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how many hours a day do you spend doing housework, cooking, organising for DC?

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magicmallow · 29/10/2019 14:19

Just wondered on average how many hours a day people spend on the general parental load:

  • laundry
  • cook & clean up after
  • cleaning
  • organising DC stuff e.g. packed lunch
  • miscellaneous household tasks

I know it is half term at the moment, it just feels endless!! I am a LP, so have it more difficult in some ways (easier in others)

Just curious

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Honeybee85 · 29/10/2019 14:22

1,5 hour per day.
Daily: hoovering, tidy up kitchen, doing laundry, washing/ sterilizing DS’s bottles, feed cat, grocery shopping, wipe toiletseat/toilet floor, clean inside toilet and replacing towel there.

Drabarni · 29/10/2019 14:23

I am constantly doing things for mine and two are grown up and left home and the other boards. I don't think you ever really stop.
Today, I am collecting the flower girl shoes for the wedding as they are all working during shopping hours.
The younger one I shop for organise stuff and often attend school events.
I do enjoy it though and would tell them to jog on if I didn't want to do it.
I have a dh though, so he often does the housework even though it's me working less.

QforCucumber · 29/10/2019 14:24

Not a lot every day, both out of the house 8-6 so bare minimum through the week.
Weekday meals are under 30 mins to table/
Laundry, wash goes on before work, into drier straight after, folded before bed.
Cleaning is a glance over before bed, not much.
Lunches planned in advance - no more than 15 mins on a morning.
Up at 6:30, DH and I usually asleep by 10:30.

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ILiveInSalemsLot · 29/10/2019 14:25

Less than 2 hrs I think.
Food stuff is about 1 hr and includes Packed lunches, breakfast, dinner, snacks.
General cleaning and dealing with laundry is probably 45mins-1hr.

MatildaCat · 29/10/2019 14:30

I don't know cumulatively but agree it feels constant. Just me DH and 1 DC. Next one due and can't fathom having ANOTHER person to pick up after etc. Will get easier when I'm back to work I think, as then we won't be in the house, making a mess, so much!

hazeyjane · 29/10/2019 14:32

Not sure how but calculating that list and adding in stuff I have to do for ds who has additional needs about 8 hours a day.

Crystal87 · 29/10/2019 14:32

It feels constant to me. The only time I get a break is when they're asleep.

happypotamus · 29/10/2019 15:49

It varies.
On work days I make DC a packed lunch for the next day, empty the dishwasher, empty washing machine, put load of washing in machine, but I am out of the house 6.30am until after 9.30pm on work days so no time for much else.
But often on days when DC are at school and I am not at work I spend hours cleaning, vacuuming, cooking, clearing up, ironing etc etc

raspberryk · 29/10/2019 16:44

I don't think you can count cleaning, laundry, cooking as you have to do those anyway.

But for me the school run is total 1.5hours from home, or 45 mins if on "the commute".
40m morning routines.
45m of bath & bed routine.
Half an hour prep of uniforms,bags, maybe reading.
Sometimes 1hr or 2 a week of other stuff, homework, buying stuff for school, ordering lunches and wrap around care, paying for trips etc.

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