https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 01:34:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-942012 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:01:35 +0000 luckypenny 942012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can do the dishes, vacuum, tidy up...anything but fold the laundry! Her favorite thing to do is unfold clothes lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-942008 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:59:51 +0000 sera_87 942008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put him in his exersaucer for vacuuming and he haaaaates it. I can do dishes and laundry. That's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941996 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:58:19 +0000 cheesetomywhine 941996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941954 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:49:55 +0000 Tidybee 941954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: We're currently going through the same thing. DD is almost 9 months. She plays great by herself...but only if she can look up and see me looking at her....sigh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941456 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:42:51 +0000 littlek 941456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going through a clingy stage, so eventhough he plays by himself, he wants me to watch him play. It's weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941353 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:19:32 +0000 immabeetoo 941353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I think its good for kids to see housework!</p> <p>Yep LO self entertains easily so I do lots when he's awake. I just vacuum around him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941333 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:16:26 +0000 Bao 941333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I just swiffered the kitchen, dining room and living room, swept the basement stairs and vacuumed the first floor. She just played. I sometimes feel guilty doing housework when she is awake though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941326 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:14:16 +0000 Andrea 941326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wear my baby for chores. And my toddler likes to help so I just get her involved, even if that means it takes 2x as long to do stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941305 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:09:20 +0000 lilyann 941305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: haha, maybe I save the laundry for later to give DH a guilt trip because 90% of it is either DS's or DH's and we both work full time out of the home yet I always get stuck doing the laundry! Grr! </p> <p>Too funny about the vacuum/blender and making smoothies in the bathroom!! I used the vacuum to get DS to nap when he was an infant, nothing else worked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941288 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:06:11 +0000 mediagirl 941288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She will let us vacuum but only because she likes loud noises, for now. We're going through a clingy stage so, it's tough to get anything done unless I'm holding her. I try hard to distract her with toys or other things but a few minutes after she gets started playing...she realizes I'm not attached to her and cries. My house is a disaster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941269 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:02:10 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 941269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: laundry is like the only thing I can do while he's awake! Of course he does get into the piles! But at least it is fun for him! </p> <p>Vacuuming is a big NO. I can't even use the blender! I have to make smoothies in the bathroom lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941250 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:57:03 +0000 bisous 941250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are a few chores I can get done while wearing her, like dusting, sweeping, washing dishes and general straightening up. Just about the only thing I can do while she is awake and I am not wearing her is folding clothes...which I do sometimes during tummy time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941248 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:56:38 +0000 blackbird 941248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine likes to be plopped in her crib to stare at her mobile. She loves those damn animals. I can do anything as long as she's happy in there. Eventually the squeals get kind of frantic sounding and then she cries because she gets bored. Or the animals stop moving and I have to turn them on again. </p> <p>I"m hoping this just means she really digs independent play and she stays like this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941241 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:55:15 +0000 lilyann 941241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can wash the dishes and vacuum (he is obsessed with the vacuum) but I try to save folding laundry and cleaning with any chemicals for when he is asleep. DS is 9.5 months and can entertain himself for a few minutes but most of the time I need to be in his sight :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941228 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:53:28 +0000 DillonLion 941228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO will tolerate me vacuuming if I wear her while I do it. At first the noise scares her and then it makes her fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-do-any-chores-while-lo-is-awake#post-941217 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:51:16 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 941217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just attempted to hang a shower curtain with LO in the floor with toys. He screamed the whole time! It was affecting my concentration so I just gave up! He really hates loud or unusual noises and doesn't like to play by himself! He plays by himself in the living room frequently but only when he can see me! In the kitchen he is alright, but only if he can see what I am doing and there are no noises. He can't stand being left in his jumparoo I think because he can't see what I am doing! He'll be 11 months next week. </p>