Managing chores with a 6month old alone

[BoyMumToBe34]

I have a six month old and would like to know how often you leave them whilst you are cleaning cooking and getting ready when no one is home to help.

I often leave him in the bouncer/rocker but I read they should only spent 20mins max.

how do you all cope with getting anything done with a small baby? His nap times are sporadic and only sleep when out in car or being pushed so I can’t do anything else anyway

If he’s not crawling then you can pop him on a playmat, or sat up with cushions around him and a load of safe toys to play with.
Move him with you to each room and bring toys for him. If you’re upstairs cleaning then pop him in his crib (ours is on the lowest setting so he can’t fling himself out), again with toys to keep him entertained.
Could also put him in a carrier or sling and he can come with you whilst you tidy up.
Pop him in the highchair when you’re in the kitchen. He can watch you cook and you can tell him what you’re doing. Or you can get toys with suction cups to attach to the tray of the chair for him to play with.
Lower your cleaning standards for a bit. Obviously stuff needs to be done, but if you don’t hoover upstairs as often as you used to, it doesn’t matter. It’s temporary and will get better.
The other option is to look at getting his naps onto a general ‘schedule’, and working on getting him to nap in his crib. Then you could have an hour or so in the morning to get ready / tidy whilst he’s sleeping. E.g get up at 7am everyday, first nap around 9ish.

Definitely get a playmat if you have hard floors, I used to pop my baby on the floor all the time at 6 months and he would happily wriggle whilst I could do some cleaning. Spending time on the floor is really good for their motor development.

High chair is another great shout, I used to put mine in and pretend I was on a cooking show, so I would narrate what I was doing, show him the ingredients etc.

As long as baby is happy and not crying just let them wriggle on the floor near you!

Thank you for your suggestions. This is the problem I have. My Baby is used to being held by me so putting him down on Play surrounded by lots of toys doesn’t seem to keep him entertained. He will sit in bouncer for a short while but generally doesn’t seem to want to occupy himself and. Crying but when I come over and interact, then he is fine so it’s really difficult and I’m struggling with, him crying a lot but I know there’s nothing wrong with him in that . I wonder if he can get used to playing on the floor more and if it’s okay to let him cry a little.

Before they can move is literally the only time doing chores is actually doable, so make the most of leaving him on the playmat, bouncer chair or whatever you have. My son would watch me cook and clean whilst in his babybjorn bouncer. He liked to watch the washing machine. Leaving them to cry is fine for short periods whilst you load the dishwasher or whatever, it will not damage them. Now my son is 2.5 and I can barely go for a wee in peace now. I miss the days when he couldn't move.

bring him with you - they love watching at this age keep interacting with him as you do whatever you need to do.