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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]thought of cleaning or preparing dinner for the next day is just too much.[/quote]

Stop doing this!  I am in a very similar situation with a pretty easy, but no-napping 11-monther and two-attorney household.  Pare everything back.  The way it "works" is that "dinner" is often take out, or sandwiches or scrambled eggs.  We have a cleaner come in twice a month and just do the bare minimum in between.  I order everything online.  Things are often untidy and we are somewhat disheveled.  But as a result, the stress level is actually pretty low and we are chugging along fine.[/quote]

This! I have a two year old and a 9 month old. We both work and are not able to get home until between 5:30 and 6:00.  And when I get home the LAST thing I want to do is cook dinner.  We do a lot of take-out and a lot of breakfast for dinner.  We would starve if grocery stores didn't roast chickens for us. :-)

I did finally get sick of never sleeping on clean sheets so I negotiated to work from home one day a week. I'm able to at least get some laundry done in between calls and emails. It's really helped and I highly recommend it if you can swing it. [/quote]

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