What is the secret????

Well after almost 6 years and three children I still haven't found the secret to keeping a clean and tidy house whilst entertaining a child, especially when the child happens to be teething.
Every day I start out with all the good intentions of getting the house work done but by the end of the day I always seem to have more to do than what I started out with.! This I feel is because of one word........ Mama.
How can I ignore that word, especially when I look at the little person of whom the word came out of.
Does the solution really exist or are all us parents out there destined to have half tidy houses until the kids get older?

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