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To ask you to tell me how you keep on top of all the housework! Please help :(

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AshamedAndNeedTips · 04/11/2012 16:19

Have namechanged because I'm so embarrassed.

I have a 3 bedroom house, with 2 reception rooms and a large kitchen/diner. One bathroom upstairs. We have the children's toys in the main living room and have the dining table in there aswell, as the kitchen is really cold. I will be moving the table back into the kitchen this week to make more space.

I can't keep up with the housework. If I clean two rooms during the day, the others are left unclean. My children leave food and crumbs everywhere. I am constantly hoovering/cleaning/wiping after them. I can never do the WHOLE house in a day - my baby will cry or need feeding/nappy change. Then I'll get distracted and things get left.

Yesterday I bagged up one bin bag of clutter around 2 rooms. I have a pile of ironing in the spare room (about 5 loads of washing) that I don't get time to iron because I'm constantly cleaning the main living room and kitchen. Even then the kitchen is a mess ALL the time, because my Dad is living with me at the moment and he is constantly in there making food. He's ill and I can't expect him to do washing up aswell, and even when he does, he leaves food on all the plates, so I tell him to leave it. DH doesn't help. He works from 7am to 11pm 7 days a week (yes no lie).

I feel like I am constantly trying to clean but then get overwhelmed and I think I'm getting depressed, because I just slink into the bedroom when DS is asleep and stay on my phone trying to ignore the crap around me.

Before DS was born I gave the whole house a spring clean and tried to keep on top of the shit, but it's just got our of control again.

How do you keep on top of everything? How the hell do I keep everything clean when I have a crawling baby who is now crying for me every 2 mins.
DD goes back to school tomorrow. Please help me. I feel like I'm getting depressed in the mess.

OP posts:
AitchDee · 05/11/2012 14:17

I have a dyson. It takes 5 minutes to get out of the cupboard, hoover through and pack away again.

McHappyPants2012 · 05/11/2012 14:32

I vacuum every day ( well the living room) my kids are messy things

suburbandream · 05/11/2012 18:11

Could you get a cleaning company in to do a big blitz which will give you a head start at keeping on top of things?

Lower your standards! A bit of dirt and dust won't hurt anyone

why are there crumbs everywhere? Food to be eaten in one room only, and no snacks to be wandered about with.

hazebaze87 · 16/09/2016 22:04

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