Keeping house tidy with 2 children - 4 months and 2 years - is it possible?

[justneedsomesleep]

Not sure where to post this....but so far this morning I have attempted to clean sinks and currently have dishwasher and washing machine on and floors in kitchen semi mopped. But lounge floor is covered in coconut (from home baking yesterday) and toys everywhere. Upstairs needs dusted and bathroom needs cleaned. And don't get me started on HUGE pile of ironing!
I feel like I tidy/clean one area and then somewhere else gets messed up! At this point, I should mention I have two children - ds 4 months and dd 2 years! I am a SAHM and feel like all I do is clean and tidy and it never looks clean and tidy!
Is it possible to have a clean and semi tidy house or should I give up?
Is tidying up while you have children really like shovelling snow while it is snowing?
What does everyone else do on a daily basis who has kids?
I've looked at the FLY thing but don't think i could do it...

Thanks for help.

P x

Sorry but if one of them is only 4 months and not mobile yet - then brace yourself as things can only get worse!!

The only time my house is tidy is mon tue wed daytimes when they are at nursery and I work mostly from home so can put a load of washing in while making drink or pick up toys as I go to loo etc.

Shovelling while its snowing? Shovelling in an avalanche I would say is more like it

I am bracing myself to Not Care. ds (10m) does "inventory" (gets all his toys out all over lounge floor) and I just leave them there til bed. luckily in a tiny flat that's the only space he can mess up!

I have 3 DCs, aged 6, 4 and 1. For the last 6 years I have found it impossible to get on top of household stuff. It is only now that I have 2 children at school all day that I find that I can do it, but in school holidays it all goes to pot again!

I use FLYing and i find it really helpful.
Have you looked at our FLYing thread. You will find lots of help with how to make FLYing work for you. The FLYlady web site does come across as abit complicated but it's not.

My 2 are 2yrs and 5mths....its never tidy. I just try to make sure its clean. but what is the point of picking up the same things 50 times a day?
does my head in though!

Quite frankly I think the answer is no in a Promethius's liver kind of way.
If your kitchen and bathroom are clean and a little space cleared for somewhere to sit then just enjoy the time while the children are little

No.