Anyone make $$ as a SAHM?? If so can you help me?

[mommybytheWord]

We have been married for 7 yrs and the $$ issues just get worse and we keep having more childern. So DH suggested I go back to work after being home for 6yrs.: I homeschool our oldest two and daycare for the other two would be all my income anyway. Besides, it is NOT a option for me. I am still nursing our 2yr old and our 2mo old. I refuse to send our childern to school. Soooo........ I really need to find a way to make x-tra $$ at home without it being a rip off.


Any ideas??

I just need to make about $100 a week or more for food.

Thank you!

[LilMama23]

Can you watch an extra child during the week? That could be your $100 right there.

[CityChic]

Are you crafty? If so you could open a shop on etsy.com

[leerypolyp]

I watch other kids -- around here the going rate is $12/hr, so I do one four-hour session with one little girl, and 3-6 hours a week with another two kids. Makes us grocery money and extra besides.

[jamesong55]

I run a daycare and make about $720/week with the kids I watch. Its a lot of work and makes it hard with the homeschooloing but its the reason I can stay home.

[gothnurse3]

I wrote you a long post and it went into cyber space.

I HAVE to work because I carry our health insurance. My MIL watches my children and it works great for us but I often say I wish I had a WIFE. What this means to me is:

1) somebody doing my laundry
2) cooking a homemade healthy meal for me to take home when I pick up the kids.
3) Somebody to care for my children that had the same belief system I do.

If this was a 1 stop shop for me I would be so happy. I could just hang out with my family once I was off. I know somebody near you has extra money and would be willing to pay you to be their "wife". It would be a win/win situation.

[my2girlz]

I'm going to start watching an infant 4 days a week for $120/week.

[Piglet68]

Could you do something working nights so you wouldn't need to pay for childcare? Maybe wait tables or schlepp coffee at Starbucks? Still, with a two month old I would not want to be away from them for more than an hour or two...perhaps when your baby is older and can eat solids or take milk from a sippy cup?

Did you do anything before having kids that you could turn into a consulting job? That's what I did.

[mommybytheWord]

Originally Posted by Piglet68

Could you do something working nights so you wouldn't need to pay for childcare? Maybe wait tables or schlepp coffee at Starbucks? Still, with a two month old I would not want to be away from them for more than an hour or two...perhaps when your baby is older and can eat solids or take milk from a sippy cup?

Did you do anything before having kids that you could turn into a consulting job? That's what I did.

I worked as a home manager for the mentally impaired with high needs living. The hours are long and hard. I tried it part time but I just got burnt out caring for others 24/7.

I could put an ad in the paper for child care. Not an infant though. I'd go nuts Nursing my two childern and caring for another High needs being! I get so overtouched!

Is that weird??

[female18-]

No I dont think thats weird at all! Im the same way but the opposite if that makes sense. I almost decided to do like a home daycare but ONLY for ONE child, and it would have to be an infant (under 12 months old) the younger they are -the more I enjoy caring for them. Maybe its because my ds is 4 so there hasnt been a baby to look after in a while!

[Crystal Pegasus]

Do you have any website creating skills at all? You can monetize a site with pay-per-click or pay-per-action advertising. If you have, or can make a good, useful site (even a simple blog can work, though usually not as well) putting the ads on is pretty easy. It's quite legitimate... It's not a scam or pyramid type scheme at all. It takes time to make money though, unless your site has been around for a while, but in time... It took us about a year from start to now to earn enough to fully support us (around US$4,000 per month) so now neither of us have to work outside the home at all. If you want some more info let me know and I'll PM you some stuff I've written up... because lots of people keep asking me.

Also, you could do stuff like paid forum posting or writing articles for webmasters who want content for their sites. These things can make a bit of extra money. I can also send you more info about them, if you like.

Anyway, let me know if you feel anything like this might be any use to you.

[tiffany21074]

Well, this would take some time to do the training, but you could learn medical transcription. You could start off making about minimum wage or so, but your pay would increase fairly quickly as you got faster. But I don't know how much time would be acceptable to you to train first.

[earthmama369]

Originally Posted by mommybytheWord

I worked as a home manager for the mentally impaired with high needs living. The hours are long and hard. I tried it part time but I just got burnt out caring for others 24/7.

I'd start by making yourself a resume. I found this really helped me when I was looking for ways to make money while staying home with my kids. It helped me focus on my skills and accomplishments and once I did that, it was easier to see how I could translate those into a new endeavor.

My sister is a house manager for a group home. So I have some idea of what you did. If I were to throw together a quick resume for you, I'd say:

-excellent organization and time management skills
-ability to schedule activities for a large group of people with diverse needs
-strong housekeeping skills
-CPR and medication knowledge
-nutrition knowledge
-human resources, staff management experience

Ack, baby calls, but there's a start.

[marisa]

Check out the WAHM Well forum here at MDC, as well as http://mymommybiz.com and http://www.internetbasedmoms.com for more ideas!

[dillonandmarasmom]

I vote for watching another little one. I make $105/3 days a week per child. This is pretty average around my area (CA).

[rainbowmoon]

if you like to write check out www.associatedcontent.com we also have a thread in the mother's writing group forum you won't make alot but $100 per week is definitely doable. you can get other jobs using your AC link as a resume or just write for them! it's easy and super quick.

[phathui5]

I made $70 last month doing surveys online.

I also made $1200 last month doing childcare.

[Neth Naneth]

I second Associated Content and watching even just one child part time is also a great idea.

[jayb842]

Hi,

I have worked from home from the time ds was work five years ago. In that time worked for a few different companies. I have a degree in education but I too will homeschool. The best resource I can give you is go to www.workplacelikehome.com/forum and www.wahm.com There a lot of companies that hire people to answer calls from home. You can doing typing too. I teach for tutor.com. I have worked for www.brainfuse.com. One great company that is currently hiring is cloud 10. They take calls from home.

I hope that helps.

Jay

[grisandole]

I used to work at a group home too, and going back to that, even part-time, would be way to much for me in terms of stress and emotional drama. So, I work retail part-time...very part time, between 8-17 hours a week. I work evenings and/or weekends so that dh can watch the kids. I think something like that would work great for you...in general, retail stores will be happy to hire someone who is willing to do the closing shifts (around here, most closing shifts end around 10pm) and weekends.

While retail can be challenging, it is nowhere near as draining as a group home!