Posted by ME/NJ on 3/11/08 11:07am
Msg #238832

Mad @ myself

Since we have been blessed with a new baby, I have missed more calls in the last couple of months since I started years ago.

I know to keep the phone with you @ all times, but with a baby around you can't (even vibrate has waken her up)

Today: baby is sleeping on the bed, ok time to jump in the shower. Come out and see I missed a called, 8 minutes later call back and its to late for me. I know the scheduler's need to get this off there plate ASAP.

For you newbies carry it with you all the time, it has cost me about 1K worth of jobs in the last 3 months.

Reply by CJ on 3/11/08 11:13am
Msg #238837

Having a new baby is a LOT of work.

I think it is the MOST work in the world. I cannot imagine doing this job even with kids under 10. Is this your first baby? I remember when I had babies. My (ex) husband would come home at night and say, "How come the house is a mess and you havn't done the breakfast dishes?" I would say, "I'm lucky I got to use the bathroom today."

Don't be mad at yourself, I think you are taking on way too much. And if this is not your first baby, that means you have other little children in the house, which would make it even more difficult.

Reply by Kathi Conahan-Baltzelle on 3/11/08 11:14am
Msg #238838

Don't be so hard on yourself. Enjoy baby time right now and all the adjustments. The calls will continue.

Reply by NCLisa on 3/11/08 11:35am
Msg #238845

I get out of the shower to answer calls! I've got 2 big clients and I make sure I'm available to them as much as possible.

Reply by SReis on 3/11/08 11:36am
Msg #238846

Don't worry about it at all. I had a similar experience about a week ago when I took my 3 yr old to story hour at our local library. For some reason the reception there is dead, so the phone never even vibrates when I get a call while inside. I missed a call & a job. This was the 2nd time it had happened to me & I was so upset, I regretfully said, "That's it. We're not coming back here. Every time I miss a job." Well, to see the look in my son's face was enough to put me in check & let me know that I was acting ridiculous. Jobs will come & go, as will the money but you only have a few moments while your child is still young. Enjoy it while you can, I do and still manage to make a decent living!!! (from a Mom w/2 boys, ages 3 & 8)

Reply by SReis on 3/11/08 11:37am
Msg #238848

As a follow-up, I agree w/NCLISA. I also get out of the shower sopping wet to answer the phone, It is w/me 24/7.

Reply by CF on 3/11/08 11:46am
Msg #238854

This is the hardest thing to "juggle" with small kids. My "baby" will be 3 on Saturday and I was back taking signings when he was 2 weeks old....I was lukcy to have no complications. However.....when he was little I only left him with my Mom- and I was only taking about 5-6 orders per week. ( I was turnging down about 10 per week) That was all that I could handle. Of course, we needed the $$$$ and we really needed more than what I was bringing in....but you can only do so much!!!! I know that it is frustrating when you need the $$$$ and are loosing out on the orders....but your baby is most important!!!! Try and let some of your good schedulers know to " leave a mesage and consider that I will accept it"

Dont beat your self up over it....everything happens for a reason- maybe you would be stiffed or it would have been a no-sign....I have learned the hard way in this business- the harder you have work to get the appointment the worse off you will be in the end.

Enjoy your baby....and hopefully you are resting and napping too

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 3/11/08 11:46am
Msg #238853

put a phone in the bathroom LOL....remember on Three Men and a Baby they did that.

Reply by ME/NJ on 3/11/08 12:05pm
Msg #238865

Thanks guys, It has been busy with everything going on. At some point you do need to put the phone down, after years of doing this I need me time and the potty is sure one of those places..lol

People who know me will leave a message or email me and give me 10-15 minutes. Heck I even turn off the phone after 10pm..OMG..lol and turn it on around 6:30am the only time I do leave it on 24 hours now is if my wife is out, or its the last week of the month.

Balance is the key, I do need the money but there are other things that matter more.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 3/11/08 12:21pm
Msg #238869

I remember what Mary Kay (from Mary Kay cosmetics)

said at the seminar I attended in Dallas said one time. If we put God first, our Family second, everything else will fall into place. I have had to repeat this to myself a million times over the years. She is right. There is nothing more important than God and your family.

Reply by Julie/MI on 3/11/08 3:06pm
Msg #238908

Yikes!!! you have a wife????

I thought you were female, sorry! gulp

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 3/11/08 4:47pm
Msg #238937

Re: Yikes!!! you have a wife????

Julie
I believe Mike is a male

(Click on his profile)

Reply by Julie/MI on 3/11/08 1:49pm
Msg #238883

Newborn or no newborn (shucks, I want another one.... )

my phones are right outside the shower so I don't miss a call.

I'm still exclusively nursing my 10 month old, so I know EXACTLY what you are going through.

We need my income doing closings or I would close down shop. But on the other hand, I see the former SAHMoms in my sub returning to work, some as substitute teachers and get $75 for the day. No thanks!!!!

This is a crazy way to make a buck and raise a family and I would rather NOT work but this sure beats 9 to 5 and putting my darling infant in daycare.

I AM secretly grateful that I am no longer doing 8 closings a day. I am still making money, staying closer to home and have my husband and older children to help the business.

Congratulations on your new baby!