Definitely have a talk with your daughter, or get your husband to do it. She needs to be doing her share. I know caring for a baby is a busy job but every mother I know of can at least take the handful of seconds or so to put dirty diapers in the trash where they belong. There is no excuse for her to just leave them lying around, and it can make all of you sick, baby included. There are simple chores she can do while the baby is napping that only take a few minutes to complete.
I ended up making a chart of chores that need to be done (like Sunday is our laundry day, Saturday is the day I work on the yard, dishes need to be washed and/or cleared every day, that kind of thing) and whose turn it is to do what. I also sat my boyfriend down and explained to him that sometimes I may be more capable of keeping up with chores than I am at other times, and I won't leave everything on him but there are days I will need him to pick up the slack. So when I'm depressed I may only be capable of clearing out the dishes, or putting a load of laundry in the washer, and I tell him when I am so he can do whatever else needs to be done (except yardwork. He's horribly allergic to pollen and grass seed so until we can afford to call in someone to work on the yard on a regular basis, that one falls on me) until I'm feeling better.
I wish I had better suggestions for you. *hugs* I'm sorry you're going through this. Depression sucks.
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