I just started and my own kids are 3.5 and 18 months. At the end of the day, I AM exhausted but when I see how well my kids are doing and look back to what I was doing before opening my daycare... It's all worth the exhaustion for me. FOR SURE, once we are more stable financialy I will be looking into getting a cleanning service in here 2 times a week. My husband does not help much as he works long hours everyday including weekends. Once in a while what helps is I get together with friends and we cook big meals like lasagna, spagetthi sauce, casseroles ... So I have delicous meals prepared ahead of time for the daycare as well as for us. Since I do it with a friend it feels more like a girls day than chores