Danni, I'm not a mum, but (until recently) I was working fulltime plus driving DH into work as he's on crutches - leaving the house at 6.30am and not getting back til about 7pm. I considered it a good night if I cooked dinner instead of buying on the way home! Honestly, if I felt up to doing some housework through the week then I did, but the majority of it was left for the weekends.

I'm not sure how that would work with a child, but for us it was fine. As long as the mess was contained in the correct rooms - not leaving our clothes in the lounge, not leaving dishes in front of the tv - the house didn't look too bad. I just had to be strict and make sure my housework was done on Saturday before I did anything else!