Husband Working From Home

Do you live in a one story or two story ?

@Brittany two story. His office is on the second floor

Are you and the kids downstairs most of the time?

Most of the time yeah. However both their bedrooms and their main bathroom are upstairs

White noise helps drown it out. They use it at my psychiatrist’s office

@Kassidi was just going to suggest this

That's a great idea! How about during meetings? I'm not sure if white noise will help during those

Maybe find out when he’s meetings are and for how long and organise those times as outside time or going for a walk, only if you’re available to do so, it’s what I do with my partner who works from home

At the beginning of the day, I ask my husband when his meetings are so I can work that info into our plan for the day. If he is presenting or otherwise "on camera," I try to get them out of the house (running an errand, doing our outing for the day, playing outside) or engaged in a quiet activity. He knows being home with the kids means noise, and if he needs to concentrate, he should go to the office. (where there is also a paid custodian 🤣)

Walks or playing outside are great ideas. I know it’s intimidating with 2 kids but I put the baby in a carrier so my hands are free for the toddler. Baby loves looking around or will fall asleep, and my toddler loves walking around or playing with rocks.

You can put the sound machine right outside the door it still helps! Also a towel roll on the floor infront of the door and you can order sound proofing foam on Amazon for cheap if he shares any walls with the kids rooms!

There are stuff you can get to put under the door and white noise for sure. If you can, don’t go upstairs during important meeting times or see if you can get out of the house. My husband works nights so we have a similar problem bc he’s sleeping during the day & our bedroom is downstairs right by where the kids and I are all day and my kids still sleep in the same room as us so all their stuff is in the bedroom too😅.