To say that from now on I Don't Brake for Lego

[sleepyhead]

I spent over half an hour today picking up tiny pieces of Lego from literally every floor in this flat before hoovering.

Every time this happens so I've told ds1 no more - they're going in the hoover from now on. If he wants to sift through the hoover bag before it goes in the bin then that's up to him.

Feckin Lego . Especially you, Mixels.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do with the extra days this will give me over the next 12 months. Probably Mumsnet.

Won't it clog your Hoover?

I did this - repeatedly warned my boys if they didn't pick it up it would be hoovered up. They didn't believe me until I went ahead and did it. I only hoovered up a very small amount until they sprung into action and it was never left out again, they always tidied it away.

I don't think it'll clog it. The pieces are very, very small (damn them!).

MiaFarrow, this is my hope - I can't see why little bits of lego were in places like the bathroom anyway, so surely it shouldn't be hard to at least confine them to one or two rooms (and then pick them up).

YANBU.

I have the same policy re Hama beads.

I am thinking of getting a sticker in a similar vein for the Henry.

I already use this technique on my 3 year old, although with him I include everything - 'if I have to hover/sweep it up, it'll go in the bin' is much more effective than endless reminding and trying to persuade him!

If the rest of your dust and fluff is very small, you could put a fine net over the end of the nozzle and catch them that way?
(I've never tried this btw, just a theoretical idea )

tbh, I still vacuum on my knees even though my dc are older as it just means you can clear / tidy as you go. I prefer that to ferreting through the bag after I've sucked something up.

Insist he plays with lego on a tarpaulin (car boot liners are particularly good). At end of day, pick up tarpaulin, tip into container, job done. Any lego not on tarp is fair game for the Hoover. Those are our rules!

Vacuum on your knees?

Will you come and do our house, you know for the therapeutic benefits to yourself?

Few things make me happier than stepping really hard on lego with bare feet.

Will you come and do our house, you know for the therapeutic benefits to yourself?

Few things make me happier than stepping really hard on lego with bare feet.

YANBU. DH builds lego for a living. My older boys love it too. I hate picking it all up before I can hoover.

YABU to only start doing this now!

elliejjtiny - that would be DS2s dream job! Tell us more?

After a recent visit to the Metro Centre his ambition is to work in a Lego shop!

DH builds lego for a living
You can get paid to play with logo???
Enough to make a living?
How? Where?

Darn autocorrect.

Lego is his job?! Awesome!

The dcs don't like Lego enough to bother if I hoover it up or not. I'm just marking my place to find out what Jo requires building Lego. Legoland?

I'm with Blackbird they used to play with it on a sheet then I could just grab four corners to put it all into the middle and tip it back into the tub.

We then had laminate flooring so they had an ELC dustpan and brush and swept it all back up and into the box.

ellie tell us more about building lego for a living

I like this policy. I love the tarpaulin idea too, that's genius!

I have a similar policy for loom bands and hair ties. I love my Henry for this very reason. Though he also swallows socks and tights with similar insouciance if I'm not paying attention.

we have a lego amnesty, but loom bands, hama beads and those teeny tiny rocks you buy in little bags at museum gift shops are all fair game here

OP:
Make a cup of tea/coffee and get the hoover out.
Tell the young people in the house 'you have until I finish this coffee to rescue all the lego you want to keep before I hoover it up and bin it'
Drink your tea/coffee
Start hoovering

Every time this happens so I've told ds1 no more
If you keep saying it but not doing it then he will never actually pick them up, will he?

I learnt this trick after accidentally hoovering up a piece of Lego whilst ds1 was watching. 'Hear that rattling ds? That's your Lego that is. Never to be seen again. Mwahahahaha' I have never seen a boy tidy so quickly

You need a sticker on the Vacuum saying that :-)