aargh, phoneoke baby up again - is it rude to ask my lovely mum not to call in the day? w

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i dont want to upset her as she is great at looking after 6 month old ds when i need a break, but i've just started working from home, in the gaps when the baby is asleep or playing. her calls are well meant but incredibly disruptive - they wake him up or disrupt feeds. can i say summat??

pull the phone out?

switch the ringer off.

i get people to txt to see if its an ok time to call. seems to work (and stopped me feeling like no-one was calling me...)

I switched the ringer down to really really really quiet. If it was convenient and I heard it I'd answer, if not, not.

the problem is i need the phone on in case its work related - thats disruptive too but somehow worth it iyswim. not worth it for a call to ask if i've washed up breakfast things yet!and mum has just got knack of email - text is still too scary!

let her call and get her to take him to the park/walk etc
while you get some work done
if she doesnt want to do this tell her not to call as your really busy and ds id asleep

why is it when people like us work at home its not proper work and they can call in/get parcels delivered to yours whenever they want?

she's not near enough to visit in the week, which is why she calls. and yes i am getting annoyed at people asking if i can 'just' book tickets, make reservations, etc as i am at home all day.

How about asking her if she minds you calling her back later? Talk in a kind of hurried way and let her know that you're busy right now.
Do this enough times and she might get the message.

Failing this, pre-empt her. Can you give her a call first thing before she rings you? Then tell her before you ring off when you will next call her/see her.
Works with my lot!

Oh god, I just pull the plug out of the phone if I don't want to be disturbed. I work from home too and only have short slots of time to do it so I can't afford to be distracted with phone calls.

or mumsnet

yes i've lost the moral high ground about not being disturbed rather by faffing about here.