Housework/staying on top of everything.

I’ve got a four 1/2 year old, a 14 weeks old and I live with my husband. We are clean people we just have a lot of stuff and obviously kids have lots of toys. I literally can’t seem to stay on top of it all, the cleaning, washing, house work in general 😔. I feel like every room I go into is a mess and no matter how much i try, if i clear a room another room gets twice as bad! Any one have any tips to try and stay on top of it all??

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Make a rota! I have a plan for what jobs will be done on what day. Including planning washing days. And then each morning I blitz the kitchen while baby has 10 minutes on the playmat because I feel like if the kitchen is sorted I’ve got my shit together 😂😂

Thanks @Becca, I use to do this a couple of years ago when I just had my daughter. I’ve found it harder now I’ve got a baby to also look after aswell. Will definitely look into it, feel like everything has slipped since having my son so need to get on top of it all! Xx

I know the feeling. My step sons are 4 & 6 & we have them Friday - Monday. Combined with work & a 15 week old & a partner who works full time + additional self-employed work, I feel like everything has slipped since the baby arrived! But I’ve definitely found having a plan of what to do each day helps. As it gives structure and no time is wasted deciding what to do next or not knowing where to start! I also put a load of washing on as soon as I go downstairs in the morning and then on babies first nap getting it out to dry is the first thing that gets done!

If you can, offload some chores. Take the laundry to a laundrette for a service wash, get a cleaner every couple of weeks, etc. totally get this isn’t possible for everyone. Or ask your other half to take the kids out for a couple of hours at the weekend. Housework is much easier without the chaos around!

Decluttering! The less you have the less you have to clean 👌

Thanks @Georgia , unfortunately I can’t really offload any onto my husband as he works full time and does expect me to do it all. Normally he will have the baby in the morning between 7-8 whilst I try and get breakfast sorted & the babies bottles, and clean/tidy the kitchen. X

I’ve got a 3 year old and 13 week old twins, and it feels like my house looks like a bomb has gone off all the time 🤦🏻‍♀️ I try not to linger on it and keep the main areas as clean as possible and do quick cleans when they’re all sleeping, and then me & my partner rotate doing deeper cleans on like the bathrooms/kitchen etc once a week, don’t stress yourself I like to refer to our house as ‘lived in’ to calm myself about it 😂

@Jamie it’s definitely a lot isn’t it! I’m just writing down jobs for each room that need doing and going to try and focus on one room at a time. I’m awful at doing one job in one room, then finding another thing to do in another room and then no jobs get finished 😂xx

@Narissa I do this I swear I’ve got ADHD brain sometimes, I went upstairs 6 times to do something the other day and ended up distracted by something else every time 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 xx

@Jamie I genuinely think after having my little boy my brain fog and like what I’m doing I confuse myself very easily 😂. Or I tidy something and it’s fully tidy to a point where I have to tell my four 1/2 year old and husband not to touch anything because it’s tidy😂xx

My baby really likes her bouncer chair so I tend to put her in that for a bit each day whilst I do some cleaning, washing etc. I think she quite likes watching the hoover lol