Yet another weekend of cleaning.Exhausted

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Sat:

Got up at 7am and sat on bed sorting out/pairing up a bin bag full of odd socks.
Cleaned kitchen after breakfast
Changed all the bedding (1 king size, 3 singles and 1 cot)
Hoovered all of upstairs
Tidied dcs rooms
Did 3 loads of washing
Folded washing and put it away
Tidied kitchen again after lunch, dishes etc
Cleaned bathroom and toilet
Tidied toys in front room
Organised some of dcs clothes drawers
Ironed school uniforms
Quick tidy up and did dishes again after dinner
Cleaned bath again after dcs baths

Sun:
Tidied kitchen after breakfast
2 loads of washing, dried folded and put away
Hoovered all of downstairs
Did some decluttering (2 bin bags full for charity shop)
Made all beds, neatened rooms again
Hoovered crumbs off sofa
Cleaned bathroom again and toilet
Emptied all bins
Hoovered and mopped kitchen/utility area floor
Tidied front room after dcs had gone to bed (it was a tip)

Every weekend is like this.iam exhausted. During the week due to work/school and nursery drop offs/pick ups and lots of appts we don't get much done usually a quick neaten up/Hoover and do 1 load of washing every evening.

Used to have a cleaner but she took the piss hugely, would work really well and do loads if we were in but left to her own devices would cut corners, do her own washing when we were not in and we caught her leaving early a few times so decided to try and manage ourselves.

I'm so tired. I'd just love to wake up one Saturday morning to a lovely clean house, no washing mountain and just relax!

Any tips to help me get organised or do I just need to learn to ignore the mess!

No tips as I am in the exact same position just sympathy :)

What on earth is happening in your bathroom that it needs cleaning three times in one weekend??

Get other people in your household to do housework.

Don't change all the bedding every week.

Change it and wash it on different days (say Saturdays and Wednesdays).

Don't clean your bathroom every day.

Do you change the bedding every weekend?

I have two young DCs and tend to change it on an as-needed basis. Some kind of leak/accident happens about once a fortnight. I change their beds then. Our bed less often, unless they are going through a phase of sleeping in with us. Why make more work for yourself when you are doing so much already?!

Is a cleaner every other week an option, just to give you a breathing space? I know you had a bad experience, but a bit of help is better than none?

Bribe the DCs to help tidy up, with a sticker or a pack of Mini Smarties? Or put some music on and challenge them to tidy up before the song finishes.

By the time all 4 dcs have had a bath there's a bit of a ring around it (Esp as ds1 had been playing in garden today), dd had also washed her hair and used a dove conditioner that is yellow and had gone everywhere and this morning dh shaved and although he tried to clean there were still bits of hair everywhere.

Also one of the dcs (nobody will admit to it) had been making 'potions' so there was an odd mixture of toothpaste and moisturiser smeared round the sink.

Get a different cleaner!
Get your dc to help.
Do you have to clean the bathroom three x in one weekend? Perhaps lower your standards??

Sometimes have to change it during the week too as ds often wets the bed and dd even with pull up on still gets the bed soaked.

Dh was doing housework too or looking after dcs whilst I cleaned. Dd1 had homework and a project to do, ds1 did help a bit when asked to and other dcs too young.

Usually I don't do our bedding or dd1s every week,just thought I may as well this weekend but halfway through wished I hadn't started!

Get another cleaner. Seriously, if you can afford it then life is too short.

If you actually look at your list, most of that is what I would do normally in a day anyway, or DH and I between us. Clearing up after meals and a general hoover round the downstairs floors, tidying toys etc. Something else must be eating up your time?

Why are you doing 5 loads of washing at the weekend if do a load each evening as well?

Get a dishwasher? Can't tell is you've got one or not.

You can't be decluttering every weekend?

I do have sympathy though. I work and do feel that far too much of my weekend is drudgery. Maybe lower your standards a bit?

Don't clean your bathroom on Saturday if you know you'll have to clean it on Sunday too.

Do less washing (do you only wear clothes once? Ten loads a week is a lot).

Get the kids to tidy their own rooms and put their own clothes away.

Why all this bathroom cleaning, baths clean themselves, sinks get a wipe with a damp cloth every now and again. Toilets get a wave of the brush if necessary and bleach for visitors.

Hoover comes out for visitors and only crazy fools iron school uniform, it's going to be worn by children who with chuck it on the floor in PE, cover it in dinner, acrylic paint and mud, scrunch it up in their bags if they are too hot and leave it on the floor when they go to bed.

Honestly stop looking for work.

Loads of washing I think due to dcs wetting beds a lot and the youngest still has reflux so too many sticky clothes/Muslims and my tops to wash!

Think I am a bit over the top with the bathroom/toilet cleaning as I worry terribly about dd getting unwell (if she gets a bug she has to be admitted to hospital and put on an iv) so I do tend to go a bit over the top sometimes.

I think because we are so busy during the week things build up for the weekend. Maybe I do need to try and do less or at least invest in some nice storage boxes soi can just chuck dcs toys etc in there rather than sorting them out/taking upstairs etc.i think we just have too much 'stuff' and too many dcs in a small house!

Sicky clothes/ Muslins