Work From Home Advice

[DancingQueen]

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If I do go back I will definitely be looking into a place near work so I can go see him on my lunch hour....the main worry is $ for daycare....babies under 18mos are anywhere from $40-$50 a day where I live.....with the amount I make at work the majority of my pay goes to paying someone else to be with my son....I guess that's the main part I struggle with :-/

[floridaorange]

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^It's sooo expensive.. I think it's like $1200/month at my wife's work. That's so wrong.

[DancingQueen]

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I know, it's brutal.....and when you are lower middle/middle class there is barely (if any) help from the gogovernments

i will just keep checking out options.....I'm sure it will work out in the end....just thought id see if there were any suggestions out there

[jay813]

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we ran into this situation, so my wife has stayed at home to take care of the kids. we have 2 young'ins, a 3 yr old and a 7 month old. unfortunately we do not really get help from family so this is the situation that works best for us. it doesnt allow us to make a whole lot of money since half of our income is gone but it has taught us to be highly efficient with the money i do take home. now that the eldest is almost ready for pre k and as soon as he is in school we will consider day care for the little one. 2 kids in daycare and one being so young my wife would have to work just to pay daycare, so it doesnt make sense that she work right now and stay at home with the kids.

best of luck to you.

[chanty]

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Hey Karen. Check out odesk.com. They seem to have a lot of jobs listed and good reviews. Good luck!

[floridaorange]

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My wife and I picked up weekend gigs... Paid around $300-$500. Every little bit helps.

[DancingQueen]

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never heard of it chanty....I will check it out

we ran into this situation, so my wife has stayed at home to take care of the kids. we have 2 young'ins, a 3 yr old and a 7 month old. unfortunately we do not really get help from family so this is the situation that works best for us. it doesnt allow us to make a whole lot of money since half of our income is gone but it has taught us to be highly efficient with the money i do take home. now that the eldest is almost ready for pre k and as soon as he is in school we will consider day care for the little one. 2 kids in daycare and one being so young my wife would have to work just to pay daycare, so it doesnt make sense that she work right now and stay at home with the kids.

best of luck to you.

This is our situation.....no family to help out as my parents are gone 1/2 the year & my husbands family is 2hrs away