It s important to be realistic in your expectations and think about some solutions to these situations now. Although some babies sleep in predictable patterns, you can t count on it to be the case with your own child. Some babies sleep in 20-minute snatches so that just about the time you think they re settled and you can concentrate on a work project, they wake up again. Give yourself lots of time when estimating the amount of time a project will take to accomplish. Remember that it s better to overestimate a deadline and be able to deliver sooner than it is to try to explain why you didn t meet a deadline.
Babies grow in spurts and sometimes businesses do the same.
Think about how you ll handle the growth of both as they relate to each other. For example, as a baby begins to explore its world by crawling and walking, that will demand more planning on your part. You will need to organize your house so that delicate and dangerous things are out of the baby s reach. And, in your business, understand how much growth you can handle when you have a preschooler. Good organization and time management skills will help.