Good idea :D And sometimes little things like that help a lot because then you get that nice sense of yes, I achieved something, and this thing I'm doing is possible, and I can get through the hard slog, and that light isn't a train XD (though me being the annoying nitpicky thing I am I always figured you'd hear and feel it if it was a train XD)

We've been through a period where I was home with a baby and a toddler while he was doing full time study before he finished his degree and flew into full time employment straight out of uni. I remember how tough and often downright stressful that was.

I think your partner understands that, and hopefully by the time the small is old enough to understand that, it won't be an issue anymore :)