I can't be the only WOHM on this site!

I've been working evenings and weekends forever. I've always gone back to work as soon as I have the doctor's go ahead.

Sometimes part time, sometimes full time.

Right now, I'm bartending part time and looking for another part time gig to fill the gaps.

Woohooo!!! We got it!

I will post more later tonight, but right now, I have to . . . . . . .go to work!!!

I'm a psychologist in private practice and I work M-T with some W evenings right now. And, I Just Just Just transitioned to having my very own office (I had been office sharing) in the same building. So, I'm still getting everything put together - including internet connection. I believe that I'm on tap to getting my phone services hooked up today so hopefully they can do internet then as well. But, I'll tell you all about it when I come home

I'm so excited to have this forum for many reasons!

I technically am a WAHM but I don't consider myself one. I am the dept head/technical computer analyst for the support team of a computer company based out of Vancouver, B.C. I do work from home, but I work fulltime in my office (in my home) from 9-5pm M-Fri, and am on call about once per month for the weekend. I have heavy deadlines etc and when I am working, I am unavailable, for the most part to my family. I do have more flexibility than most, and obviously no commute. I would like to belong to this forum since I really do not belong to the traditional WAHMs.

I am glad to be here :)

I have been a sahm/wahm for the last 5 years or so - the tiedye businesses and now full time home daycare.

A month ago I started working at Curves for women (www.curves.com)
3 nights a week. I work Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 4:15pm-close (which is 8:30pm on mondays, 7:30pm on tuesdays and 8pm on Fridays).
Once a month I work a Saturday too from 7:45am-12:15pm.
and this week I ended up working an extra night cuz one of the girls had car trouble.
My curves is about 7 minutes from my house and I really really love my job. Well, except the vaccuuming lol.

We're just now starting to adjust to me not being home for dinner 3 nights a week. The extra money is paying for Romans preschool which is why I took the job, plus it helps me mentally to be out of the house a bit and doign what I love - encouraging women in fitness, health and weight loss.

OH WOW! I'm SO excited to see this here!
I've been working on and off as dd (who just turned five) has grown. Mostly part-time until now. Last year I was working for a pre-school program that I could take her to, that was great! Then our program got cancelled, so at the beginning of August I switched gears and started working full-time as a baker in a restaurant. I mostly love the work, but I'm still adjusting to the schedule, trying to fit everything into my hours off, and the weekends are short!
Dh is in school full-time and works part time, so it's all a little crazy around here.
OK, gotta run to work. :D Subscribing!

Well, I am both a WAHM and WOHM, as a WOHM, I am a lic. Realtor. I love it and wish I could do it more. The market in MN is super stinky right now, so I am glad I have akidlet to stay home with, when the market picks back up (and I know it will) then I will jump back in the swing of things. I am on a team though, so I do keep up with things ;)

I'm here! Been working as an RN in the hospital since late 2001. Started out full time nightshift, which I hated. Did that for two years. Now am working every weekend, 7a to 7p.

:waving: I work 2 days per week, 8-6, as a dental hygienist. dh has those 2 days off, so one of us is always home. my son is in 1st grade and my dd is in preschool M-W, 9-12. it has been an adjustment to have dh be in charge of homework and dinner those 2 days. let's just say the kids usually eat hotdogs and mac 'n cheese, or spaghetti on Tuesdays and Thursdays! good thing they are not too picky.

I have been a single parent since late 2003, which means I have been working!
I was a SAHM, now a WOHM.

I don't have a career persay but I do clean houses (thinking about getting my certification)....

I am also returning to massage therapy school to finish my 100 hour program.

I am having the hardest time finding childcare....

so happy to see this thread here!:monkeydan

I'm a respiratory therapist in a teeny tiny rural hospital. I'm also a single mama. Thankfully I live in a low COL area and can get by on child support and working part time. Things are pretty tight some months but I'm going to stay part time as long as humanly possible. I am also trying to get going with my WAHM thing and I have a boyfriend that live over 100 miles away so I'm so busy sometimes i can't think straight. Finding balance has been my biggest challenge.

Hey mamas...I am a Registered Nurse & I work in surgical services (recovery room nurse & I help in OR at times). I started out two years ago working FT on Telemetry/Cardiology, 11a-11p three days a week (it did not work for me as I worked 40min away in heavy traffic and the stress of working on a cardiology floor, new out of school...argh). Now I work M-F eight hours a day...no nights, no weekends, no holidays (no CALL!). I used to work VERY PT when I was an LPN when Branden was young...then I started FT two years ago. I thought I would hate working 5 days a week, but the regular schedule works much better for me.

Hi, I am excited about this group, I own a day spa in the NC mountains, which as of today is for SALE!! Will post link when it is on mls. I love what I do it is just way more hours and stress than I want right now. I think it will take awhile to sell, then I'll have to figure out if I want to start another business, or work for another spa, or do something else for awhile....

I technically am a WAHM but I don't consider myself one. I am the dept head/technical computer analyst for the support team of a computer company based out of Vancouver, B.C. I do work from home, but I work fulltime in my office (in my home) from 9-5pm M-Fri, and am on call about once per month for the weekend. I have heavy deadlines etc and when I am working, I am unavailable, for the most part to my family. I do have more flexibility than most, and obviously no commute. I would like to belong to this forum since I really do not belong to the traditional WAHMs.

welcome! As for me, I think this forum would be for you since you are not providing childcare for your children while you are working, so even though you are technically home, you aren't.

Hi, I am excited about this group, I own a day spa in the NC mountains, which as of today is for SALE!! Will post link when it is on mls. I love what I do it is just way more hours and stress than I want right now. I think it will take awhile to sell, then I'll have to figure out if I want to start another business, or work for another spa, or do something else for awhile....

very cool! I'll be interesting to hear what you end up doing.

Electronic Engineer here!

Working for one of the many Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing companies in Silicon Valley as a Technical Instructor

I'm a single mom working full-time for a defense contractor in Silicon Valley.

I'm a single mom working full-time for a defense contractor in Silicon Valley.
Hey, we must be neighbors! (or did I tell you that already? it's late :lol: ) I live in Milpitas, work in Sunnyvale, where are you?

Thrilled to have this forum. I'm a single mom with one son and I work full time as a public school science teacher.

I work ft as a foruth grade teacher in a private school. Ds attends the school with me. I love that and I love the school but the pay is awful and I struggle with being under valued.

I am Julie, mom to Jimmy and Bella, wife to Robert. I work as a lab tech making bulk viral antigen fluids for animal vaccines. It's got the most awesome benefits, so I can't walk away, but the ever changing schedule and weekend work is harder on the family. I was a stay at home mom for about 4 years, but when DH lost his job, I had to be the bread earner. He finally works again and we are playing catch up on bills, buying decent vehicles, big enough house, remodeling, etc. so it doesn't look like I can quit anytime soon.

I used to post at Amity's years ago, but haven't been active here for a long time.

I'm signing in here, ladies. It hurts SO very bad to have to leave my kids and go to work. It seems so opposite of what I've always done - to put them all in school, in someone else's care, and work outside the home. :( Help me cope! (and I need a good job, too)

I am officially a WOHM now! My shop is keeping me out of the house full time now, but, since I am THE BOSS I keep my kids with me part time (although Natalie is with me all the time). We are open Wed.-Sun. (or will be) but I am there everyday (except today, just got into town yesterday taking a day off-ah, the perks of being in charge) in preparation for our grand opening.

Checking in!

I'm a Montessori teacher, and have been working full time since Abel was 10 months old. I've had most of the summers off since then, so that helps a little- I wish I didn't have to work though!

I was a single mama for years too, until January when my fiance moved in with me. We hope to someday each work part-time so we have more time to spend with family at home.

Hey, we must be neighbors! (or did I tell you that already? it's late :lol: ) I live in Milpitas, work in Sunnyvale, where are you?

Hey, I used to work in Palo Alto in Venture Capital, my dh worked in Los Gatos in aviation engineering, and we lived in Sunnyvale just down the road from the Moffett Field.

I work ft as a foruth grade teacher in a private school. Ds attends the school with me. I love that and I love the school but the pay is awful and I struggle with being under valued.

yeah, I hear you on that. I grew up in a family of educators.

I am Julie, mom to Jimmy and Bella, wife to Robert. I work as a lab tech making bulk viral antigen fluids for animal vaccines. It's got the most awesome benefits, so I can't walk away, but the ever changing schedule and weekend work is harder on the family. I was a stay at home mom for about 4 years, but when DH lost his job, I had to be the bread earner. He finally works again and we are playing catch up on bills, buying decent vehicles, big enough house, remodeling, etc. so it doesn't look like I can quit anytime soon.

I used to post at Amity's years ago, but haven't been active here for a long time.

Glad you are here! Post away!

I am officially a WOHM now! My shop is keeping me out of the house full time now, but, since I am THE BOSS I keep my kids with me part time (although Natalie is with me all the time). We are open Wed.-Sun. (or will be) but I am there everyday (except today, just got into town yesterday taking a day off-ah, the perks of being in charge) in preparation for our grand opening.

AWESOME! You must post pictures of your store. I seem to recall you having done so once.

Where are you located?

I'm signing in here, ladies. It hurts SO very bad to have to leave my kids and go to work. It seems so opposite of what I've always done - to put them all in school, in someone else's care, and work outside the home. :( Help me cope! (and I need a good job, too)

How long have you been back to work now?

I work in and out of the home. I work about 10 hrs a week in 2 hospitals as a car seat tech and I work from hom 30 hrs a week as a business manager for an early intervention practice that is based in CA.

welcome! As for me, I think this forum would be for you since you are not providing childcare for your children while you are working, so even though you are technically home, you aren't.

My WAH job is very similar. 80% of the time DC is in daycareschool while I am working.

Hey, we must be neighbors! (or did I tell you that already? it's late :lol: ) I live in Milpitas, work in Sunnyvale, where are you?

Hey I also work in Sunnyvale, but live in Castro Valley. I'm over by NASA.

I think I may belong here now... I just started working as the Children's Enrichment Coordinator for my church! I'm mostly at home, but I do work Sundays and a few hours per week at the church, and also a few hours from home. Even just the few hours I'm putting in, I'm finding that it's a balancing act, between keeping the house somewhat clean, homeschooling, and taking care of the kids.

I just started being a wohm. I did work pt before about 2 years ago but it wasn't a necessity so I didn't care too much because there was no pressure. Now I work pt 3-11 3/4 days a week and it's more like full time in this field. I'm an LNA. But this time around I like my job but I hate the pressure that I HAVE to work because now I know there's no chance that I can stop working in 6 months and stay home again. I also feel VERY distant from my friends, they are getting closer and barely email me/call me anymore. I really hate it. I also homeschool and dh isn't much help with house work. So I guess I hate being a wohm. There I said it. I hate it!
But I'm glad this forum is here :)

Hey, I totally missed the launch of this new area of Amity! So cool to have it.

I own a small pregnancy-breastfeeding-baby retail store, am a lactation educator, have 3 employees, and work out of the house about 30 hrs a week and from the house maybe another 10-15 hrs. I have 2 sons, Matthew 4.5 and Mitchell almost 3. I really love to work and wish I could work 60 hrs a week! And stay home and make homegrown, home made food and lotsa time with my dh and kids. But there is not enough time in the week. I think I'm finally getting to the point with my store of being able to hire enough people to help so that I can manage the business instead of doing 100% of everything - but every month is a roller coaster.

My current vent is having to be the one to always 'cover' for everything in our house - cover for the babysitter going on vacation, cover for the kids being sick, cover for dh going on frequent business trips. He does take time from work when I ask him to - but only when I ask. This weekend I am weary of covering......and he is gone on a family emergency. I think it's been July since he was home a solid two weeks in a row. Big sigh. Anyone else struggle with this sort of thing?

Cathy

well, I know all moms work but in this context I mean work as in paid for our time.

I used to post at Amity's back when my oldest was a baby/toddler. She is now almost 9! My son is 6 now and I have been working since I graduated from college in Dec. of 05, FT since August of 06. I am so happy to see a forum for mom's who work outside of the home.

I work for the state where I live, as a technical writing editor. I like my job a lot. It pays well, has excellent benefits, and is very family-friendly/flexible. I make my own schedule and as long as I get my 37.5 hours in, they don't care when I do it. I work from home when I want but have a really nice office so don't mind going in to work. I definitely have had my fair share of sucky jobs so feel very lucky to have this one.

Still trying to find the balance between work/home/kids. My dh is a teacher at the school where our children go so we don't have to use childcare and he stays home with the kids in the summers.

Nice to see all the other working moms.

Hi there everyone. I'm new here, and just getting around to browsing more. I've been a WAHM for 5 years now, and am beginning to work more and more Out of the home. Looking to meet others like me who might have some great suggestions!

Uh, maybe I should tell you what I do? For five years I have been a Wellness Consultant/Marketing Executive promoting products for a specific company. Over the last year or so I have since incorporated that into my own Wellness Consultation Business so that I can reach more people and give them many options, including the original company. I am currently working towards my certifications as a childbirth instructor, doula, and breastfeeding educator to add as services of my consultation business, and my husband and I own a small Organic, Fair Trade Coffee Company.

I'm pretty busy, and in reality should work even more than I do to get things running well, but for now I work M, W, F, S about 7-3 and we have a nanny that come to the house to help us out. The nanny is new, and something that I finally decided I had to do because I was missing so many opportunities to further my business because I had to wait for the baby to get up to run and errand, or I couldn't go to a meeting because there wasn't enough time to get there and back between kids getting off the bus......HECTIC!

Be well,
Jenn

I am Michelle. I ran my own biz from home for a while. We needed more money coming in. So, when Samantha was 3, I returned to work as a legal assistant for the attorney I worked for for many years prior to kids. I causes a lot of mixed emotions. I have a great boss and satisfying job. But, I miss my girls terribly and believe school is not a good place to grow up.

Hey I also work in Sunnyvale, but live in Castro Valley. I'm over by NASA.
Cool! Wanna do lunch one day?

I own a small pregnancy-breastfeeding-baby retail store, am a lactation educator, have 3 employees, and work out of the house about 30 hrs a week and from the house maybe another 10-15 hrs. I have 2 sons, Matthew 4.5 and Mitchell almost 3. I really love to work and wish I could work 60 hrs a week! And stay home and make homegrown, home made food and lotsa time with my dh and kids. But there is not enough time in the week.

ain't that the truth. I also really love my work and I'd love to work more, but I know that I have to balance that with the other stuff that I also love. Can't there somehow be a magical 48 hour mother day for ever 24 hour kid day?

I'm so excited to find this forum. This is an area that has been sorely overlooked in many AP communities.

I'm a Registered Nurse. I just graduated nursing school last April and began working full time in May. I work on the telemetry(cardiac) floor of a local hosp. It's quiet a busy floor and I'm learning so much. I'm interviewing for a position at another hospital in the NICU on Tuesday.

I've been having a hard time with shuffeling child care. Luckily, my dh's boss is extremely flexible. Dh can come in late in the mornings on the nights I work. I have had a hard time with keeping up on house work/laundry/cooking. I'm looking to strike a balance and establish a routine soon. I'm starting to get the hang of night shift and things are staring to fall into place. The boys are adapting well. They like that I take them to school and I'm home when they get home. Dh is able to pick them up from school, so they always have a parent at home with them.

Hi! I teach sixth grade language arts and social studies in an inner city middle school, how's that for fun?

Love my job and the hours, I usually leave at about 6:45 am and get home in time to meet dd off the bus, 3:40. :)

Chantelle

I work out of the home 5-6 days per week. During the week I work from 5- 10 or 11pm and usually one 8 hours shift (that usually ends up being 9 or 10 hours) on the weekends. I'm an aquatics and reptile specialist and also a Team Lead (ie: assistant manager) at a Petco. I love working with the animals but it's draining on me. I got the job a year ago as a "hobby job" to have some extra fun money. I took on the assistant manager role because I basically knew how to close the store at night anyways and I'd get more money.
It's hard on the kids and dh but it works for now. I love the job and I love being around the animals. We have plans for me to officially go full time in the next year or so when Skylar is in school full time and Leah will be old enough to actually get something out of a daycare. There's a wonderful montessori based daycare that I went to as a child and Skylar went there for about a year.

Hello,
I'm excited to see this board here! I've been on amity's since just after my ds was born back in 1997, but I don't post often. I'm a single wohm raising 3 kids at home and one already raised(well mostly). I work from 7:30 am - 5pm, M-F as an engineering designer in Anaheim, CA and have a lovely 1hr commute each way. I love my job, but miss my kids when I'm here. My 2 younger kids go to onsite daycare before school and my mom picks them up after school. My teenage dd gets dropped off at a family friend's house before school and my oldest ds brings her home after school and practice.

i am not a wohm YET but i am very excited and nervous as i am going back to finish college in january. i will be a wohm mom when i graduate, which won't be long!!!! i cannot wait to start bringing home some money...

I work PT for 2 different companies (one as a 1099 employee) and am in transition right now. Currently I work 1 day in office and then a few extra hours from home. Well, the contract is changing and the new company would like more hours. So it looks like more hours or nothing. We can't afford nothing and my mental sanity couldn't either.

But DH has no flexibility :vent: and I do everything so I don't know how well I'd do with more hours either.

I'm stuck on the fence.

I was basically a sahm for 13 years. I did care for other people's children twice (for pay) not sure if that counts. For 18 months I worked nights and weekends for an inventory company very part time. Sometimes mall stores would run until 3am and some days with having to get up at 6am. I could no longer do that schedule while having a family.
Two days ago I started a "real woh job". I work in the office of International Programs at the University. It is part time so that I get finished in time to get my girls at school and then get them to all of their activities. They love school and I'm happy with it too. The youngest started Kg. this year. I'm used to having babies every four years so this time obviously not doing that and moving on in life. But I still lay down with the youngest at night and she insists on holding hands. :hbeat:
This is a huge transition for me that I want to talk about with other people but no one is really interested.

Currently, I am a bartender a few nights a week (still waiting for a set schedule) and have been doing that for a year. I just got my certification together to substitute teach and if I like that then I will move forward with getting certified to be a teacher. By then my youngest should be in FT school and it will be easier for me to make career choices, I'm hoping, because as of now I am still clueless as to "what I want to do when I grow up".

I've been an RN for going on 12 years now. I currently manage (and work in) an ER. My littles are getting older and in school now so it makes it easier to be away from home. I also have the flexibility on my admin days to go to sports events, etc. My 12 hour work days when I'm actually working as one of the ER nurses are so fun, but can interfere with home life a little bit.

Anyway - I love love love my job and think I am a happier person and a better mother for it. I (just me personally) could not survive mentally as a SAHM. I'm glad to be a WOHM.

How long have you been back to work now?
I actually *just* got a job. I worked as a waitress for 4 days, lol. Then my dd made me quit because she missed me - that and I wasn't making much money doing it. So I start my new job next week, and I'm thrilled! (but still rather stressed about balancing everything)

I have worked since just before my son turned 2, that was ten years ago :)
I have taken a few months off here and there, once just after I got married a few years back and when we moved in spring I had four months off while job hunting. I have always worked "have to do" jobs, waitressing, retail, call centers, stuff like that. This time I wanted to find a job that I LOVED so I took my time and found a job at a theatre. I volunteered for years in the field when I lived in orlando now I get paid for doing something I really enjoy for the first time ever. :)
I work because we need my income, but when we get to where we don't I will still work, I like supporting myself.

I'm here, too. I work full time as a service coordinator for a non-profit MHMR center. It's not work that fulfills me, but it'll pay the bills until I get finished with my graduate degree.

Jen, this has been a huge transition for me too. Our stories are very similar.

I've been a at-home mom my entire adult life. As soon as I graduated from college, dh and I decided one of us needed to be home full-time and I wanted to do it.

This year, our youngest is in school all day. (1st grade)

A part-time teaching position came available in a small distirct about a half-hours drive from the town we live in. I applied and got the job. It is in my ideal grade level and I love my job....but I'm still experiencing growing/adjusting pains.

I know teaching is where my gifts and talents are and this is what I am meant to do....I guess It is taking a while for me to adjust.

If we had all our debts paid off and lived in the country....would I still work? I don't know....I don't think I would but would rather get a very small farm going to sustain our family. However, I have to work to help us pay off our debts to get to the point where we are debt free and can afford to build a place in the country!!

Mixed feelings, but I am very grateful for my job and do enjoy it.

Michelle

I've waffled for awhile between whether I 'count' as a WOHmama or not :P Jan2006 I took my doula training and have been working with mom's all year- prenatal visits to get to know them and their needs, births, postnatal visits to help with breastfeeding issues and babywearing (occassionally cloth diapering questions, whatever comes up between moms). Now at the end of the year I'm on births number 9 and 10 and I've also added photography to the mix (I've got 5 births lined up for 2007 already!). Last year November I became a Pampered Chef consultant as well.

Hope ~ Dream ~ Birth (http://www.hopedreambirth.com)
Welcome To My Personal Web Site (http://www.pamperedchef.biz/northwest)

Soooo between these three things (plus schooling my children- and often them me, and being mom of the house in general and assisting in dh's biz), I'm a busy lady. I do love all my work and aside from cutting back on the amount of live cooking demos pe-rmonth that I do I'm not planning on changing anything at the moment. I finally embraced having a housecleaner come in once a month and get us back to 'ground zero' and that has been such a welcome blessing.

All in all I am only outside of the house maybe 8 times a month but the 1-2 births can be anywhere from 4-36hours. Dh works from home and has his own computer consulting biz so I have that flexibility to disappear when needed, Inikus Consulting (http://www.inikus.com).

I just finished up my PC commitments for the month of December so I'm 'off' for the rest of the month there. I've finished my prenatal stuff with the two births I have lined up- so I'm just on 24hr 'on call' status with those. And I'm done with photoshoots for the month as well (except one local artist that wants me to do his photography for his site and new CD release, but no date set on that yet). I'm feeling much more relaxed than say...... a week ago.

I'm not sure if I 'fit' in the forum but I feel as though I do- many of the same balancing and adjustment issues are ones I go through.

Glad to see this forum!
Sarah

Sounds like you are pretty busy there!

I have been a very long time lurker at Amity (at least 4 years) but really do not post much, since I have always felt a little out of place. I am more soggy than crunchy, and do WOHM full time. I am an engineer, and have worked very hard to be a good mom as well as have a sucessful career. I have spent a lot of time working on my education, and want to use it now while I can. Unfortunately, in my career, it is almost impossible to take an extended leave to raise children and get back in to without "connections."

I have 3 kiddos, and we have CD at home, organic eating, homemade baby food, sling, co-sleep, and make efforts to be AP.

I feel like I know a lot of you ladies from reading about you for the pat 4 years, and look forward to letting you get to know me as well!

Welcome Nicole! :monkeydan

Intro for me...I have been a WAHM for most of my kids' lives, but now they are in school. For a time there I went to massage school and worked outside the home giving massages. Now I'm working in the home, but while the kids are at school, and sometimes at the library, doing freelance writing. I'm working about 20 hrs a week right now, some weeks much more, others almost nothing (like when the kids are home sick puking nonstop!).

I don't know where I fit...feel like a hybrid WAHM/WOHM but since I'm working while the kids are in school I feel more like a WOHM these days.

Hello All! My name is Jen. I am 24 y.o mom of 2, Connor is almost 4 and Lizzy is 2. I have been married to Chuck for almost 6 years and I am a senior nursing student and will graduate in 4 mos. I currently work at Greenville Memorial Hospital as an anesthesia tech. This is my first visit here and I am anxious to get to know everyone. HUGS

Jen :usaribbon

:waving: Hello Jen and welcome! My dh works in medical too and is a student - PTA tech.