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How I Work From Home With a Baby (Mindset Is Everything)

By Madeleine Gray, RN · Wild Roots Blog · Published July 29, 2026

Realistic work-from-home rhythms grow from tiny mindset shifts, not perfect schedules.

I'm currently walking the dog, or attempting to, while Evie refuses to ride in the stroller. This is a tough one, because she wants to walk all over the place and the dog just wants to potty. But as we walk up and down the stairs outside, I'm able to record this voice-to-text note. And it has me thinking about how I'm able to work from home, and work on my phone often enough to make content or a blog post or work on my website. So I thought I'd share a little bit.

I'll start by saying it is a work in progress. Definitely not something I have perfected. I've even bought a book about how to raise kids while you work from home. It's not easy. And it changes as they develop.

It started with a decision, and a mindset

Here's the part I really want to share, because it's the thing that made all of this possible: my mindset has been everything.

“Mindset is the difference between ‘I can’t possibly do this’ and ‘Where can I make this work?’”

When Evie was first born, I was planning to go back to work three days a week. That was the plan. But going back into the hospital was an absolute no for me. I knew it wasn't good for my overall health, and I knew that would trickle down and impact the baby. So I found what I thought was the alternative -- a job as an infusion nurse in people's homes. I showed up one day, and I realized: no. I'm not doing that either.

And it wasn't about wanting to be a stay-at-home momo do whatever I want. It was simpler than that. Alittle extra income at that time was not a trade-off worth missing all of those developmental milestones. This is the only time in her life she'll ever be this small. When I looked atade itself.

💡 Pro Tip: Let your values set the rules for your work, not the other way around. At Wild Roots, we always start with what matters most.

So I got creative, and I stopped making excuses

Instead of one job, I looked for any small gigs that home. And things kept coming up. I did somemarketing and Instagram posting for a new supplement company a friend of ours owns and was just starting. I wrote nutrition and fitness plans for a large fitness company, and I wok before the baby, to get all the plans done -- forseveral months. It was easy back then, honestly: wake up before her, get the work done, go to bed after her.

Then I took a part-time in-house personal training gig where I could go for just a couple of hours at a time. Then I took a group fitness instructor role, teaching the six AM classestrung it together.

📌 Key Takeaway: Working from home with a baby doesn’t have to look like one perfect remote job. It can be a patchwork of flexible, seasonal, or creative gigs.

And then things changed, so I changed too

Because that's the other thing about working from ho changes as they grow. Her sleep schedule started toshift. And because we co-sleep (as in, we share a bed), she became more sensitive to me leaving. When I'm not there, it's harder for her to fall asleep or stay asleep. When I woke uted waking up too, and that would ruin her wholemorning.

So I had to roll with it. I left those early-morning jobs. I still teach part time. And eventually, when she was nine months old, I went back to part-time IV nursing -- on my terms thiow get most of my online work done at that job,because I'm gone about nine hours two days a week and I can do it in chunks between clients.

This exact thing is what inspired me to do a voice-to-text blog, because I'm literally talking to my phone right now while she runs hills. Lol. Kind of kidding, kind of not, because she stairs, or up and down the hill, repeatedly. (CC:the dog is quite annoyed.)

Where can I make the time?

The biggest mindset shift was this: there are a million reasons why I shouldn't and don't have the time to do pretty much anythiright now. So I flipped the script and started askinwhere CAN I make the time?

Instead of “I don’t have time,” I started asking, “Where can I find 10 quiet minutes?”

Naps have always been the number one answer. For a lur naps together, and I had to stay in bed with herfor her to stay asleep. So I'd bring my headphones and listen to books, or make content facing away from her while she slept. Rinow I'm loving this phase, because she sleeps consison her own, and I get to devote that time to work on the computer, or work out if I'd rather.

It's not perfect. It's always shifting. But when I lead with my mindset and my priorities instead of my excuses, I always find tpockets. And that, more than any schedule or system,om home.

💡 Pro Tip: Your “system” can simply be this question: Where are my pockets of time today? At Wild Roots, we build routines around real life, not the other way around.

FAQ section (GEO-optimized)

These are written as real questions people type or ask an AI, with short direct answers up top -- exactly what gets pulled into Google snippets and AI answers.

• - Can you really work from home with a baby? Yes, bua traditional job. For me it meant stitching together small, flexible gigs -- writing fitness and nutrition plans, marketing, part-time training -- and working during naps and early mornings instead of a fixed 9-to-5.

• Q: Can you really work from home with a baby? A: Yes, but it looks different than a traditional job. For me it meant stitching together small, flexible gigs like writing fitness and nutrition plans, marketing, and part-time training, and working during naps and early mornings instead of a fixed 9-to-5.

• - How do I find time to work from home with a newborn? Ask "where can I make the time?" instead of "I don't have time." Naps aearly mornings were my biggest windows, and I used hI could work quietly nearby while my daughter slept.

• - Should I go back to work after having a baby? That's a deeply personal decision. For me, a little extra income wasn't worth missing my daughter's early milestones, so I chose fery mom's situation and needs are different.

• - What kind of work can a nurse do from home with a baby? I moved away from hospital and in-home infusion shifts early on and instead did online fitness and nutrition programmingnd part-time group fitness. I later returned topart-time IV nursing when my daughter was nine months old.

• - How does co-sleeping affect working from home? Fordaughter was very attuned to me, so leaving early inthe morning disrupted her sleep. I had to stay flexible and change my work rhythm as her sleep needs changed.