Balancing Business and Motherhood

Does this picture look familiar?
It is a common site at our house.

Mom on the phone and/or computer, baby is crying,
mom picks up baby and attempts
to go on with current project.

There are great benefits to being a mom who owns her own business:

1. You have the opportunity to be home with your children.
2. You are in control of your time.
3. No need to dress up for the office (many times I work in pjs!)
4. You are in control of your money inflow, not a corporate office.

There are also some downsides to owning your own business and being a mom:

1. When starting a business, there is a LOT of front-end work
that takes a LOT of time.
2. Figuring out how to balance "work" time and "mommy" time.
Learning how to prioritize.
3. Knowing when you need to stop everything
and do something for yourself.
4. Sometime the money "inflow" takes a while to "flow-in."

There is no perfect solution to the downsides.
Having a supportive, helpful mate is a great step.
Also, explaining in age-appropriate language what you do
will help your children understand why your focus is elsewhere.

Remember if you tell your kids you'll be done in 5 minutes...
be done in 5 minutes.
Time is very important to children because they spell
L-O-V-E with T-I-M-E.