6 ways to effectively manage work from home

As a proud mother of a new born baby girl, I was thrilled to spend all my time with her. Since I had been working with my father in his business and also having my own Life Insurance Agency, I was very sure of making a wonderful mother, a non compromising financial adviser and a flawless office assistant to my father. It didn't take long for the reality to crash in.
 My over-protective father had shifted his little office into my home to make sure I was comfortable working during my pregnancy days, but the work burden had doubled as I couldn't manage getting anything done in early post delivery days. LIC had taken a backseat which made my bank balance quiet bleak! I tried to do everything, taking care of the baby, transferring all office data to the laptop so I could continue my office work, had started emotionally blackmailing my family to do the servicing of my LIC clients, but yet was not getting anywhere. My baby was hungry every 2 hours, I was sleeping on my laptop and my family was not so happy leaving their work and pursuing my service! 
I was in a mess!
A Little later with a Prayer and some maternal advise I rested for days, actually for weeks, and then I was ready back to normal, but this time working from home....successfully.
How did I do that? Well here is how I did it:
1) Delegating: I put up messages across my LIC colleagues that I needed an assistant, for simple running jobs, so that anybody with avg.IQ could do. My Office Tally work which is quiet a daily task was also delegated to an intern CA. And I was doing the work I was made for- nurturing my baby.
2) Listing: A to-do-list can guide you through out your day, when your mind is clouded and confused as to what has to be done. Prepare it the night before or at the beginning of the day, it will show you the path.
3) Sorting: De cluttering the bed, cupboards, tables paves way for refreshing thoughts and a happy mind.
4) Taking a breather: For some it could mean a moment , an hour or a week. For me it was just moving out of my home, a walk with my dog or a movie. It helps you get back to your current stressed situation with a different prerogative.
5) Scheduling: Most important if you want to get anything done properly, schedule it ahead of time, visualize it, it might not go as planned but you will surely have some better back up now than if you had not scheduled for it.
6) Preparing: It's not just you anymore, where you can take a flight off from your home to your friend's place or just make a last minute decision to watch a movie during the week. Now you have your baby, and along with him/her you take anything and everything that s/he might need.

Successful working from home takes a lot of will power, discipline and motherhood (i.e. Superpower), but through some thinking, it is not unachievable.