Work from home

Yes, honestly it’s really hard, I try and do most of my calls/work that involves more concentrating when he goes down for a nap, most days I can get him to sleep for 1.5-2 hours if I’m lucky. Your work should allow flexible working hours, could you start earlier and work later in the evening? Since going back from Mat leave I did decide to drop a Friday and I do go in the office one day a week on a Tuesday which helps my work load and I have now put my little one in nursery for 1.5 days a week to allow me to do this. How old is your little one? Have you looked into the free childcare hours. Unfortunately I don’t qualify until my little one is 2 because I’m in wales. But from 9m you should be about to get 15hrs p/w and from 2y 30hrs p/w for working parents! I know it’s a really hard decision, it took me a long time to decide to do this. X

Not sure how that would work with my hours am due to go on mat leave shortly so am hoping that it flys in and a can give my body a rest as always on the go with working in a hotel as housekeeper x

Your manager will find out. It may be better to be upfront. In 2019 everyone was home with their kids and while it wasn't the easiest we made it work. I had several people reporting to me that had kids home from daycare and we had to be flexible with meeting times or she would have to mute and type in responses instead. I will say in these scenarios there are usually two parents at home and they will take turns between meetings.

My husband works from home and it would be impossible even with a baby, either childcare would slip or work would slip, a lot of contracts state no childcare whilst working from home. When my husband is working from home, I make sure we go out

My husband and I both wfh and our daughter has been in full-time care. It's really impossible to do both. When we have had to have her home because she's sick or daycare is closer, we cover one another's meetings and work late at night to finish our work. You can try to get calls done during nap time but that's about it.

It's against policy for a reason. It won't realistically work for any long period of time. It's impossible to do both!

Agree it’s just not possible. Our child was sick on Tuesday so couldn’t go to nursery today (he only goes Tues and Thurs) me and partner work around it so I’ll work 6-8.30am, then I take over childcare, I work 11-1 while baby naps and then dad will finish at 4 and I work 4-7/8 that eve. It might have been more doable with a baby baby, but certainly not a toddler! I’d suggest working out your hourly rate and the rate of a nursery and see if it’s affordable, or some people use a childminder instead which is cheaper I believe x

I wfh, but I have a supportive manager thank God. Wouldn’t work if he didn’t know. My work is flexible and doesn’t require a lot of talking on the phone and when it does then I give her snacks and play something for her to watch.

I’m single and work full time. I have to deal with it. It’s impossible to successfully balance the two in my opinion and if against policy, they’ll find out and you’ve put your job at risk. I’ve known several mums try this and get fired.