Keeping the house clean..

My girls are 10 months old and I honestly feel that its harder now than when they were newborns.
I just dont think I can get anything done, I feel like I am running around in circles all day, between taking son to school and picking up, feeding, diapers changes, I just dont have the time to clean and tidy up. I must be doing something wrong.
at least when the were newborns I could tidy when they were sleep and do laundry.
Can anyone offer some tips on how they keep house with babies and a five year old ?

 

I have a 4 year old, 2 year old and 4 1/2 month old twins. My suggestion.. designate one room that can be cordoned off as a play room for the babies. Block the exits and make it baby friendly. Put them in their with their toys while your son is at school and they are generally content and clean what needs to be cleaned. Then in the evenings once they go down the night you can go in the playroom and straighten it up. We also use the 4 year old to help with the straightening while I do something a little more labor intensive.

 

I was actually going to post something similar to this a few days ago . Now that the girls are older I can't for the life of me get anything done...my house is a disaster!

This morning however, I actually took out the PNP and put them in there with the balls we had from my son's ball pit and turned on the TV for Dannik (he's sick with a stomach bug so I didn't expect much from him today ) so I could vacuum and get some other cleaning done (we have 40 people coming tomorrow for their 1st BDay party!). This actually worked really well and I think I might do it more often since they were happy and safe.

I'll be interested to hear the other suggestions and I hope everyone doesn't say they do it when the kids are in bed because by that time I'm exhausted and the last thing I want to do is clean!!!!

 

We turned our family room into their play room. We have only toys, jumperoo, excersaucer, tv, sectional. They stay in their while awake. We play independent and I actually can do work, some house work, bottles,..but I often crash on the couch haha. We used to eat out a lot b4 the twins. Now we eat in lol. So we use some of that money to have a cleaning lady come over 2x/week.to be honest,my house is still messy always.what can I do? I work full time come home take care of the twins.I just let go the house work.but the messy house drives me nuts! Lol

I really wannna hear how working moms manage house work.I'm no good

 

I am no better and I don't have older kids nor have I gone back to work yet. I feel like I get nothing done unless we know people are coming over and I have to clean our downstairs area. Upstairs is rarely fully cleaned, if I notice the bathroom is dirty then I'll clean it. I tried to make a cleaning schedule but that lasted about 1/4 of a day.

I'm all ears for any advice here too!!!

 

I have no idea how to keep my house clean. Its driving me crazy right now. I don't think its necessarily harder to do since the babies are older, I just care if its clean now. When they were newborns I didn't care if the house was trashed because I was too busy taking care of them and my other 5 kids.

My husband is on vacation next week and we have plans to clean the house from top to bottom, fun vacation huh? I wish I could hire someone to come in a few times a month or even have family near by to send my kids too for a few hours so I can clean but I don't and can't.

 

How bout something like this for them? If you have space enough for it that is. put them in there with their favorite toys!

 

Mine are 7 months, I work full time, and I am a neat nick. I have had to let some of it go.

I try to keep up with it, so when we are done eating, the bottles/cups/spoons go into the sink. Time to read? I throw all the toys in bins under the table. My husband makes dinner (most;y frozen or take out) when I nurse, tries to throw laundry in. Once the boys go down for th night I go downstairs, pour a glass of wine and wash bottles/tidy up/etc for 10-15.

Tub scrubbig and toilet cleaning are done when I am getting into the shower/brushing my teeth. Its what I can do.

 

I only work 3 days a week but I could NOT do it without my DH...he is my lifesaver! You just have to let some of it go. For me, I NEED a clean kitchen, so that gets cleaned pretty much once a day sometimes more LOL Vacuuming gets done as needed (we have 4 pets!), and hard scrubbing gets done mostly when DH can help bc the cleaners break my hands out! Laundry is my downfall...I try so hard to stay up on it but sometimes it turns into a mass pile in my basement and it takes all day to do and put away!
My advice..pick what absolutely HAS to get done and do it. The rest...do when they go to bed and ask DH to help!

 

We struggled with this for a long time.
Basically first I binged and purged all of the clutter that we didn't need. I also try to tackle the laundry daily for the boys and do mine and DH on the weekend. This way I find that I am doing the laundry and putting it away right away because its not an all day marathon anymore. The other big difference I found was doing the dishes after everymeal. We tried before but they seemed to just pile up all day long. Now I get them done after each meal and it doesn't seem like such a mountian of work. DH and I team up in the evenings, one of us baths the boys and gets their laundry in the washer while the other cleans up the kitchen after supper. Then we tackle garbages together and once the boys are in bed we clean up all the toys and vacuum. The only time our living room is really clean is during the night while the kids are sleeping and I am okay with that. On the weekends we try to get the bathrooms all scrubbed up and ready for another week. Prior to this system everything used to pile up on me and I would spend two or more days trying to catch up. now its always a work in progress and although it is not spot less its a lot more tidy. Best of luck

 

I totally agree with this idea! I also have a schedule where I do a room a day. I am planning on putting a gate up to the nursery so I can send DD2 to play. Once the babies are mobile I can put them in there as well. It's baby proofed so I don't have to worry.

 

Thank you for all your replies.
I feel better knowing that I am not alone in this problem, I just honestly thought I was being disorganized or not using the time good....
We actually just got the play pen gate this weekend and I was able to put the girls in and do a few jobs for awhile.
Thanks for the other tips...will certainly use them.
Sarah