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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my kids are slightly older but i remember the toddler years well and DHs job was such that he was not around for most evenings and about half the weekend. No outside help except for daycare. 
- simultaneously raise AND lower expectations for food.  Toddler eats what adults eat, everyone eats together, no way am i thinking of, planning and shopping and prepping for, two different dinners. Super simple meals and lots of reliance on pantry staples. Stirfry using whatever veg you have. Scrambled eggs and fruits. Grill some chicken one night and have leftovers with pasta and veg another night. Lots of batch cooking and cook once eat twice kind of meals. I am an obsessive meal planner as i hate to run to the store for a couple things so grocery shopping is once a week  only.
- Dh handles laundry and i don’t say a thing except to make sure to separate anything that requires special handling. As little dry cleaning and line drying as possible. 
- get your kids involved in chores ASAP. You are quickly approaching the ages where chores seem super fun to them if presented correctly. Get an extra swifter. Let them sort laundry etc. 
- put a full set of cleaning supplies in each bathroom. The kids bathroom was always sparkling clean except the tub because i would clean it while they were in the bath
- i used to put a chicken in the oven around bath time. Once dd was in bed it would be just about done. Cool it and stick it in the fridge voila rotisserie chicken for another night
- i shifted my schedule to be super super early so i could leave work a little earlier than most - less traffic both ways and gave us more time on the evenings. Dhs schedule was a bit later so he would do AM drop off. DDs daycare day was actually fairly short (based on the kids that were there before her and still there after her).
- do not over schedule. One activity at a time not dance AND music AND tball. Just one especially in the toddler years!
- what helped us a lot in the cleaning drpt was having the worlds smallest house. We could clean the whole damn thing in about one hour.  Less room for stuff so less stuff to deal with, pick up, etc. [/quote]

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