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Ehh...I guess maybe around 6/7 months? That's when I feel like LO's naps improved, night time sleep improved, and he became really interactive and fun. But there are plenty of days I want to crawl back into bed and do a re-do!

It changes a lot depending on her sleep! We had a good routine for about a month around 4 months, but then she regressed in a bad way and I no longer had nap time to get stuff done.
At 6 months I'm still not cooking the kind of meals I used to, but am a little more on top of the chores....

I was at home for two years and I only really got into the swing of things with activities and such at around 18 months.

It helped me a lot at first to write down one goal. Otherwise I'd get overwhelmed with all that had to be done. I also subscribe to the power of benign neglect. I've always left LO to hang out at least once a day while I do something nearby. Now at 11 months he will usually happily play in his room with his books for 30 minutes while I'm folding laundry.

It also helped me figure out my priorities in terms of nonLO duties. I care most that we have a healthy, tasty dinner. Then laundry. Then the kitchen. Then the rest of the house. Today started t 545, it's snowing, and I had cookies for breakfast. So ill be lucky if I ge dinner made

@maybebaby: We have also always left LO to play alone for periods of time since she was capable of it - more out of necessity than anything else! DH or I have long stretches of time alone with her every day (he from wakeup til daycare drop off at 8:30am, me from pickup at 5 until bedtime) so there would be no way to get anything done if we were constantly trying to entertain her.