How do you clean with a 13 month old around?

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I’m having trouble cleaning the apartment with my 13 month old. I love being her mom and reading her books and holding her and playing with her but I cannot seem to get our place clean. I also have a difficult time because our place isn’t 100% baby proof. There are things that she shouldn’t be getting into that I have to keep my eye on her (like my bike in the living room). 
How do you clean your bathroom? Do you have baby in there with you? She wants to wander around everywhere. I’ve tried cleaning one room at a time but I can never get one cleaned so I’m not moving onto the next one. Tips?

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If you have a playpen put her in it ☺️ that's how I get things done with my 14 month old

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I have my daughter “help” me. 
I give her her little broom to sweep while I sweep. 
I give her a paper towel to “clean” the fridge and cabinets while I do dishes. 
I give her a pile of her clothes to “fold” while I fold the rest of laundry. 
I try to get as much cleaning done with her while she’s awake so that I can sit and relax while she sleeps. Some days though I have to speed clean while she naps. 
I often clean the bathroom right before I shower either during nap time or once she’s down for the night.

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I’d really recommend working on baby proofing soon (it def helps you relax and feel ok leaving them alone for a bit!)
Saturday is my cleaning day, I let my daughter watch tv for awhile while I clean. When the tv is on, she’s so good at being independent. Doesn’t necessarily watch most of it, but she likes the background noise I guess, and plays with her toys. Maybe you could set her up with an activity before you start cleaning. Or a snack (if you are still in a spot you can hear/monitor baby eating)

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Buy a play pen and put her in it with toys and put tv on

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Once my daughter could walk I gave her tasks to help me while I was cleaning, like if I’m switching the laundry i have her find all of the dryer balls and put them back in the dryer, if I’m cleaning the bathroom I gave her a bucket of water and a sponge and had her ‘clean’ the shower while I did the rest of the bathroom. If I’m doing dishes i give her pots and pans or containers and a spoon to play with on the floor. Otherwise I did it during nap time or if I could sneak away for a few minutes while she was in her fenced play area where I could still hear her and sneak a peak at her as needed while she played independently.

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Play pen, high chair, baby walker, door bouncer. Honestly after 2 babies and the 3rd on its way I say do what you can, it's impossible to do everything that needs doing🤣 so just do things that need doing the most and leave the rest for a rainy day😄

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I have a 12 month old same problem haven’t found a solution. Other than wait for a nap to come up. He will not sit in his play area he will scream

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Our son is 18 months old. It slowest gets easier with time but it is hard!
Playpens worked for awhile but our kiddo didn’t like being in it anymore by 12 months or so. 
Anyway. There’s some rooms/tasks that I save for naptime. Otherwise I try to take out a new toy or put on some TV in a baby proofed room to keep him busy. Or I do quicker cleaning tasks, like sweeping the kitchen, when he’s strapped into the high chair with a snack. 
If baby likes to be around what your doing maybe set up something for her to do by you. Sometimes when I clean the kitchen or cook I bring out a bucket of old Tupperware and other safe kitchen things that he likes to play with.

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I clean every single day, and some days I don’t get a lot done and some days I do. For the most part, I let her sit down and watch a couple episodes of her favorite show and I try to bust ass and clean as fast as I can lol. Or I have her involved in the cleaning, for example, she loves helping me unload the dishwasher so I take out any items like knives or anything like that that she could hurt herself with and then she take stuff out of the dishwasher and hands it to me. 
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I have 4 kids. 7, 6 and 11 month old twins. I put the babies in the play area that’s fenced off and go clean.

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