To really need a clean house

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Just that really.
I need to vacuum. Badly. My floors are awful.
The catch... DD5 is autistic and cannot cope with the vacuum cleaner noise. My husband is overseas for a few weeks so he cannot take her out.
I know it's not much in the scheme of things, but I really want clean floors.

Have you got headphones she could wear?

Can you ask a friend /family member/ neighbour for a favour to quickly vacuum for you and you take DD out for a little walk?

Sweep up?

Can you Hoover around her? My son hates the vacuum, I do the downstairs when he's in his room upstairs and then when he's downstairs I'll quickly do the upstairs.

I know that feeling!!! And I found whenever I mentioned it to people they just looked very and made me feel like I shouldn’t care and it wasn’t a big deal (but at the same time were clearly judging me when they came over.) I am very sensitive to ‘chaos’ so find it stressful, unfortunately I also hate hoovering (find the noise really overwhelming) and my daughter was TERRIFIED by it for a year or so.
Could you afford to pay someone to do it and you go out? Or could you beg a friend to do similar? Especially if you are spending all your time at home it can be really stressful.

You need one of those:

www.lakeland.co.uk/23273/Bissell-Natural-Sweep-Manual-Floor-Sweeper?src=bfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!10!{creative}!4584070135199127&ef_id=WohyywAAAFw1q0N7:20190120091346:s

@TwoGinScentedTears we have headphones and they work for lots of things, just not the vacuum

Have you got a back garden she can go out in? You could do a rush job in ten minutes.

That's hard but could you distract with headphones/ favourite dvd in thier bedroom. Otherwise maybe just leave it.

I second the suggestion of asking for a favour. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

@SplishSplashSplosh I could ask a friend to vacuum, I honestly never thought of that. I wonder if they would....

The floor sweepers are good. You can get a cheaper version in Wilkos

@HopeIsNotAStrategy not the carpet

@Seline , she is way to sensitive for me to do it around her

OP any decent friend would. I love cleaning and if someone like you asked me a genuine favour I would. Alternatively if other cleaning needs doing book a one off clean with a cleaner/cleaning agency and take DD out.

@Hauskat It's hard isn't it.
I can't get a cleaner in because I'd want meet them and let them in and DD wouldn't cope with that

Just ask a friend. I'd be round in a heartbeat.

@museumum she won't go into the garden by herself

Ooooo a floor sweeper! That could really come in handy!

Does she not go to school?

@recently not yet

Ok, an expensive idea but how about a robot vacuum cleaner you could program to do it in the middle of the night? Or when you are both out?

I'd be more than happy to do it for a friend. Nothing to lose by asking one of yours.

Why can't one of her older siblings go in the garden with her? I assume she has some, as she is number 5.

@PetuliaBlavatsky do the robots actually clean the floors?