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How to have an income from home??

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SevenTwoEight · 16/06/2025 12:49

Would massively appreciate any advice or thoughts on how I could make an income please.
Have one child at school; need to do 845 drop off and 330 pick up. Child can’t do breakfast or after school club due to issues; school day is long enough for them.
Have one young baby at home with me. No regular childcare available from family. Too young currently for nursery. Even when old enough for nursery, any income would need to be enough to cover nursery fees and whatever £ amount leftover be enough to make it all worthwhile.
Can’t go out to work in evenings/night as need to feed the baby.
I have points in the day when baby naps when I’m free and I’m basically free 730pm onwards in the evening (but need to stay at home for the dream feed).
What on earth can I do at home in the evenings to get any level of income? Im happy to pretty much do anything.
Thank you for any ideas.

OP posts:
ToffeeCrabApple · 18/06/2026 19:36

You need to look at self employment - any employed will expect you to have childcare in place for your children during working hours. They aren't paying to share your attention with the baby.

I don't know if there might be evening remote call centre work but you'd need the children's father to be the one "on call" with them while you're working. You couldn't have customer calls interrupted by a baby wanting breastfeeding.

Can you see, could you do clothing repairs? Ironing?

Unfortunately working in any meaningful way that someone is willing to pay you for will ideally mean having free hours where someone else is looking after the DC.

Weekend work while DC father has kids?

herbetta · 19/06/2026 19:55

The other thing to do to make money is to save money! Review your budget & bills. Cancel what you don't need. Get the best deals & cashback etc for everything. Take advantage of all the apps & weekly / seasonal supermarket deals. Batch cook. Use MoneySavingExpert & Hotukdeals.

Oh, and stoozing on credit cards.

I save / make thousands a year doing the above.

Time is money you have the time so use it to work for you.

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