| A home based business plus children can
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| | attention did not have to be shared. As
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| be a recipe for success or a recipe for
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| | an infant normally spends most of the day
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| disaster. The outcome of the experiment
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| | sleeping, you will have plenty of quiet
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| depends not on the ingredients but rather
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| | hours in which to get your business up
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| upon the techniques you use to combine
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| | and running efficiently. A three month
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| them.
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| | old baby will be perfectly happy to
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| The key to successfully combining the
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| | entertain him/herself on an activity mat
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| running of a home based business with
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| | in a corner of the home office with you
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| caring for young children is to create an
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| | in sight while you work.
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| environment where the children don't feel
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| | Things get trickier when baby gets to the
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| that they need to compete with the
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| | crawling, standing and climbing stages.
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| business for their mother's attention.
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| | For several months, your day will be a
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| The simplest way to do this is to ensure
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| | series of rescue missions: either
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| that the child feels welcome in mom's
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| | rescuing your adventurous tot from
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| home office and not shut out. The way
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| | precarious situations or rescuing your
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| this can most easily be achieved depends
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| | treasured possessions from your little
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| upon the age of the child when the mother
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| | treasure's ever extending reach. Keep a
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| decides to become a work at home mom.
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| | box of toys in your office and encourage
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| The older the children are, the easier it
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| | your child to play within sight while you
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| is to reassure them that they will still
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| | work. Working while baby is awake will,
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| get as much of mom's time, care and
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| | however, be impossible except for very
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| attention as they need. At the same time,
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| | short spells, so make the most of nap
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| they can be made to understand that the
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| | times.
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| new home business is important and that
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| | By the time your child reaches two years
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| they can help make this time easier for
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| | of age, independent play will last longer
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| their mother. Don't be afraid to lay down
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| | and demands on your time will lessen. A
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| some rules, children respond well to a
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| | toddler will enjoy sitting at his/her own
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| structured existence where they know what
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| | little desk in your office and crayoning
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| behaviour is welcomed and what is
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| | works of art or making collages while you
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| forbidden.
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| | get on with the grown up version of
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| Make sure any timetable includes spells
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| | office activities. If you can provide
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| of "together" time when you will give
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| | little jobs for your child to do, this
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| undivided attention to each child
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| | will encourage growth of the child's
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| individually. This could mean helping an
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| | self-esteem and feeling of being an
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| older child with homework or reading a
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| | important part of your home business. A
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| story to a toddler. Also slot in time for
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| | two year old will be delighted to be
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| family activities when you will all get
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| | trusted with the important job of helping
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| together to watch TV or go to the park or
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| | to take out the waste paper at the end of
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| play a game all the children can enjoy.
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| | the day.
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| Although caring for tiny infants is time
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| | Making your child feel welcome in your
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| consuming and tiring (especially if they
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| | home business environment is the first
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| are wakeful during the night), when your
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| | step in getting this recipe to work well.
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| baby is very young is a good time to
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| | A set of simple rules and a workable
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| start your home based business. Your
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| | schedule are all that you need as
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| child will grow up with the business and
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| | finishing touches to enjoy your recipe
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| not have any memory of a time when your
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| | for success.
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