Working from Home with Kids: The Pros and Cons of Working After the Kids Go to Bed

If you have been reading my blog, you may know that I work as a freelance web content writer. I have a couple of steady clients that provide me with work, but for other projects, I go out in search of them. This basically gives me the freedom to work when I want. Since I have a 4 year old at home, I often opted for working nights, but it wasn’t always easy.

Working after your child has gone to bed has a number of benefits. Those benefits include fewer interruptions and the fact that you get to spend more time with your child during the day.

There are, however, also a few downsides as well. One of those downsides is the late nights. There were some nights where I was up until 2 or 3 in the morning. Up again at 5 to send my partner to work and then up again when my daughter woke, which was typically between 7:30 and 8:30. This type of schedule can really mess you up after a while.

If you are currently looking the best way to work from home, I recommend using trial and error. I found that working late at night was nice, but I couldn’t do it every night. I will occasionally alternate days and nights. Since my income isn’t necessarily needed, but still helps to pay some of the bills, I decided to cut back my hours. Personally, however, I was lucky to be able to do so.



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