Keeping on top of the housework?

[attachedmummy]

How do you manage it? My son is a a high needs baby and everytime i put him down he screams the place down.

The basics are done, it's clean, tidy, laundry done. But 5 minutes later, it's a mess again!

How do you all do it?

How old his he? When mine were less than 6 months I concentrated on laundry and dishes every thing else could wait.

I read on here the only basics are keeping on top of laundry, doing the dishes and emptying the bin. Everything else can wait. Would this work for you?

got to be honest, I tried and tried when we had DS and I couldnt keep on top of it. The place wasnt a tip (exactly!) but i felt like i thought about the things that needed to be done all the time. so when i was pregnant with DD we got a cleaner. But- now the house is pretty much clean - but its untidy. i think it may be the price to pay for having a 3yr old and 19month old.

Sorry not to be more positive!!

one of my twins was like that, he was sick as a baby, i used to carry him around in a babybjorn active babycarrier. i could do almost anything with it on. those baby swings are also great. TBH a couple of years ago with a 4 year old, 2 year old and newborn twins my house was never spotless, in fact it was a mess sometimes (actually alot of the time), i used to stress about it all the time BUT it really doesnt matter, if people come around to judge you on your housekeeping when you have a baby they are the ones with a problem and they could offer to help. its much better now i have two at school, it gets messier quicker than it used to but i have more time to clean.
and when they get older you can train them to help, my eldest (now 6 years old) its great at hoovering, he loves it in fact and yesterday came up to me and said 'mummy i am bored can i do some hoovering' he has a star chart and he earns stars for helping and gets a reward when he has earned an agreed amount, at the moment he is saving stars for a starwars dvd.