One of the unique things about working from home is being available to be home, work, and watch over the kids when the daycare is closed or one of them are sick. While in theory this sounds like a great idea, in application it becomes much more difficult. Small children, which I have two of, require attention on a regular basis. My children are accustomed to attention by both parents, all of the time. The challenge to me is communicating to a 3 1/2 year and an 18 month old that dad does care about them- but he must be at the computer most of the day for his job; and when the phone rings it is not Mommy, but dad's work friends that really do not have a need to talk about Elmo.
What is fortunate about my telecommuting situation is I normally have long stretches where no one calls or I am simply writing a query or report- things that I can at do or at least think about while changing diapers or fetching juice.
The biggest downside, to me, is resorting to the TV nanny for the majority of the day. Thankfully, my boys like the commercial-free PBS kid’s channel- I can convince myself they are learning something in-between the occasional fighting over toys and dad's attention. We are all learning
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