With both of us working, four cats and a baby on the way my wife and I agree this will be especially helpful when the baby arrives. Also with four cats we vacuum often so you can imagine our delight that we can now take care of other things we need to do while this cool vac does the works for us. The vac did a great job of not only picking up dust and dirt but cleaning under the furniture we used to have to move to clean under and admittedly we didn't always have the time or ambtition to do this all the time. Then there is the added bonus of its sanitizing capabilities & the option to add a pleasant scent to the diffuser. It's not as noisy as our regular vacuum which is a real plus for when the baby arrives, who hopefully will be sleeping quite a bit. This is our first robotic vacuum and it is indeed impressive.