With the advent of the child in the family, parents are beginning to think about how to work comfortably and engage baby. Well, when you can take in a child in the garden, or to give her grandmother.
But what if this is not possible and an urgent need to get the job done. In such a situation helps working from home. Consider a few tips for parents.
Workplace home / istockphoto.com
№1. Working from home with your child in the first place, you need to make the apartment safe. After all, to constantly monitor the baby will not be possible. Therefore it is necessary to close the outlet plugs, remove sharp and pointed objects, close the windows, and provide the child with a place to work. For example, the paste on the wallpaper, drawing paper, where he can safely draw.
№2. It is necessary to arrange the work area and make it clear to your child that this place should remain intact. Also, do not lie down on the workstation objects that are associated with the child.
№3. It is also necessary, to do them, and tune into a working harmony. It is not necessary to work at home in your pajamas, it is best to dress in something that is suitable for office work. So you will be ready at any moment to go on affairs, and for the child it will be another signal that mom or dad works.
№4. It will be useful to divide the work on priorities. If you want to do something important, that requires concentration, it is better to do it when the baby sleeps. All the small things, such as e-mail view, you can do when the child is awake.
Priorities in the work / istockphoto.com
№5. Working from home, you need to adapt to the regime of the day the baby, especially if he does not sleep during the day. It is better to go to bed with him at night, and wake up earlier. If you always run after the child fell asleep, the next day, productivity will be zero.
№6. And the main advice - is to pay attention to children. It is better to be distracted from work for half an hour, and play with the baby in the game, you try to work all day, and complain that the child did not let us do.
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