How do you continue college and stay home with your baby?
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Remember to take it slow. Don't take a full load of classes - it might take an extra year but it will be well worth it. If you have help - a spouse, a grandparent, babysitter, etc - schedule specific times to get your class work done. Remember that at 11 weeks they still take good naps and you can use that time as well. Be sure to stay on top of your studies - getting behind can make for added stress and will hurt both you and your child. Don't try to be supermom and do everything by yourself.
Find a balance between your son and school. Don't spend too much on either. Send him to daycare when your doing school work. And when you pick him up from daycare pay attention to him and not your school work.
arrange a helper
Do what LizDaye says.
I tried to do my kids at home and school online and it took me two failed semesters to get it right.
It's very difficult to do both especially when you don't have enough support.
Daycare can be expensive but your son is the right age to begin and college, or the state depending on policies, will pay for (if you request more finaid) the daycare. You need that time for you.
Don't waste it.
Each kid set me back about 1.5 years education-wise.
Try not to take more than 2 classes right now. If it is a class when you don't have mandatory hours to log in don't attempt to until your baby is napping. That way you can give both your son and your school work your undivided attention at their appropriate times. Finding a helper may not be practical depending on how many days a week you may need them. I wouldn't necessarily try to depend on that, friends and relatives are usually gung ho about helping the first few times and after awhile not so much. Don't get discouraged, finishing school will benefit you and your baby
well it depends on how many classes you take my cousin was a senior in high school when she had her baby shes doing fine in college what she did was the college has a daycare there and it was free since she was an enrolled student she is able to check on him whenever and they are open 24/7 for overnight classes to you might want to see if they have a program like that at your college it will be helpful i hope everything turns out great for you its going to be hard
if i can manage going university to do a nursing course i am sure you will be able manage it just balance your time between the both of them.
At eleven weeks old it's still about taking care of basic needs, feeding changing, bathing, burping. So you should be fine. They don't really require that much motherly attention as far as playing and so on until they start walking. When they are crawling it more about exploration. Once they start walking they want you to be more apart of their life. You will figure out how to balance the act.
dont sleep!
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