A Balancing Act? How is it done?

How is it done? Is it a balancing act? A magic formula? Having a home studio and a family with an infant can be very, very complicated when you try to get any work done.. As an example; you can just get the brushes wet then all of a sudden it happens; an unavoidable call for duty that can be any of the common house hold tasks that can’t wait for a later moment. So you switch gears and jump to it and get it accomplished. Now that you took care of that, you go back and try to get into that creative composure again and then you realize you forgot to clean out the brushes so now the brushes are ruined and the paint has dried on the palette. Sigh…..Keep working home studio hours like you would at an office? It doesn’t work in my case. So, how about some suggestions from other artists out there with home studios? If you have found that balance of creative work time and family duties, maybe you can share that with us?