Stay at home moms: ways to earn money

When a baby is born, her parents want nothing more than to make sure she has everything she will ever need. Before a baby is born, many expectant mothers strongly feel they will want to continue with their careers once their maternity leave is over. Some expectant mothers, on the other hand, want nothing more than to stay home with their children for a few years, but find they will be financially unable to do so. It is a tremendous understatement to say that when a child is finally born, situations change. Some mothers who were convinced they would continue to work once the baby was born may take one look at their new baby’s face and wonder what they were thinking. Mothers who may have wanted to stay home but couldn’t for financial reasons will work and rework their family budgets to see if staying at home is remotely possible. It is safe to say that staying at home with a new baby depends on one factor: money. Will the family survive on only one income? Short of winning the lottery, many couples feel that staying at home is an impossibility. But with a little creative thinking and a call on some skills and talents, you may find your wish for staying at home a possibility.

Maybe you have a secret talent or skill that many people do not know about? Perhaps you know French and Italian or can play the piano or cello? Utilize these unused talents and help others. Put ads in your local newspaper marketing French language lessons or piano lessons. Depending on the demand, you can work as little or as much as you want and in the convenience of your own home. Lessons like these usually only last a half hour or hour, so you can make sure that you have put your baby down for a nap during this time. Also, if you do happen to know another language, you can look online for opportunities to translate papers or web sites.

Do people beg you to bring your famous homemade cookies or cakes to potlucks and events? Turn this baking into a lucrative opportunity. Put up fliers in your community or host an open house where you bake some of your goods and allow neighbors and friends to taste your wares. You can print up some order sheets and bake for special events or holidays. Maybe you love messing with crafts. Check your local newspaper for local fairs and crafts shows and rent a table. People may love your Christmas decorations or woodworking projects and order more. In short, make your name known by putting yourself out there.

If you live in a community where several neighbors or friends have babies the same age as yours, maybe you can open up your own mini daycare. Let friends and neighbors know that you will be staying home with your own child and offer to take care of their children, as well. You can charge a monthly or weekly fee that is less expensive than the day care their child currently goes to. Be sure to only take on as many kids as you feel you will be able to handle, and get the appropriate CPR training and local licenses you need.

Perhaps you whizzed by math or physics while in college? You could offer tutoring services to local universities or community colleges. Print an advertisement in local community newspapers and local college newspapers and print out fliers to hang around the college or university itself offering tutoring in certain subjects. Bear in mind that most college students do not have or make a lot of money, so you will want to keep your costs down.

Is your house so clean you can eat off the floor? Why not offer basic cleaning services for friends or neighbors. There are certain house duties that many people find annoying or time-consuming like mopping, vacuuming or cleaning the restrooms. Print out a list of services you will provide and the prices you charge. Or if you don’t mind mowing lawns, you can also offer this service as well.

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Being a stay at home mom

Whenever I happen to bump into someone, especially someone I haven’t seen in a while the one question that’s always asked is, “So, what do you do for a living?” It’s inevitable.

For the first year after I made the choice to stay at home with my two young children I would respond to this question by stating, “I’m a mom.” But, after twelve months of hearing, “oh, that must be so nice” or “aren’t you lucky” and the best of all, “I would love not to work” I started resenting those comments.

Yes, it is nice. As a matter of fact it’s wonderful to be home with my children and I do consider myself extremely lucky. But this luck does not come without sacrifice and hard work. I too have a “daily grind”. I work hours that extend well past the typical nine to five and I don’t get personal time off or sick days. My work follows me even when I’m on vacation. I’m on call twenty-four hours a day.

And, perhaps most difficult in this day and age, is raising and supporting a family with only one income. This is where the sacrifices come into play. Before I made the decision to stay home with our children we would go out to eat or go to the movies. If we saw something we liked (within reason) we would buy it. Those days are over. With only one income it is difficult to be able to afford a babysitter for an evening, let alone spend a night out. There have been times and instances when I have felt as though I had no life, no outlet and certainly, no privacy.

So, why do I do it? Well, that's easy. The rewards heavily outweigh the sacrifices. It is difficult to put into words how wonderful and special it is to be with my children and have them with me. They are being raised as I see fit. They are being taught the morals and values that I want them to learn. We have a wonderful bond, a relationship that we never could have achieved if I was working out of the home. I was there when they took their first steps and said their first words. I nursed their first cuts and scrapes and shared in their joy of their first accomplishments.

It took a long time for me to figure it out, but yes, I do have a job. Even though I do not leave my home to work I am a success. I’m a professional chef, seamstress, engineer, inventor, nurse, teacher and God willing an author, just to name a few.

My only regret is that it took me this long to discover that I have accomplished a great deal, that what I do has much purpose and has improved myself, my family and our environment more than words can say. I am a professional, in every sense of the word.

If you happen to be someone who has opted to or is thinking about making the move to become a stay at home mom you need to remember your importance in the general scheme of things. Your children love you, need you and want you, even though it may not always appear that way. You play a vitally important role in others' lives and what you do sets the example for your children's lives as well. There is no other job in the world that has the supreme influence and impact on another's life as mothering does. Never forget who you are and how important your role is.

So remember, if you are a stay at home mom and someone asks you what you do for a living you respond, “I am very lucky to have the best job in the world. I do a little bit of everything. I put in long hours but the pay is great!” and leave it at that.

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