3-year old toddler. 1. You suddenly have a lot of ideas for baby/toddler startups. 2. Spending time with them is the only way to go. That means your time mana

3-year old toddler. 1. You suddenly have a lot of ideas for baby/toddler startups. 2. Spending time with them is the only way to go. That means your time management skills will probably (have to) improve. 3. No 9-5 is great with kids: you can make time for them whenever. 4. The first year, forget about coding at night etc. You'll need all the extra sleep you can get. 5. Kids have a sense for when you're not present. You can be in the room with them cleaning stuff, no problem. But the moment you sit behind your computer (and hence are not "there" anymore), they'll come and pull you away from it. 6. Thinking you should work more time so you have more money for them later is just really misguided. They need you. Now. Not later. They don't care at all about your professional success. They need you. 7. Kids can't be rushed (not without drama ensuing). 8. For a small baby, a few hours is like an entire day: they wake up, poop, play, eat, and go to sleep. The cycle that takes you a whole day happens in about 2 hours for them. When they're small babies, you can put them in a sling, they sleep, and you can sit in front of a computer and get a little work done for an hour or so.