SAHM Schedule?

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Hi Ladies,
Do any of you have a daily, weekly, monthly SAHM schedule you could share?
I have a big house and finding it hard to keep up. Would love some insight on how others are doing it.
My little man is 10 months old, walking all over the place and getting into everything. Do you put your little ones in a play yard while you get things done?
I figured by now I would have this all figured out lol

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I'm not technically a SAHM, just still on paid maternity leave until the end of July...but I still don't have it figured out and wanted to just come here and say that. Our babies are growing so fast and I just want to enjoy every moment because before we know it they'll be in school! I basically do the bare minimum to keep up. I do laundry every other day and my husband cleans the kitchen. I'll occasionally run and unload the dishwasher, but it's usy his job. We put baby's toys away every night after he goes to bed. About once a week one of us will say "I guess we should vacuum." I don't remember the last time one of us cleaned the bathroom, my mom usually does it (she cleans for a living)--we're very lucky to have her!

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Not a SAHM but still on Maternity leave. To get any thing done I either have to take her around with me and do every thing 1 handed, or she "helps" (I make use of her love of pulling things out by having her unload the dryer while I fold them 😂), or if it's in the livingroom or I'd only leave the room for a second or so, I plop her in the travel cot in the livingroom or put her near her toybox while I tidy. That's as much of a schedule as I have. Everything gets cleaned when it gets cleaned 😅 Right now my living room is full of toys on the floor and she got into where we keep the bibs (it's like a living room/diningroom) so once I've typed this I'll probably plop her in her travel cot and clean up, maybe vacuum. Every other room only gets cleaned if the livingroom is already tidy and I have the time (and want to 😂)

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Nope. 😂 it’s chaos and that’s okay. I do a couple things for self-care. I enjoy having a semi-clean kitchen in the morning, so before bed, I load the dishwasher, hand wash my coffee making equipment, and clear a counter. But that’s the only chore I make a priority. 🤷🏼‍♀️
I let my babe play at my feet while I do this.

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Hey!
Sahm here too!
My list is probably much smaller than yours as I have small 3bed cottage style home. I fit everything in as much as possible to nap time or only a little bit of awake time, I currently find entertaining baby so I can cook dinner the hardest.
Its flexible and change as needed.. but roughly my week looks something like
Monday
-grocery shop for week (we shop online and have it delivered)
-clean & general tidy of kitchen
-wash clothes from weekend
-general vaccum of bad spots (kitchen/dining)
Tues
Thorough vaccum (all rooms, corners, window frame)
Mop all tiles/timber floors
Load of washing (general)
Wed
Hot wash all towels, tea towels
Tidy babys room
Load of washing (general)
Thurs
Bathroom/shower/toilet
Wash sheets 
Fri
Quick vaccum & mop of busy areas, tidy all rooms, all washing away. 
I change what days I do things according to what I feel like doing on the day, and I don't have a dryer so when its warm I do as much laundry as I can, so theres less for rainy/cold days. 
I have also started picking one task to organise if the house is already clean.. e.g.. pantry/wardrobe etc
I like to have house very clean for weekend, so we can relax and enjoy it as much as possible, and then start over again on monday.
I let my girl stay with me (if shes awake) as I move around, watch her carefully and give her something "safe" to play with, like a bucket or basket of socks lol. 
Sorry about the essay lol

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I’m a stay home mom but I also nanny for another family at their house. So I wake up early like 4/5 am to workout and clean. I also clean before bed. It’s impossible to clean a lot with her awake. I usually can do laundry while she is awake and cook dinner/clean up kitchen. It’s easier for me to clean before the day starts.

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I am a SAHM and agree with the rest of the ladies! Everything is ever changing so I’m not on a schedule either I just do what I can when I can. 
If he’s playing by himself or I have him in his jumparoo I can usually clean up the kitchen. I’ll also eat my breakfast or lunch while he plays and I’ll just go back and forth between eating and playing. I take my shower during his first nap. 
He loooves the vacuum and has one of his own so if I vacuum during the day he’ll just follow me around. I also will gather up laundry and feel like that’s easy to do at any point of the day. I usually pick up his toys at the end of the day when he’s in bed for the night. If I want to deep clean a bathroom or bedroom I will wait for the weekend while my boyfriend can keep our guy occupied for me!

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I'm with Vicky & Cassie - I do what I can, when I can (which, most of the time, is not a lot)! 
I'm a SAHM and my husband works away, so he's gone for weeks at a time. Some days I can barely put her down, some days we spend all day playing on the floor and other days she's happy for me to clean the whole house 🤷🏽‍♀️
I do have a crib that she goes in while I do things and we have a playpen that I have taken apart and use as barricades to block her in so she has a bigger area to play in.
I thought I would've had it all figured out too, but with everything changing constantly I'm only just keeping up 😂 
Most of the time our house is a mess but our baby is happy 💕

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My daughter doesn’t take to being confined at all and JUST this last week started playing on her own for 5-10 mins. Occasionally I’ll get a few dishes done while she’s awake but generally I just work on chores and work when she’s napping. It works for us.

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I cannot not clean. I fell like I need to clean for my sanity. I have a very small apartment but hopefully I can give some advice. I have a general "list" of things every room needs done to be the level of clean I like. For example the living room I pick up and tidy every day, but when I clean it, I dust, clean glass surfaces, disinfect, clean and fabric spray the furniture and clean the floors. I have the mental list of the things to do in each room and then I start in one room one day and then the next day I usually do the floor for that room. I don't get cleaning done every day but I have a certain order and that way when I get to it I know what to do next. Ideally I would take a week to do my whole house 1 day for living room, kitchen, the floors of those two rooms ( they are connected), the bathroom, my bedroom, the floors in those rooms ( also connected), then one day for my babies room and floor. It never gets done in a week perfectly though. Having a baby has taught me to be patient with myself it will get done eventually. If it isn't when I planned that is ok, my baby is happy, healthy, and I can try again tomorrow.

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I stay up until 2am to clean 🙃 
My husband puts her down so I have "me" time starting around 8:30. (Usually doing the grocery list/order or cleaning lol) Dishes always wait until she's asleep. I sweep and mop the kitchen during the day and of course at night (high traffic area) in case she wonders in there.  During the day I clean the toys she isn't playing with at the time and of course she drags them back out.  Luckily she enjoys the vacuum and chases it so I can do that with her. I clean the bathroom when she's asleep or wait until my husband is off. I'm working with her to clean up her toys. So far I clean and she watches or takes the toys back out. So fun 😑 we don't use a playpen. My daughter is also walking so I'm finding it a little harder to keep up with the cleaning.  She's into everything it's ridiculous. Silver lining though no one is going to see during the quarantine.

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