Is it possible for you to wear him in a hug-a-bub or a Baby Bjorn or something similar so that you can get a few things done? This would leave your arms free to do a few jobs. Babies are often really soothed by it too as they love being close to you.

If you're not too keen on that idea, do you have a rocker? Perhaps you could put him in the rocker and take him into whatever room you need to do something in so that he can see you? You could attach a dangly toy to it so that he could look at that also. You could even take him outside in it whilst you hang the washing out. I used to do this with Jacob as his had a cover that pulled over it so he was protected from the sun. It was a nice change of scenery for him from being inside! But as I mentioned with moving from room to room, I would take him about in the rocker which had a little toy bar on it for him to look at and try to touch, but it also meant that he could see me and hear me and I could tell him all about what I was doing, whether it be putting a load of washing on, or preparing dinner.

So that was how I found time in the day to get a few jobs done. But I would try to limit these activities as much as I could to when he was sleeping, so that when he was awake, I could spend time 'playing' - to just sit with him and have cuddles, talk to him, put him in his play gym for tummy time, go for a walk in the pram etc etc, play with some age-appropriate toys.