To think you cannot clean the house properly in the daytime if you have a three month old

[Brownieb]

Visited friends today with babies the same age as mine (3 months) and their house was spotless. I would have to regularly spend a whole weekend with my partner cleaning to get the house that clean - breastfeeding is proving really time consuming and I like to be able to interact with baby for a bit of time when she is awake. AIBU to expect some mess from my fellow mums ? Or am I being a bit lazy ?

My house was at its tidiest, and I did the most home baking ever, when DC1 was a baby. He slept a lot and it probably also helped that we were often out during the week, so it didn't have time to get too messy.

But even on days when it was a bit of a tip, if I was expecting visitors, I'd make sure the house was tidy for the visit.

No kids yet, but I have a cleaner and an easily maintained house - laminate flooring is so much easier to keep looking fresh than carpet!

I can well imagine that my mobile, trash generating fiance causes far more mess than a baby that can't yet even crawl could, even taking into account things to care for it.

So, cleaner, dishwasher, tumble dryer, easily tidied house, no messy hobbies with cumbersome equipment - adds up to a home that's easier to maintain at five minutes notice when guests come around.

Ok well I have given old baby clothes to an obscure relative. So that got rid of a bag of stuff. I have managed to sort out our walk in wardrobe thanks to ironing lady and a day of laundry - thank god for tumble dryers. Other half has been doing some extra storage so less stuff to tidy. I am going to do some batch cooking in the slow cooker (stews etc) so less mess daily if I am getting stressed. - any other ideas ?

Depends on the baby. Mines now 4 months and in a pretty good routine, he sleeps til 7 I get up at 6 as i was used to being up with him, ill do a few jobs then, he has a bottle and often goes back to sleep so I'll have a shower then and I'll just do bits through the day when I can. I've always done a similar thing to the organises mum, do one room deep clean per day, even if I have to do it in chunks through the day then daily clean the bathroom kitchen surfaces floors and washing and it's easy to keep on top of it that way and it doesn't take long at all. 45 mins max a day! When he was younger i found it hard though as I couldn't put him down so I could only do the basics

I’ve never been great at cleaning. Pre kids when we worked full time we’d just blitz one day at the weekend but that’s less easy these days! I have a 3.5 yo and 6 mo and I’m starting to follow the organised Mum method.

@thecats

The most tidy and clean my house has ever been in my entire life is when DS was 6 months old, because I was stuck in the building but he was napping quite a lot.
When he became mobile and napped less, everything changed.