Diving back into the world of work after the maternity break can be a bit challenging for every new mom. However, working from home is comparatively more manageable than the traditional work culture, but working at home with a newborn baby can initially be challenging. Babies change our routines and make us work flexibly.

BabyChakra discusses some tips to help you work from home while providing the best care for your infant.

Tips For Working at Home with a New Baby

Make the Most of Technology

Working from home usually requires a bit of technology, and when you are with your newborn baby, it becomes essential. Having your little one crying for attention during your calls, an urgency to change or feed, etc., all say you will have fewer hours to work productively. Thus, in this situation, take the help of technology; keep maximum of your work-related documents and files available on one platform like Google Drive. You can access google drive even with your phone in case of urgency. This will simplify your work to a great extent.

Imagine a situation when you have to share an important document with your colleagues or manager, but you’re stuck in breastfeeding time. Still, you can progress your work with the help of Google Drive, which automatically syncs all your documents to all your devices.

At the same time, you may also take the help of a baby monitor. In case, when you are working in a separate room, you can keep a watch on your baby activities too.

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Learn Your Baby’s Calmest Times

No one knows your baby better than you. So use your in-depth knowledge of your child’s preferences and schedule to help you plan your day.
Whenever you see your baby be the calmest and quietest, focus on your work. Babies usually tend to be the happiest and calm just after their good sleep and feed.
Other times can be irregular, but pay attention to your baby’s cues to learn when you can focus more on your work. However, the baby tends to change their schedule as they grow, so you might have to change your work routine every month to adjust with your baby time.

Get Some Help Occasionally

There are certain times when you need some extra help to manage your baby while handling your office work. In these situations, arrange some child-care for those specific work events, for example, essential conference calls.

Accept Imperfect Days

It is essential to understand that not every day is a perfect day. Working from home likely means that someday you’ll deal with a crying baby and be unable to accomplish anything you want to do for your work. On the contrary, other days, your baby may play happily while you finish up your job at ease. In short, days with a newborn is a combination of success and failure.

It can be stressful to hear from the people – Cherish this time, but this is when you should take care of yourself and give some grace to yourself. Accept that working from home with a baby can be difficult. So, focus on essentials and be safe with your baby while doing the best at your work.

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