I will disagree on that point. I've worked at home with multiple kids. Like most things you adjust and figure it out and the difficulty factor begins to wane. I've had infants, toddlers, two at the same time. It is all about structure and having a routine for them. They do this from 8-9, this from 9-10, once they get used to it things are much easier. I've had periods where it is difficult but $300 a week is worse imo, but that will depend on the nature of the work and how much you value being completely uninterrupted.

The first year is the easiest to do it, imo, solely because they are less mobile, nap twice usually, and do not expect you to participate the way older kids do. 5+ they begin expecting a court jester to entertain them all day.

I had gotten a routine down to a point with both kids in the first 18 months or so of their lives, where I was not forced to separate from work all that much. He was napping at 9am, then again around 1. I would take lunch in the period he was awake and managed to pull it off for a long time.

I never found the infant period to be half as bad as seemingly everyone in your life hypes it up to be and that was even with my second who woke up all the time all night. When they gain independence I found it much more difficult as their threshold for "fun" was a lot higher.

If you register with Similac/Enfamil they will continually send you a train of significant discounts on formula. It's quite expensive so it's worth doing. Even if you guys are breastfeeding you may run into supply issues down the road like we did. I can't really think of stuff we got free. You can get a Bernie Brewer certificate at their first game though