Single moms? What do you all do to be able to work and have a babysitter while you work?

That was about the hardest thing about working when my daughter was young.

Looking back, it was a bad decision, on my part, to work full-time as a single mother. It was stressful for me, and I missed out on “being there” for my children. Even when I was there, I really wasn’t because I was so tired. If you can make it without working outside the home, or just work part-time, then choose this.

Well, this was very hard for me to manage. I had no babysitter and so I had to take my son to my work and later often to university (this was very boring for him and certainly not ideal at all for a baby and little child but I had no choice).

I used day care not a babysitter. When they were in elementary, I used before/after school care. At the beginning it was a struggle. But, you do what you have to do. I didn't have another option.