Working at Home can be the dream come true for many moms. It allows spending a lot of time with children while still creating income. As most households now require both parents to work, choosing a work-at-home career is about the only way for mothers to stay with kids at home. The problem is that working at home creates new challenges unknown to the office work. They can be overcome in no time, but you have to know how to do it.

Tip #1: Schedule

First of all, create a daily schedule. As a mother and a businesswoman at the same time, you will have at least dozen tasks to do every day. Trying to keep everything in your mind, not forgetting about anything and juggling the tasks to keep them in the best order can wear off even the strongest mind. You have to write everything down every day and tick off every task once completed. A tip for creating such schedule: try to work mostly at those times when your children are at school. This way you can spend more time with them - you finish work before they come back and can take care of them.

Most importantly, make sure that your schedule blocks some time for playing with or talking to children. What's the point of staying at home if you have no time for them? Then, remember that you are not alone at home - you can easily ask your children to help you with all household issues. It would also be a great way to strengthen your relationship. Finally, make sure that your spouse will not feel forgotten. Try to schedule a "date night" every week or two. If necessary, find a babysitter for that night.

Tip #2: Multitask

Any work-at-home mother soon finds out that she is up to her eyes at work. However, working at home gives you also the possibility to greatly reduce the amount of time needed to do everything. It is multi-tasking - doing two or three things at the same time. For example, you can respond to emails while doing laundry or helping your children doing their homework while waiting for a phone call. Remember: every hour less at work is an hour more for your family.

How to multitask in practice? It's simple. For instance, you can review emails while cooking lunch for the kids. It'll give you 10-15 minutes extra every day. You can also do the cleaning while being on the phone. Saves between 10 and 30 minutes every day. You can also make a list of things to do when you're out, so you don't forget something when you're out. Depending on the kind of your business, this may save you between 15 minutes to 5-6 hours a week.

Another great idea for work-at-home moms is to employ a timer. When the time for you work is over, simply cease working and create schedule for tomorrow adding to it all tasks you failed to do today. While you may feel that it only postpones your problems, this allows you to avoid spending nights at work and keep you in prime condition all the time. In the long run such attitude always pays off.