Being a stay at home mom has it’s many challenges which include, cleaning, cooking, taking care of the child or children and hardly any time for the mom. This day in age the roles are reversing as more women are in the work force and some men choose to or have to stay at home and maintain the home front. Now with having young children myself, I find that I am more uptight when my children are at home with me, because of the yelling and screaming and constant bickering. How do you conduct business and keep the family going and not fall apart? I have heard prioritize and making a schedule is the way to go, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out all the time.
I find that I only get work done when they are taking their nap, or when my husband takes them off of my hands or when they go to bed at night. Women fortunately have to gift of being multi-taskers we have the ability to do tons of things at once and block the rest of the world out of our minds. This can also be a bad thing because we eventually get burnt out at times which can cause over flowing frustration.
When being a business woman who primarily runs their business from home and has children it is good to prioritize your time if you have young children, non school aged. You have more freedom as your children get older and then you can get them involved ,so that they can get a general idea on what you do. I find that if you involve your children in the knowledge of your business by explaining the importance and how the family benefits ,they will respect your business and your space which will give you more peace of mind. Children are very smart, if you take them seriously enough you might be surprised, and they might give you some ideas. I explain to my children when people order from our website www.bakingbreadllc.com, that I have to bake and ship what the customer orders. They now understand the importance of my business and now advertise to strangers about what we sell, it is so cute and the shows the beginning of young entrepreneurs. I think keeping everyone in the family involved and aware helps keep some balance.
If you are a moms that is an entrepreneur and has some suggestions on how to keep a balance between being a stay at home mom and running a home based business woman, please give us your suggestions based on your experience.
Jennifer Moore Baking Bread LLC www.bakingbreadllc.com