Work from home- can this be done?

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Hi- one of the options open to me when I do have a child is to work from home some days in a week. My work involves lots of calls, including to customers, and I can't of course have a baby crying in the background. I will have to go back to work after 4-5 months of mat leave.
What do you think? Can that work ie working from home without anyone else minding the child, with the expectation that some hours in the day I will be sitting with a baby monitor next to me and unable to respond immediately if in the middle of a call?
Just to clarify- there are days where there are no calls and there are days where there are calls all day.

You can't work, and look after a baby simultaneously. WFH lets you get a bit more done round the house (ie, I put the washing on while making a coffee, do an Ocado order when on a teleconference etc), but look after ds ? No.

Absolutely not. There is absolutely no way at all without someone else to look after the baby. And any employer who thinks it's possible is barking IMHO.

Not a chance. What if your baby has a day of constant crying while you are having a day of constant phone calls? What happens once baby is a bit older, you couldn't just leave them in their cot all day with no stimulation, that's not far off abusive! And believe me, if your baby is screaming through the monitor, it's one of the hardest things in the world having to listen to it if you can't go straight through, there is no way you could concentrate on your phone call!

Think it's become very clear to me that work from home would never work, at least not till reception!
Thanks for your replies. Sometimes we non parents have a much more "can do" attitude, forgetting that there will be one more (highly unpredictable) human in the mix!
Time to go back to the drawing board on my plans.

I currently work from home without any help looking after my 15-month-old DS. But... I have no phone calls to make and can work whenever it suits me. That means I work during DS lunchtime nap and evenings and very late at nights and weekends. This of course means I'm absolutely knackered most of the time! I'm currently looking at options for working outside of the home evenings, which would hopefully mean savings in childcare costs...

work from home also mean no commute which mean less childcare in that way - children also get 15 hours free nursery time from term after they are 3

I work three days, one at home. But DS goes to the CM all three days.