Do I really need to clean that right now?

So that little bundle of joy is home and the maternity leave clocks is ticking… that is if you are working (I was) and as we talked before things that had changed in my ‘decade plus’, baby making hiatus - my maternity leave went from 6 weeks to 12 - Most awesome.

So In order to soak up all this baby time most efficiently you have to make some decisions on what you’re actually going to do about everything else outside of baby care. Be that cooking, self care and the house. For today let’s just talk the house - for me that was in fact my pivot point. I can not calmly sit down to relax if my house is messy. To be fair, if you ask my husband what I believe is messy and what most “normal” people believes is messy there are some major differences and I have a few personal struggles there.

So what do you need to actually keep clean picked up and tidy? It depends. I know, best advice ever - but seriously the room you should keep picked up is the room you spend most of your time in. That could be your room, the nursery, the living room… which ever it is. Keep THAT room picked up. Next is the kitchen - just a general wipe down of surfaces will do - nothing serious.

Same goes for the bathroom- if you can wipe down the sink and toilet you are good to go. Don’t worry about regularly scheduled laundry or scrubbing the bathtub even. These first few weeks - it’s forgiveness and some general cleaning tips. I have provided a free checklist of simpler tasks to get done every week and a handful of tasks to try to accomplish daily for your sanity. Give yourself grace and allowance not to have that instagram worthy space for a little while! Trust me everyone will appreciate you choosing a nap or a shower over dusting the furniture. You got this!

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