Working mums, how do you keep ontop of the housework?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I find it easier then when I was a SAHM! Weekends are the worst.

DH and I have a manic time at 7pm. One of us does bedtime, which is usually fought against. The other one washes dishes, wipes surfaces, sweeps the floor in the living area and tidies up the worst of the toys. They live out on the floor, but in one area.

If there's washing to be done you can put that in the machine at night and turn on the machine in the morning. Hang it out when you can - DS likes handing me pegs so he "helps". DH puts his own clothes away, I put DS's away when he's in his bath. TBH my clothes and DH's clothes tend to go from the clean basket to being worn without going away a lot of the time.

Basket for paperwork that needs to get done - and sort it out one evening every week or every other week.

BTW, DH is out the house 7am-6pm weekdays, I leave at 8am but study full-time so often don't finish until well after DS is in bed, only I study at home. I also cook a nutritious meal at least half the nights - the other half we'll just have something easy, like tonight it's sausage, mash and veg. Tuesday I'm planning on fish and chips to maximise revision time for Wednesday morning's exam. But I do cook proper meals with fresh food half the time!

TBH, I'd rather have a half-hour less relaxation than have a house that didn't invite me to relax. I find I do a lot better with a neat house. Or at least neat living space: we're in the middle of renos atm so that house is a bit of a tip, but it's a tip that's causing the minimal mess possible.

[Liviam]

Good luck finding a way to keep on top of your housework because I'm yet to find a way to keep my house respectable. We are like RF. One of us done the bath/dress while the other does the dishes/kitchen. We both put the toys away after DD has gone to bed. I try to do washing every second day to keep on top of that. Bathrooms get wiped over when being used like I clean DD's when she is having a bath. Realistically I try to vacuum during the week but it usually ends up a weekend job. My whole house gets cleaned over the weekend while DH is here to distract DD.
Just do the best you can that's all we can do isn't it???