By Deborah Sweeney

For women who work at home, part of the daily routine includes packing lunches, seeing the little ones to the bus, driving to practice, retrieving them from practice, and making dinner. Oh, and running your business from home fits in there too, right?

Since the phenomenon of working from one’s domicile came about, the question of investing in a nanny despite being at home while working has been brought up.

The argument for hiring a bit of help goes as follows:

• Being able to work normal hours as opposed to 20 minutes here, 3 hours there…
• Working from 9 – 5 can help you keep a set structure to your business (more…)

By Holly Reisem Hanna

I’m so tired.

For the past two weeks my daughter has been sick. It started off as a little cold and slowly progressed into a severe case of croup. After two trips to the doctor, a misdiagnosis, unneeded antibiotics, and countless sleepless nights we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

As a mom you know how difficult it can be to deal a sick child, but when you also work from home it throws a big wrench into your productivity, scheduled activities and tasks.

Here are some ways that you can ease the discomfort of your child and your disrupted work at home routine. (more…)

By Golda Smith

Being a work at home mom is amazing. Let’s face it; you have the best of both worlds… a 30 second commute to your office and the pleasure of spending as much time with your children as you want. Sadly, the biggest mistake that many mompreneur’s make is that they try to take their life and fit it into someone else calendar.

We’ve read and even heard many successful business owners talk about the importance of having a calendar and making a list and while those things are important many are still struggling. What makes perfect sense and works effortlessly for me and my kids, would be a complete nightmare for another family. (more…)

By Holly Reisem Hanna

I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter; I was at a Chinese restaurant waiting for my take-out, when I observed this woman furiously texting away while her young son tugged on her sleeve trying to get her attention. Over and over again he tugged and asked her to look at something, but all she said was “in a minute”. I remember thinking to myself, “I’m never going to be that mom who is totally consumed by her smart-phone that she’s too busy to pay attention to her child”.

Fast forward 6 years…

Just the other day I was taking a nature walk with my daughter and for safety purposes I always bring my cell phone with me. However, as we walked I keep checking my email, Twitter stream and Facebook profile to view the new messages that were coming in – when my daughter said, “Mom, no checking your phone”. Right then and there I realized I had become “that mom”. (more…)

By Alicia Pike

If you are a mom who wakes up in the morning to get the kids ready and then leave the house in order to go to work, staying at home to work may seem pretty inviting. The fact is, it takes excellent time management skills in order to be a work at home mom.

Sure, you are able to start the day in your pajamas, with your hair in curlers and no makeup on, but learning how to work every part of your schedule into each day is not as easy as one may think.

Below are some of the best time management tips I have used, based on my own work at home experiences. (more…)