It took a week for my wife to clean the house.

We had a crazy weekend visiting family for Memorial day. Airports, traveling, packing, crazy 11 month old, etc.My wife works very part time while I work 10-12 hour work days. This makes it hard for me to do any real cleaning when I'm home as the baby is usually sleeping or I'm helping with care. Out of no where dishes got stacked up, suitcases didn't get unpacked, little man made a mess EVERYWHERE and my wife didn't pick it up.FINALLY.She's nearly 5 months pregnant and stresses too much on having a perfectly clean house. She'll clean no matter how tired, sick or big she's feeling. I finally sat her down and told her "I don't need a clean house, neither do you. Please rest this week. We can tackle it together this weekend." And she listened!!The best part was what then took place. She spent so much time being a mom and loving on our son. Not that she doesn't normally, but this week it was amazing. Listening to her describe the little stories about their day makes me incredibly happy. The videos she text me during work and the pictures I see are beyond the worth of a clean house and makes work a little bit easier.Parents, don't focus on that clean house so much. Watch your little one grow. Enjoy the time. We're coming up on his first birthday and I can't believe it. Im just glad we've learned to slow down, not worry about the little things, and enjoy this time we have with him. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2W9bRNv