Hello!
I am seperating from the military in September. My children will be 1 and 2 years old. I would like to enjoy their childhood years as much as I can until they go to school, and let them get some time with mommy.
My husband does not make enough to support all of our bills if I was to just be a stay at home mommy.
I was planning on going straight back to work, but I really would like to find a way to stay home with them, and work part-time.
BUT, I need to make at least 2,500$ a month. Any idea's? I have the experience to get a great job, but I dont want to go for that career right now while my babies, are babies.
Open to suggestions!!
Since you're separating from the military, can you join the reserves and then do babysitting on top of that?
Um...you'll need to make about $35 per hour and work 20-22 hours per week to make an "extra" $2500 per month. ( This is not accounting for any child care costs.)
I dont know. Can you? I guess it depends what skills you have.
What are they?
$2500/mo is $30,000 per year. BEFORE taxes. If you have to NET $2500/mo you will need to make an incredibly high wage, or illegally work for cash.
You can open your own daycare.... That requires licensing, etc. plus, you know, a desire to work in child care.
What are your skills? Do you have a degree? What training did the military provide? Can you go back to school? Computer programming is about the only thing I know of that can be part time and earn that type of money.... Do you know how to build servers or databases? Those positions are in high demand, are contract and typically part time... But pay around $50/hr (no ins or benefits of any kind)
Otherwise I'm not sure what you can do to earn that kind of money part time.
Good luck though.
Sounds like you have to face the same reality that millions of other moms have to do every day.
If you can't live on your income you have to go to work. Then you make the most of your evenings and weekends.
In the future, what I see a lot of Moms do, (me included), is that MANY Moms get a job at their child's school.
That way, you have the same schedule/calendar as your kids. And then you can still be home with them when they are home or on holidays etc.
The Moms I know, get jobs at their kids' school such as: Teacher's Aide, Substitute Teacher, Paraprofessional Aides, Cafeteria helpers, etc.
And of course, you have to research this, and know what credentials or requirements you need for the various school jobs. And then you go and get it. If you want to do this. But you won't make $2500 doing these jobs.
Or you can do babysitting at home.
But you said you need $2500 a month.
Or, get a nighttime job.
Or your Husband can.
Is your Husband open to you being a SAHM?
Wait, I thought your husband stayed home with the kids, did that change?
I'm not sure how anyone can make $2,500 a month working part time. You and your husband COULD work opposite shifts (one of you days, one nights, for example) so your kids are always with a parent and never in daycare but honestly what kind of marriage and family life would that be?
My BFF and her husband both work full time, always have and they have a very healthy, happy family.
Of course they care more about quality time than quantity. They spend a LOT of time together, every evening, and all weekend, doing things as a family. That would be a lot harder to do if one of you was never home.
The only sure fire way to stay home and work without putting kids in daycare is running your OWN daycare, but I don't think you'll clear $2,500 a month.
As others have noted -- you are expecting to make a pretty hefty amount for part-time, at-home work.
The military should be providing you with transition counseling as you depart. Job counseling should be part of that -- ask for it if it has not been offered! I would absolutely ask your transition counselor if your expectation for income is realistic because....I think it isn't, not for some part-time work at home, and not after you pay your taxes on what you make, etc. But a counselor familiar with your geographic area would know better and could direct you better than we could on this general, nationwide forum.
And if you're coming out of the military you may not be aware of all the many, many "work at home" scams out there--you have to be careful.
there is always the home base businesses that do Tupperware, jewelry, tots and bags, babysitting, pamperchef, gigi hill, 31.
maybe a office will let you write reports at home or do data entry if you can get something like that.....
Work part time at a nursery that will allow you to take your kids there free. Do at home babysitting and reserves like Cheryl B. advises. Welcome home!
Is your husband military? Is there a way you guys could simply cut back on expenses?
