I know we discussed this before, but SAHMs...

what are some professions we can do from home?

I have my BS in Business Admin and work in HR. I want to look into going back to school for something i can do at home, such as medical transcription, computer programming, maybe even recruiting & staffing from home. DH suggested to open a day care!

I was so upset last night bc I KNOW when we have a baby I will NOT want to leave him / her - I will be miserable. But I want to be able to contribute financially. I'd even work PT...but for the most part, I'd want to stay home. That's how I was raised and I want to be able to do the same. Tough in this day and age....

I want to start looking into Master and / or certificate programs...

Not sure if this will answer your question, but I wanted you to know I feel the same way. I am hoping my company will be flexible and let me do all reports and such from home (I am an engineering consultant). I hope to work 2 days during the week around the time my husband is home from work and the rest from home. But not full time hours. I just don't think I could get the time to do that all.

The only reason I am interested in keeping up with work is because its an always changing one and I don't want to feel like I am starting over when I do decide to rejoin the work force full time after the kids are all grown up. Besides, a little extra cash in my pocket couldn't hurt.

I think if you get your Master's Degree it will be very difficult to get a stay at home type job. I mean, getting a masters degree is a wonderful thing but if you are specifically looking for a stay at home, part time type job then I doubt a Master's will get you closer to that goal.

I don't know many computer programers who work from home, unless they are freelancers and then they work on a project basis but right now the market is flooded with out of work very experienced programs.

I would think you can do part-time HR type work on a consulting basis? I have heard of that before.

I have been able to work out a deal with my boss to work 3 days a week from week 12-24 and even longer if it is going well for both of us. I will work 2 days a week from the house, 1 day a week in the NYC office. BUT I have to assure him the baby would be cared for during work hours and that he was not paying me to care for my child instead of working.

Also- don't forget that when you work from home you still need some form of daycare. Phly has dicussed this a few times on the board. It is near impossible to care for a newborn and get work done without some help.

I agree with Michele. Even if you find a work at home job, you will still need to find daycare for your child. The only way around it is to watch other children as your job. I do computer consulting and work from home often, but I still bring my daughter to a sitter. Working from home saves me the commute so I can get 2 extra hours of work in , or I can have Annalise in daycare 2 hours less per day. As you can see, there are still advantages to working from home. Not needing daycre is not one of them though, sorry

I am going to try my best to do the books from home. We haven't set up the system yet, but we plan on arranging the home office to really be a 'home office'. Keep in mind, my husband and I own a company so I dont' have a 'boss' to contend with. But I am concerned about the load of work and how I am going to be able to juggle the baby on those couple of days.

I am starting the research on a sitter, nanny, or day care because I think I will end up having to leave my little one for at least two days a week. Hopefuly not full days, but I think even four hours will be too much!!!