It will be your last chance for a while. Fill the cupboard with comfort food to eat when exhaustion beckons. Keep a baby thermometer and basic medicines on hand near the nursery, along with the doctor's and local emergency numbers, and a baby-listening device. Make friends with parents of similarly aged babies - you'll find you suddenly have in common. Routines make life easier but don't be a slave to them.
Babies are transportable - to friends' houses, shops, even galleries or museums.
Forget the chores and take everyone out for the day. Rediscover the family. Little craftmakers emerge at this age - as do baby brothers and sisters. Just as life is becoming more manageable, you do the whole baby thing again, only this time with double the exhaustion. Some, though, see this merely as a beginning, and go on to have more children.