6 year old always bedroom is like a pigsty HELP

[swirl12]

My 6-year-old daughter is unbelievably messy, her room, it's like she likes it messy. She is a Cancerian, I don't understand. She loves being naked and leaving her clothes where she takes them off, mind you, she also has about 6 clothes changes in a day, she can not fold properly yet but tries when I tell her to clean. I sound like a nag when I write this, but first I need to know if A, is this normal for a little girl? B, is there tips to help her be organised other than to help her clean her room, C, she can't reach her hanger area, any other idea for school uniforms that have just been ironed for her to reach to get dressed?
Most times her floor is covered with crayons, books and toys barbies, and clothes.

Also while on the topic, my oldest son is a teddy hoarder and I need advice on how to keep them off his bed, because they also just cover the floor and I don't know where to put them!!!

HELP MUMS PLEASE!!

[Gallavich]

Plastic boxes to organise and tidy. Dirty clothes in a wash basket immediately. Help her tidy every day!

[Wolfiefan]

6 clothes changes in a day? Wtf?
She gets one set of clothes a day unless she gets lucky or wet or does an activity that needs specific kit.
Tidy with her each evening?

[user1471467667]

I'm cancercian. My bedroom is somewhat messy.

Im 52

[holeinmyheart]

When you are Six you just cannot understand the consequences of your actions or think rationally like an adult. You are hardly out of babyhood.

I had lots of DCs and lots of storage boxes. I just used the pan part of a pan and brush and tided up at night.
You know, responsibilities come early enough as an adult. Childhood is so short. You swirl12 have to think about Tax, your Money, Savings, Food, Shopping, relationships and their responsibilities, possibly your elderly parents, your weight, the Mortgage, work etc etc.
For a very few short years your little six year olds life is relatively carefree. I am not suggesting that she should be ill mannered or careless with her toys, but please give her a break.
If you find her room unbelievable now, wait until she is a teenager..... you may faint from the shock.....sorry.

[BernardsarenotalwaysSaints]

I don't think I know what star sign any of my dc are

She's 6. If it were left solely up to my 6 & 4yo girls to keep their room clean & tidy I dread to think what it would be like. I dust & hoover it on a Saturday am & they clean it before while I do the bathroom & pop in & out to supervise. Ds(5) keeps his room fairly tidy but he'd have 0 floor space if he didn't.

[RueDeWakening]

Does she know how to tidy?

I taught/am repeatedly teaching my 9 year old this:
Clear the bed, make it.
Put all clothes that are out onto the bed, sort them - clean go away, dirty go in wash.
Clear the floor - books on shelves, toys away, anything that doesn't belong in her room goes in a box/basket by the door.
Rubbish goes in the bin.

It's an ongoing process and every so often I blitz it for/with her - she's by far the messiest of our family, and much worse than the boys who are 7 and 3 and whose bedroom is (mostly) a delight.

[FeckinCrutches]

She's 6.
Her zodiac sign has nothing to do with her being messy, it's all about you letting her get changed 6 fucking times a day and leaving her clothes everywhere.

[SundialShadow]

My sister is 36 and her bedroom is a pigsty.....
She hasn't a notion how to fold either.
Meh.

[LastYearsUsername]

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Kids will only learn to be tidy and organised if they are taught the life skills like any other skill.

Try reading this book together maybe?

[justwhatineed]

Mines 17 and hers looks like a landfill site!! I'm sure there's a random friend lost in there, the poltergeist moved on coz it couldn't keep up

[ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

Ah, but what's her star sign @justwhatineed? That might explain everything

[anxious2017]

Oh, this is one of those Daily Mail joke posts, surely?

[justwhatineed]

ATruth, she is a Capricorn, begins with a C

[SundaysFundays]

A six yr old is expected to regularly tidy up her own room all by herself? , she's too young. You should be doing it for her while she watches and learns bit by bit that this is how you keep a room. She can have small tasks like picking up her toys and putting them in a container whilst you are tidying other things in the room, or she can be told to put her folded clothes on a shelf you've pointed to, but she can't do it all on her own daily.

You also need to teach her that we only change clothes when they are dirty or are unsuitable for what we are going to do next. You can lay out some clothes for her and tell her , 'these are today's clothes' . If you give her free range, she'll be putting in all sorts of things and changing whenever because it's fun and she doesn't comprehend the mountain of work she is creating.

[Andrewofgg]

My niece is in her forties and her entire flat is a pigsty.

My son is 32 and his room was - and his house is - tidy to the point of being obsessive.

They share a "star sign".