I started being a SAHM about 6.5 months ago when our youngest was born. I am having some trouble with the house/baby balance. I do fine keeping up with the normal housework - laundry, dusting, floors, etc. (and of course baby comes first always) but I find that things are good 3-4 days and then things catch up with me and I spend 2 or 3 days getting back to normalcy.

I have adult ADHD. I was diagnosed a couple years ago but didn’t want to take medication at the time because I was managing fine. I feel this is a big factor in why I sometimes struggle at home. I’ve been writing down my days to help myself dial things in and I’m finding that I bounce around a lot. I’ll start dusting, then stop to fold laundry, then realize I was dusting so I stop folding, then instead of go back to laundry I start something else, etc. It goes on like that all day and I’m driving myself nuts. I’m one of the few people who has diagnosed ADHD and OCD at the same time. So having things half finished when my husband gets home is driving me insane but I can’t seem to get myself on track.

My doctor wants me to retest to see if I’d be a good candidate for medication. I don’t think it would hurt and I’m not opposed to trying it, but I’m also wondering if maybe someone here has themselves on somewhat of a weekly schedule they follow because I think having my days written out for myself might help. I’ve tried coming up with my own but I’m struggling to find one that makes sense. I like to clean the floors at least a couple times a week (we have two big labs, they’re gross 😂) and I do cloth diapering so I feel like I’m constantly doing laundry. I want to have time every other week or so to deep clean...take out the carpet shampooer and stuff. Does anyone have an example of a schedule they follow that might work or that I could tweak with a 6.5 month old? I’m getting increasingly frustrated with myself.