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📣 strict9

For parents, what are your productivity tips for managing work and kids?


My partner and I are both very fortunate to still have jobs and the ability to work from home.

But with a newborn, it feels like our choice is between being less productive or being burned out. Infrequent naps and needing attention all day means one of us has to divert attention away from work during business hours.

What tips do you have for managing kids and staying productive without getting burned out?

  👤 andymoe Accepted Answer ✓
Be ok with being less productive. It’s week three being locked inside with 4 and 7 yo for us. More self sufficient than a newborn to be sure... but two that age are a lot as the days wear on.

We have taken to making a weekly schedule with all our meetings and splitting up the parenting duties based on that.

Whoever watched them near the end of the day gets some time to themselves to catch up on work or whatever while the other makes dinner etc.