Where can I take baby when cleaner comes?

[Meeko505]

We've just hired a cleaner to come for 3.5h per week, and I've got a 2 month old. I really don't want to be in the way when she's here, so today I'm hiding out with him in the guest bedroom, but I can't do this every week. Any ideas on where to go to get out of the house for 3ish hours every week? He cries and won't nap in the buggy so I'd have to take him out in the carrier - café is fine for his nap but once he wakes up I feel like there's only so long I can mooch around the shops. What do other people with small children do when the cleaner comes?

Could you have a weekly friend meet up? But be at home for the first and last half an hour of the clean?
Or I would get a pass for local National trust or Zoo and go there
Any playgroups or baby groups at the same time?
Or joking a gym and swim/workout/read in cafe while baby goes to the kids club?

Stay in the house but move rooms once she has done them.

Baby cinema if you can find one that aligns with the time. I do this most weeks, followed by a coffee. Ideal this time of year too when it’s cold and often wet, plus only parents with babies under 1 are allowed in so it’s a very relaxed environment.

I keep telling myself one week I’ll book the mum and baby yoga class instead, but it’s only 30 mins so would have a lot more time to kill and I figure easier to feed at the cinema if needs be, than spending money to feed on an uncomfortable floor.

Also to add baby friendly cinema sessions are at a much lower volume so not damaging to little ears.

Baby cinema is great, if you can get the times to match.

My cleaner works around me, she does everything except the kitchen (where I wfh) first, then I just move to living room for the last half hour or so while she does the kitchen. It does help that she's really nice and I feel very relaxed having her around - hopefully yours is too :)

Baby group at a similar time? Or meet up with mum friends round one of their houses or a cafe?

Ask the cleaner to do the living room first, or baby’s bedroom, or whatever makes the most sense for you. Go out for a coffee. Come back whenever suits knowing you’ll have that room. Or tell her to do downstairs first whilst you’re upstairs and then swap. Unless it’s a teeny flat then so long as you’re specific with your instructions then you really shouldn’t need to go out- I’m all for going out a lot when it suits but forget aimless wandering in the rain or seeing films I don’t have an interest in at the cinema etc. just to avoid the cleaner!