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How much housework did you do with a newborn?

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AhoyMcCoy · 18/07/2014 20:41

DD (pfb) is 3 weeks old, breastfed and doesn't like being put down! I want to know two things:

  1. How much housework did you do with a newborn?

  2. What tips/shortcuts can I use to keep on top of things?

OP posts:
Heels99 · 18/07/2014 23:48

None, get a cleaner for a couple hours per week.

GiniCooper · 18/07/2014 23:51

Get a cleaner.
I hired a lovely cleaning lady for a few months. (Reality... 3 years!)

Sillylass79 · 18/07/2014 23:52

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Ludways · 19/07/2014 00:06

None then and not much more now.

McFox · 19/07/2014 00:51

I'm aiming for clean clothes, clean dishes and general tidiness at the moment, and I have a 5 week old. That's enough.

I have discovered that I can clean the bathroom and have a shower in the space of 5 minutes (and am now wondering what I did with all my free time in the past) - its amazing what you can get done when your baby only naps for 15 mins at a time Smile

My tip is that baby wipes clean everything! Carious family members keep giving packs of them and we don't use them on our baby. They do make cleaning everything from floors to the shower door very easy though - we keep a pack in every room now for swift cleaning opportunities Smile

IShallCallYouSquishy · 19/07/2014 09:45

With PFB I was doing as much as I had before. Very house proud and thought if my home wasn't spotless people would think I wasn't coping. Looking back to that and other things though, I think it was a bit of undiagnosed PND.

DC2 is now 5 months and although I still have high standards I'm more relaxed and when he was newborn I didn't have the time.

redcaryellowcar · 19/07/2014 10:00

Don't worry about doing too much. Keep washing going and dishes etc clean. Any visitors worth having will bring food and help prep and tidy up afterwards.
If you can afford a cleaner a once a week blitz from someone who is really good at it helps enormously.
Think this is a really good time for dp /dh to do a lot of the day to day stuff like dishes, washing buns shopping etc
please don't feel you needxto hand your baby to anyone whilst you clean, your baby will much prefer you being around. In a month or two baby will happily play under baby gym whilst you run the Hoover around. This honestly is very short term.

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