer to hire a maid and will give that time to my child...Its always difficult for mothers like me who are too emotional for their kids... But thats how life goes on...U'll have to compromise on something to offer a better education and better lifestyle to your child.Yeah, but never compromise to give them values... Money/gifts cant replace your time.
How do I manage preparation for IAS along with 2 year baby (being a mother)?
We do have a 1.5 year baby in our house , problem with them is they are so active and fast. He/She will never let you read if he is around. They keep coming to your books and distract you for there personal attaintion.Assumption about you : 1) Middle income group so baby sitter is not an option. 2) You are a home maker ,so difficult for you to join coaching. You have to synchronise your study with your baby. Manage at least 6 hrs of study with all of these. A) 2 hrs in the early morning when every one sleeps ,2 hrs in afternoon when baby sleeps , 2 hrs in late night. This is just an example you have to manage it according to your comfort .these are your hard book study time.Upto march : 4 hrs optional + 2 hrs GS March to may : 4 hrs GS + 2 hrs optional June to Aug : prelims And so on 4B) Watch DD news instead of daily soaps , and if in your area gyanvani is available on radio it is best.C) Make your baby part of your study talk to her , told her what you have just learn , tell her why Syrian crises are bad , or what is GST bill. Trust me not only you will memorise everything ,it will be so much fun. Don't try to make her forced sleep for your study. If you are reading in front of her , read loud so that she also can hear you , in that way she will think that you are talking to her. Get a small white board and practice diagrams with holding her hand. These are some of Ideas ,hopefully they will help you. Once you start you will find newer ways. Remember if you can manage this ,you will be managing your jila very easily. Because it is more difficult to be mother than to be a DM. You are already at tough job. TD2I1IS
How do working couples with kids manage their daily routine?
Hi, I think I qualify as one of those parents fitting the criteria of the question.I am an Assistant Professor, leaving house at 8:30 and returning at around 5. My husband works from 12 in the noon to 8 in the evening. He is self employed. So our daughter, who is almost 3 now, is alone from 12 to 5. We put her in a creche as soon as my maternity break was over.My husband would leave her at 12, and i would pick her up by 5. But there were other kids who were there since 8 in the morning.About the household chores, we divide them. I cook two meals in the evening (5:30–7 pm). One for the night, another for next morning. We have a maid, who comes in twice a day (11 am and 7 pm) who cleans, does dishes, chops vegetables etc. Evenings are spent chilling with my daughter (7–9). She goes off to sleep sometime between 9–10, depending upon her level of tiredness. From then to 11 is our couple time. I wake up at 6, packing our lunches, making breakfast, getting ready and leaving at 8:30.Weekends are spent in stocking the kitchen and the fridge and doing the laundry. Friday or saturday night is utilized for going out or chilling at home. Sunday evenings are no cooking evenings.The most hectic time of the day is 5–7 in the evening for me. While my daughter needs attention, I need to finish cooking and tidy up the house simultaneously. Thus she has now formed a habit of sitting on the kitchen counter and chatting with me all the while.