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    I have a 6 month old daughter and it seems nearly impossible to webcam while shes awake. I try camming when shes asleep at night, but if I pull an 8 hr shift by the time she wakes up im a complete zombie. I dont have anyone to watch her.I even tried going on when she naps but she always wakes up in the middle of a private. Does any one else have this problem.? If so how do you manage to do it all

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    Default Re: Camming when you have a young child?

    Heya! Ima in the same boat! I have a 3 year old, he sleeps at 6pm, i nap until 9/10pm. Then wake up, and cam til 3/4am, & then sleep until he wakes up, around 7ish.


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    Default Re: Camming when you have a young child?

    Firstly, congratulations!

    Since you can't guarantee her napping for long enough, how about filming some videos during the day when she does nap. If she wakes, just come back to the video later. Pop your videos on clips4sale for some passive income. Then at night you can offer the videos as incentives for your custies to tip more or take you private/exclusive/whatever, so maybe you could hit your target earlier and get more sleep? Depends which site you're on and how receptive your customers are to video sales.

    Just for a while until she's in a routine where you can guarantee a decent nap and longer nighttime sleep. I'm lucky, my son's almost 2 so I know there'll be a 90min-3hr nap during the day. I don't cam at night but do get a full day to myself during the week for a long shift.


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    Default Re: Camming when you have a young child?

    My husband watches my kiddos while I cam. On the weekends (when he is working) I can usually get a couple hours in while they are napping. But they are 3 and 2 so a bit older. It's definitely harder when they are younger.

    Do you have any neighbors that could watch her? A few months ago I worked out a deal with my neighbors where they watch the kiddos for a couple hours for $10 an hour. If your income is consistent you could always look at daycares. I found an awesome montessori preschool nearby that they both love going too. It's spendy, yes. But around $9000 per year of daycare expenses can be written off of your taxes.

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    Default Re: Camming when you have a young child?

    Not wanting to cause undue concern, but you may want to be extra careful in allowing any 3rd party to be aware that you are conducting an 'adult' business in the same location where 'child' resides.

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    Congrats for the baby, i agree with what Melonie said, pay a lot of attention to this very important detail, as a single mom myself i can tell u i lived and worked with a lot of fear for many years, i work at home since my son was 7, now he is almost 20, omg soo many years right? Are u a single mom urself? If u wanna work at nite after ur baby gets asleep u can do a few hrs shift, why working 8 hrs??!! 2-3 max 4 hrs is doable then u get some sleep & are fresh in the morning to care for ur baby, of course u cant work 8 hrs and look after ur kid the whole day, is impossible. Maybe work also during nap times, even short shifts when possible are better than nothing right? Depending on the site u can have pvt's or get tips like on MFC, keep mic on low volume so guys dont pick ur baby cries & go ahead finish the show or cut if off if it's urgent to go watch the kid, is not the end of the world, apologize for leaving or make it look like u lost connection, just stop the stream with no explanation. Good luck, hugs!

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    Default Re: Camming when you have a young child?

    If you really want to make enough to support yourself this is like any other job you would do from home. I found I couldn't really work with young children around, even when I used to do typing from home.

    Childcare is a necessary expense, and well worth it.


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    I agree with AliceFun. I'm not sure which site(s) you cam on, but 8 hour shifts are way too long. 2 - 4 hour shifts sound about right though. Models who speak about camming for several hours like that are usually referring to doing a "cam-a-thon" (like a 12-hour shift or something). I'm not sure if you have a Clips4Sale store, but if you find that camming during naptimes are pointless because she wakes up too soon, maybe instead of attempting a webcam shift you could make videos. That way, you'll have new content that guys on C4S and/or the cam sites can purchase.

    The Clips4Sale Thread:
    https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sh...ps4Sale-Thread

    Daycare is expensive, so I don't blame you for wanting to try to cam without having to pay for daycare. A babysitter wouldn't be as expensive, however you'd need to be able to trust that person with your 6-month old baby. I used to work in daycare centers, and their weekly rates for infants were always higher than any other ages. Infant rates were about $240/week, and even if your child was out sick for a few days you'd still have to pay that full weekly rate so that you keep your spot.

    Home daycare providers are usually less expensive than daycare centers, and if you qualified for daycare vouchers, you could get your out-of-pocket rate reduced significantly. A long time ago my son went to a home daycare with a weekly rate of $140/$150. I was making a shitty $7.50/hour at my job. With the daycare voucher (here in Maryland it's called 'Purchase of Care') I only had to pay like maybe $50/$60 per week. And every 6 months I had to send in pay stubs to Dept. of Social Services to prove that I was still working and making what I said I was. That's how they determined the amount you'd have to pay out of pocket.
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