Comments on: There Are No Family Sick Days for Freelancing Moms

By: Do Freelancers, Bloggers, and WAHM Take Sick Days? How to Keep Up with Business when Sick? — ModernMami™.com

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:45:14 +0000

[...] no rescheduling or shifting around that’s going to fix that problem. This article, There Are No Family Sick Days for Freelancing Moms, touches on free time for those that work from home as freelancers, but doesn’t offer any [...]

By: Tough Mommies Work at Home | All Freelance Writing

Tough Mommies Work at Home | All Freelance Writing — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:11:40 +0000

[...] didn’t I take it easy and relax? Because work-at-home mom’s don’t have sick days or maternity leave. I was fortunate to be pregnant while teaching because otherwise I would not [...]

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:33:26 +0000

“Now you’re responsible for dragging yourself to the computer, picking up the phone and rescheduling everything you had planned for the day until the evening or the next day, all the while praying to the goddess of desperate mothers that you’re dealing with a twenty-four hour bug so you don’t fall farther behind and make clients more frustrated.”

I suppose I pray to a different goddess, but even without being a WAHM, this definitely applies! Great article Rebecca.

By: Jenny Bender

Jenny Bender — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:32:09 +0000

I know that people love to hear that working from home is like a little slice of paradise and all, but I appreciate the occasional dose of honesty. Plus, I can TOTALLY relate to it! ROCK ON!

By: Allena

Allena — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:35:13 +0000

oh, yeah, summer is awful for me, too, as I won’t put my kids in childcare the whole time, although I’m not against some camps here and there. But in general, I work a lot less, resulting in an income dip around sept/oct.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:12 +0000

I finished my Masters degree two days before a scheduled delivery of my second child. I was taking the year off from teaching with a toddler and newborn, confident that it would be a relaxing year of family with a little work thrown in for good measure. It was wonderful to be with my boys, but it was by far the hardest 15 months of my life – in a great way.

Now that the boys are two and four things are easing up just a little bit. We’re almost out of diapers, hence the dirty-diaper-coming-off break. LOL! It is so shocking for a working mom when you realize that dream of staying home with the kids, only to realize you’ve increased your workload instead of simplifying your life!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:16 +0000

This is an interesting perspective that I had’t thought about before. My primary reason for working from home is my health. I could never have a normal office job because I can’t get enough sick days. At home, if I’m really bad, I can work from my bed with the laptop.

Of course, the difference here is that I don’t have toddlers. My kids are old enough where they can take care of me if need be. Fortunately, I don’t have to do that very often.

I never thought of having an office job to provide more flexibility but that sounds very true for many people. Thanks for giving me a different view.

By: Jake P

Jake P — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:34 +0000

Allena is right — hang in there, it gets easier. And I’ll add that the day we got rid of the Diaper Genie was one of the best days ever in parenthood.

Our family dynamic was a bit different, since my wife was a SAHM and I went fulltime freelance when our kids were 3 and 5. Nonetheless it is still a lot better work environment once the kids (now teenagers) head out the door for school, and not fun when they’re home sick and my wife (now working) is at the office.

Summer is the more hectic time for me, since I end up being the shuttle driver to camp, etc., which eats up a good chunk of productive time.

By: Allena

Allena — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:36:30 +0000

awww, all these will change when your children are in school! Since I’ve had 6 whole hours to dedicate PER DAY all in a row (!!!) to my writing, I don’t often work in the evenings or weekends, nor do I mind taking a sick day and ignoring the computer when my child is sick. Just hang in there.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:47:22 +0000

Thanks for the understanding and encouragement! Today is one of those days with a stuffy nosed 2 year old and an overtired 1/2 day Kindergartener. Now off to meet some deadlines.