What type of trading for stay at home mom?

I've been getting more and more interested about trading. After listening to some podcasts on day trading I think it's pretty clear that you need to be a) really good at it and b) have a lot of money to blow and even then you can still lose tons of $$$. Most podcasts I listened to don't recommend it. Now.. I wonder.. is there 'a type' of trading that one can do that still requires you to learn the skill and get good at it but doesn't require you to have thousands of $$ and can be done in even a few hours a day/week? So, not necessarily a full day time job? I have a good amount of money invested but not willing to take any out and I don't have tons of money to play around with. Maybe 5k that I'd be willing to start with once I learn how to trade. Tell me if I am dreaming here... I got a 6 months old baby but I am so keen to learn more about this. It sounds fun :D