Aibu for considering getting a cleaner?

[lazymumsmh]

I work 2.5 days a week, I have a 1yo DS who I stay home with the other 2.5 days. DH goes to work full time and is out of the house 8-6 5 days a week.

We earn under 30k combined and claim universal credit, we get about £250 a month from that.

At the moment we constantly argue about household chores and the division of housework - basically, I do 90% of it. DH washes up every night (I cook) and he does the bins/recycling and will pick up the dog poo in the garden regularly but apart from that - I do all the laundry / cooking / cleaning / finances / car stuff and the larger share of childcare. I've had enough, chore rotas never work and I'm bored of arguing about it.

Ideally we'd have a cleaner in once a week for 2 hours, I've been quoted about £30 for this. thats £120 a month but I'm thinking it might be worth it for our sanity. We have a tiny 2 bed house. Do you think 2 hours a week is enough? Am I silly to suggest this when we are pretty hard up anyway? i just don't know what else to do.

Alternative option would be to put DS into childcare for an extra day/half day and do the cleaning myself.

What do others do?

If you can afford it, then do it if you want.

It sounds like you're on a pretty tight budget and personally I would prefer to have to cash. Nearly £1500 a year isn't be sniffed at. But it's totally up to you want you want to prioritise.

My cleaner is great for my mental health, Cheaper than a psychologist or a divorce too ;-)

Perhaps not a regular cleaner each week. But a one off clean for a few hours every month / six weeks?
That's what I did, when I worked part time with small DC. I couldn't justify a cleaner every week & our income was comfortable. It made a big difference having an occasional clean though. Made it easier to keep up in between.

YANBU as long as you can afford it

Thanks everyone. We could afford it, just. I just think I'd rather be spending all my time playing with DS or taking him out and at the weekend we like to do things as a family... I think my priority here is time over money.