When I took my LO home from the hospital, I set myself pretty low standards for housework, cooking, etc. I had a newborn to look after, and that was the priority. That worked fine. Then, as the months went by, we got into a nice routine of putting her in the carrier while I puttered, cleaning, preparing meals, etc. She was perfectly content and I got a lot done. Now though? At five months, her patience with the carrier is wearing thin. But OK, she likes being on the ground, practicing her I'm Almost Ready To Crawl moves...but ONLY if I'm right there. In fact, she doesn't like me out of her sight these days. Even when I leave her with her dad (not even really leaving her, just leaving the room) she seems a little unsure of that arrangement. Things around the house are not getting done, and it's starting to get to me. Also, we'll be moving in 6 weeks, and it's my job to pack the boxes, so I've started now -- I can see this is not something I'll be able to motor through in 2 days. She's frightened of the noise the packing tape makes. Anyone have any BTDT suggestions? I bought a backpack to put her in thinking she might like it better than the carrier, but she's still too young for it. It's probably really bad to try her in it early, isn't it?
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5 months old baby & housework
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DD's a relatively good-natured baby, but she naps in 40-minute spurts and didn't really start playing by herself for awhile until 9 months or so. I guess I could have cleaned house during her micro-naps, but I always felt that was ME time, and rarely did more than load the dishwasher or tidy up a little.
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I am glad you posted this question b/c I'm always trying to figure out how to get things done around the house and we are thinking about moving within the next year and I have no idea how I'll manage the packing. Do you have anyone you could have come over and help out? Many hands makes little work! And I know all us Mommas could use an army, lol! Good luck to you!
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. Her favorites are skin-na-marinky-dinky-dink, itsy bitsy spider, and a Cuban song, Aruru mi nino. It only buys me 10 minutes tops but as I'm sure you know 10 minutes can help.
