Chores with a One Month Old!??

Question

My little girl is only a month old and isn't a great napper. It seems like if I'm awake, she's awake and wants to be right there with me in my arms. Either being held and walked around or snuggling and nursing. I can't get away from her more than 10 minutes or so before she wakes up and realizes I'm gone. As much as I love to lay around with her or hold her I still need to get the house in order. My boyfriend and I have recently moved, so there is tons of unpacking, laundry, and dishes to do. What do all you other SAHMs do?

Answer

My son and I had a very hard time nursing. I didn’t make enough to fill him up for longer than 30 minutes so I had him stuck to me the whole time. This included night feedings. I was a zombie. Thankfully my husband was super supportive and understanding. It was very important to him (and me, of course) that I nurse. So he totally understood that I didn’t cook and when I had time I straightened what I could, but it was rare to get deep cleaning done so he had his office’s cleaning lady come do the deep cleaning like bathrooms, fridge, decluttering. Do you have someone that can help you with that? Maybe a teenage niece or something that wants to make a little money to come do the dishes and laundry every couple days? It’s not very expensive, at least not after the initial cleaning. We paid our lady $300 the first time but that’s because she had A LOT of work to do lol and that’s not what she charges. My husband wanted to give her that because she has become like family and had medical bills. But if your place isn’t too big they charge about $150 for first time deep cleaning then like $50 after that. But if you get a neighborhood teen or something, a couple hours a day, a couple times a week could be about $40-50 total. Believe me, it’s worth your sanity.

Answer

My first born was the same way. I ended up just putting her in the carrier on me and doing all what I needed to do around the house! And then other times I just put her in the rock n play and put her in the same room as me and talked to her.

Chores with a One Month Old!??

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