How do you do it?? can you help me improve my routine?
I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old.
Clutter, dirt, toys, food, CLOTHES 😩 the piles and piles of them. Everything is grubby. Plus cooking, food on the floor, and putting things away while they both demand your attention. I work 9-5, DH works 7-7. We are happy to split the cleaning but he can only do so much in the evenings.
At the moment it’s like this:
7am- wake kids up, get them ready: ensue clothes all taken out of drawers by the 1 year old. 3 year old takes toys out of toy box and puts them everywhere. They’ve figured out the fucking child locks. I’m just constantly shouting ‘STOP’ ‘NO’ and being unpleasant. Both just find ‘things’, (this morning the remote control it’s batteries, several teddies, a balloon, an umbrella) and just proceed to play with things which I find strewn all over the floor. Bathroom, the baby gets into the toilet paper so I take that away. Throws his toothbrush in the toilet. 3 year old takes the clothes off she’s just put on for the day because she needs to do a wee. She then sees the clothes on the floor and thinks ‘oh these need to go in the washing basket’ and does that before wiping and washing her hands.
8am- get the kids out to nursery and start my work day. Sometimes I wfh so spend much of the day in the kitchen cooking and just generally tidying.
5pm- pick kids up from nursery. Ensue more toys all over the place, food on the floor, dishes and things need packing away.
6.30- bathtime. Fuck my life.
7.30- sit and read in bed, DH comes home and tucks them in.
We are usually exhausted by this time but DH will make the milk bottle, do a 10 min tidy downstairs and come up to spend time with the kids before putting them to bed.
8.30 - we spend an hour together, sleep at about 9.30. Baby is up in the night so I need sleep.