When I was home with ONE child I was a gun housewife. My mother, who used to say you could tell a good housewife by whether the tops of her doorframes had been dusted, thought I took the whole housewife thing too far. When Flynn was, say, 6 months old, I reached the stage one Sunday night when I had NOTHING to do. Even my "junk drawer" was organised.

My DH was home full time as a SAHD since Flynn was a baby so I had him around to help, and I was back at work part time then full time when our second was 7 months old (they are 18 months apart). So DH was home full time with a 7 month old and a toddler. I was WAY harsh on him - I couldn't understand why nothing got done.

Now I am home FT with my three (Flynn is 4, Oliver 3 and Rose is 5 months). So this is what I have been "reduced to" by my kids LOL!

* top and tailing (facewasher to face and then bum of your LO) : not at all LOL - she showers with us every 3 days or so
* outside time with LO : limited to walks in pram on kinder run days
* cleaning dogs' bowls : no dogs but I doubt we would wash them unless really flyblown
* brushing cat and/or dog : see above
* bathing LO : twice a week?
* bathing dogs : if we had them, when really smelly
* shopping : 4 hours a week if I have all 3, 2 hours if just me
* cleaning toilets : twice a week
* cleaning basins : once a fortnight
* cleaning bath/shower : when it looks bad
* dishes (by hand) : never (we have a dishwasher)
* washing cloth nappies : daily
* washing other clothes : daily
* full cooked dinner : daily
* walk with LO : kinder runs only
* walking dogs : if we had them, kinder runs only
* vacuum floors : weekly
* sweep/mop floors : fortnightly
* vacuum couch : monthly (or whenever one of the boys dumps sand on it out of their pockets
* wash sheets - LO : weekly
* wash sheets - yours! : weekly
* cleaning benchtops : daily (full wash weekly)
* cleaning stove : daily
* mow lawn : DH's job
* weeding/pruning : I don't garden at all
* cleaning the fridge : weekly
* general tidy : more times a day than I care to record
* cobwebbing : not often enough - monthly?
* sweeping the porches : monthly
* cleaning the car (inside) : yearly (LOL!)
* cleaning the car (outer) : never
* dusting : weekly
* cleaning out attic/basement/garage/etc : weekly
* filing/paperwork : weekly
* whatever I'm forgetting!