Hi,
when I started this work I was a single mother (then I met my current partner). It was difficult but I was lucky enough to build up a really good client base very quickly.
Depending on the age of your child, would you consider using a professional babysitting service, run by adults? There are some very reputable ones within the UK where you book the childcare up to the day before and pay the hourly rate (think it was about ?8 an hour). To being, I would offer outcalls and then when I got a booking, I would book the childcarer, who would come to my house for those few hours. The babysitters were generally retired women or school teachers who needed extra cash in the evenings.
Out with doing the outcalls, I would do cam and phone work in the evenings when my LO was sleeping. this helped build up escort clients too though. Once I had some money under my belt, I started offering incalls at hotels. Again, I was very lucky to work in a city where I never struggled for bookings and made an absolute mint. I worked incalls when my LO was at school and then continued with cam work in the evenings.
It is possible to work as a single mum, you just have to do the foundation work to ensure you have a good client base before you shell out cash for hotels and apartments.
In terms of the "emotional" side of things; I never had any. It was a job that I went to like any other to earn money to support my family.