Rock The Sahm Role ✌

Hello!!
Being a mom feels awesome But having a lovely 6 month old does make it tough to get anything done..that I'm surviving on the bare necessities. That's probably natural, but I want to have a nice home I can be reasonably proud of..and that calls for some planning and (the tough part) carrying it out..
So starting this thread to commit to work on being a good 'homekeeper'. And manage to care for myself too..
Ambitious huh ?

 

Yesterday went reasonably well..
Didn't finish everything but spent time productively.
Cooking:
Coffee & Breakfast for husband
Lunch
Dinner gravy
Eating: didn't skip breakfast
Cleanup:
Sink area
Kitchen counter wipe
Chores:
Baby's laundry - clothes and sheets
Prepared dosa batter for the week
Garbage
Others:
Fix baby monitor

Wanted to have bath before H. returned from work but that didn't work out, so had only in the evening.

 

Here's today's plan:
Cooking:
Coffee & Breakfast for H.
Coffee for me
Breakfast
Lunch
Cleaning:
Kitchen counter & sink wipe
Chores:
My laundry
Fold Baby's laundry
Self:
Today's committments on IL
Update on IL
Baby:
Take Baby for walk
Morning feed
Bath
Others:
Fix Baby monitor Temporarily at least.

There are a few grey zones...once I get comfortably into the routine of cooking and cleaning without a hassle, I should make time for some exercise as well. Hmmm.

 

Nobody else in IL has a similar goal????

 

yaaay! Thank you for your reply and encouragement.. I was just going to log my not-so-great day, but your post lifted my spirits!
Have a great day! :flowers:

 

Yesterday's plan update:

Not very productive yesterday...everything got late as well. Baby didn't sleep until after several false starts, so the day went in rocking her and trying to make her sleep, and then playing with her for 10 minutes until she yawns again. Repeat. Over and over again.

Its frustrating when people think that you have it easy, while husband has to go to work.
I don't want to complain or say that it's tough, but it is definitely tiring. And the house being the way it is, is NOT because I am lazy or disorganised. Sigh. I should probably just ignore such sentiments, stop seeking validation for what I do yada yada yada Hmmmm..today is another day.

 

@hermitcrab @AkilaMani Thank you..I'm lapping up all the empathy... @hermitcrab I'm surprised that you got me right Alternate day walks is much more doable, you're right!

I need to make this my mantra, everyday, as I wake up in the morning. Part of the motive for this thread has been self doubt, a gnawing that maybe I'm being too lax, maybe everyone else does better with a baby, maybe the silent criticism is actually valid... What a relief it is to be reassured that this is normal!

The weekend was not what I'd planned, but busy.
Saturday I got an unexpected break from cooking So used the time to clean up the kitchen. Sweeped the floor, dusted the mats, cleaned the sink, made the stove sparkle (yeah yeah I'm bragging now) and made the kitchen look good again. (It was messy again by the next day, sigh. These are times you wish you had a magic wand.)
Thanks to my sweet little napper. Went to the Park with H. & baby in the evening, whose eyes popped out in wonder at the things around!

Sunday went bad. Baby woke up at 5:30am, and didn't go back to sleep, and I was groggy, couldn't cook on time running behind Baby's feeds. H. ended up making his own breakfast at 12(!) and eating a quarter-cooked lunch at 2pm Not my fault, I know, but still... Baby didn't eat properly in the morning, H. got upset about baby's cough..And I started getting cranky over stuff I'd promised myself to ignore. All the worse for being Mother's Day my first. Finally got a hold on myself, and the day ended a little bit better than how it started. H. is nice in that way, that he feeds himself under dire situations, but it would be nice if I could feel secure that he would do that before the very last possible minute.
So here I am, Monday morning..and egged on by IL, to make this day beautiful.. (wow what a long rant this has become!!)