To get tired of tidying up after the children?

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I have 2 boys 4.6 & almost 2, honestly they can make an empty room untidy. Does anyone else just get fed up of tidying up after them and then within 2 minutes it's in the same condition? I do get DS1 to pick up his toys but it's very hit & miss with DS2.

I'm not houseproud but living in a bomb site is not helping my mental health (fragile at the best of times-but being dealt with) at all but I can't seem to get on top of it, and it just seems so futile.

Take half the toys and store elsewhere so not so many at a time

Decent storage

Encourage toys to be put away before another out

Get everyone to tidy up before lunch and before dinner

My DC do not get fed dinner until every single thing that belongs to them is put away in its proper place. Although my DC are older than yours

Could you put on some music full blast and have a tidy away time so they think its great fun?

Me too. Mine are 14, 10, 3 and 2. Any tidying efforts are like shovelling snow in a blizzard.
DD 14 keeps her room really tidy but leaves stuff all over the house, shoes, jumpers, bobbles, nail varnish etc.

1. Sort out the toy then throw all the broken ones and ones with missing pieces away.

1. Buy 6 big plastic storage boxes from B and Q

1. Put all toys in the boxes and put boxes away. Bring out 2 boxes for kids to play with at a time. When they are bored of those toys a few days later, put them in the boxes and get two other boxes out. Rinse and Repeat.

1. Agree with other poster - make clearing toys away fun. Put a song or a timer on and play "lets see how much we can do in 5 minutes".

I don't bother tidying toys or books away now until bedtime, they put them all away themselves as well. I actually don't pick up after them very much now because they know it's their job. They make the mess, they have to clear the mess up. They also put their plates, bowls, cutlery and cups in the sink once they're finished and they help me wipe the table/wipe their own faces and hands. They're 4, 3 and 2.

I used to constantly run around behind them collecting toys they were finished with and putting them back but really, what is the point? It's pointlessly exhausting yourself. If there's a ridiculous amount of toys out I tell them to put the ones they're not playing with away.