How do you stay on top of hoovering?

[mayflowers9]

We have a very large, carpeted living/dining area where we spend most of our time at home. With a three year old and baby, we need to hoover multiples times a day – both kids drop food when they eat and the baby puts everything in his mouth. Currently, I use my trusty Henry vacuum and was thinking of also buying a small handheld vacuum to spot clean after meals or if I see something the baby might get to. Alternatively, I was thinking of a robot vacuum, but I'm not sure if these can be used multiple times a day, especially with an energetic toddler trying to ride it? Does anyone have any recommendations?

A bit crazy to have baby / toddler eating in a carpeted space . Could you have a plastic mat under their chairs ? I often got mine to have garden picnics in the summer to save the mess .

Robot hoover 🙌🙌

We have wood floors downstairs other than the kitchen which is tiled, and a robot hoover

Hand held Dyson was a game changer for us. Also wood floor!

I love my wall mounted cordless stick vacuum, easy to grab, swish around and return to its holster. I used to have a robot vacuum, it was a good solution at the time, and was great at getting under the furniture to the hard to reach places, but it was not good at getting right into corners, newer models may be better at this, read the reviews. Kids get used to them quickly, but its also easy to press the start button as you are leaving the room to do something else.

Rip up the carpet and have wooden flooring downstairs.

I wouldn't have carpeted floors in a room where small people are eating.

Wood floors and a robot hoover

The OP might be renting?

100% recommend a robot hoover, mine runs twice a day, every day. Mops the wood floors as well. There is a bit of maintenance with it as we have pets so it can get clogged with dirt/hairs but well worth it. You still need to have a "proper" hoover and mop but the robot hoover keeps the place ticking over. Definitely get the highest spec one you can afford, most have a app you can set a routine for them and then just let them do their thing.

I have 3 vacuums: cordless, robot and old school. I think cordless makes the most sense in your situation as you can quickly use it after meal times, whereas I do think it would be overkill to set off the robot after every meal but maybe that’s just because I have too much stuff on my floor that needs moving. I think a plastic mat under the children’s eating area would also be a good idea and quicker/easier/cheaper than getting rid of the carpet.

Ask the landlord, we rent and asked if we could pull up the carpet (noticed there was decent wooden flooring underneath!) they had no issue. Not all landlords are precious.

Thanks for the responses! We will get rid of the carpeting when we renovate, but that won’t be for another year at least. A mat where the kids eat is a great idea. And maybe I’ll look into both a robot vacuum and handheld, as I think they serve different functions and would both be useful.

We have a cordless vacuum on both floors of the house , it’s so quick just to unhook it and nip round .

We have a robot hoover/mop and it’s on about 500 times a day. It mops aswell

Plastic mat. This!

Main hoover downstairs. Robot Hoover downstairs for in between.
Stick hoover upstairs with at least two batteries one on charge so you always have power.

Having a vacuum immediately available on all floors is a game changing investment. No idea why it took me so long to work this out.

Does anyone have the Henry cordless vacuum? Or is there a brand you'd recommend?

Sit on it?

Dyson cordless which I use in between proper cleaning sessions, for which I use a Henry . The Dyson I find to be insufficient for any substantial cleaning but great for a quick whizz round after crumbs or dust. Anything more than that though it’s useless and starts operating like a hairdryer, overheating and blowing anything it doesn’t like out of its path.
It is lightweight though and if kept immaculately clean with filters maintained etc it does the job.

I've got a Henry cordless and it is great. It does have little bags rather than a canister for the dirt but I prefer that as you don't get a delightful Puff of dust when emptying it

eufy robot. Total game changer.

Why are they not eating at a table, I mean we have carpets everywhere and the youngest are 4 under 4 but from youngest to oldest 16 never had these problems, gets hoovered once a day when they go to bed..They know not to walk around with food and if little ones do drop something by accident to pick it up right away and pop it in the bin

The OP might not have £££'s available to change the flooring in a very large area, whether it is rented or owned.
I had both children in a fully carpeted house as I simply couldn't afford to change the flooring.
Food was always eaten at a table, I had a small one in the corner of the lounge for years so they could eat their breakfast at it whilst I was getting ready for work and we had the plastic mats for underneath to save the carpet.
The children are older now and we finally have hard flooring downstairs but we (foolishly) got two dogs! I now spend as much time hoovering the hard flooring as I did the carpet🤷‍♀️

Or cheap washable rug where they eat