thread: When do you do your housework - with a baby/toddler?

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  1. #1
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    Aug 2009
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    HAHA! When I can.

    Getting easier now Charlie will actually detach a little and play by herself.

    I clean the shower/bath while i'm in it (shower over the bath so 2 birds one stone)
    Charlie watches the chooks while I hang the clothes on the line but that's soon to stop because she's just realised she can crawl (eeeek)
    Unpack dishwasher while Charlie is eating dinner for repacking after dinner
    Fold clothes as I get them off the line if it's not too hot and stack in some logical order
    Vacuum while Charlie playing or if she's feeling clingy and grizzly I stick her in my ring sling and she falls asleep (vacuum cleaner and sling EVERY TIME)
    Mop the floors on the way to bed
    put a load of nappies on straight after Charlie's brekky and they're done after Charlie's morning nap (IF SHE NAPS)
    Rest I try to do as I go and I make sure I keep a few microfibre dusters around (in sidetable draw, phone table, lounge draw) so as I go put something away and such I whip the duster around and it's maintained

    Blackduckies, I agree we do need some ME time.

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    Jun 2008
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    Thanks ladies! You all sound so busy! Some handy tips there. Hopefully it will get easier as DS gets older as well.

  3. #3
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    Apr 2008
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    i have an 11month old crawler and trying to walker and i have 2 dogs that sheds hair like crazy so i vacuum when dd is having her morning nap but when its closer to waking time and mop during her afternoon nap and mop again before i go to sleep. i find i have to do much more cleaning with 2 dogs around because im paranoid of all the dog hairs etc