Housekeeping & Parenting

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Hi everyone,
As a working mother of a 3-year-old girl, I'm looking for tips on managing housekeeping effectively while balancing work and parenting.

How do you prioritize tasks & maintain a clean home without feeling overwhelmed? What strategies have you found helpful in improving daily chores?

I found this book very helpful:

The Organised Mum Method: Transform your home in 30 minutes a day amzn.eu/d/arpycuT

Thanks so much for the recommendation! The Organised Mum Method sounds like a great resource. I’m always looking for new strategies to streamline my housekeeping, especially with a busy work & parenting schedule. I’ve also read about other helpful resource like "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" which offers some great advice on cleaning up & organizing.

My mother-in-law likes everything to be very clean and organized, which sometimes causes us to argue. This makes me feeling exhausted. Balancing everything makes it challenging for me to manage the house as efficiently as other homemakers.
I'm wondering if anyone else has faced similar challenges from family members. How do you find a balance between meeting such expectations & maintaining your own well-being?

Get rid of lids of stuff. If there’s not loads of toys, bedding, clothes etc it’s easier to naturally keep it less cluttered.
My just 4 year old for example man only puts his own toys and clothes away as they all easily go in baskets in cupboard or drawer and not stuffed in

When mine were that age they tended to play in communal rooms like the kitchen and living room rather than alone in their rooms. A big toy basket is helpful and introducing "tidy up time" where they help put all the toys in the basket. You could introduce a sticker reward chart to encourage helping with household tasks like this. My kids helped out so much when there was a reward like a trip to Lego land offered if they earned so many stickers.

I would also recommend a robo vac. If all toys are off the floor and the floor is vacuumed (overnight while you are asleep or whenever) the place looks less dishevelled.

Also don't let your MIL get you down, she's probably forgotten what chaos small children bring, it's comparatively easy keeping a tidy clean house without little kids. Cut yourself some slack.

Thank you for the great suggestions!
However, I’m a bit concerned because my mother-in-law has a tendency to throw away any toys she finds lying around, even if they’re just in the living room. This has created additional stress as I worry about losing important items.

Do you live with your MIL and/ or is she providing childcare?

You need to tell (and I mean"tell" rather than "ask") her not to throw your / DD's things away. If a toy basket is available she could chuck toys in that.

Why has this got anything to do with your MIL? Do you live in her house? Surely first advice is that your partner needs to do a fair share of everything. No reason it’s all on you. Declutter as much as you can.

Yes, I’m living in my mother-in-law’s house, & my husband is incredibly busy—he barely has time for his own tasks. I’m thinking of hiring a maid to help with the cleaning and organization, which I believe will make things much easier.

I recently got a maid, who is from India. Does anyone know what factors we should consider when applying for a maid visa? I’m not familiar with the process.

I found the Domestic Visa Service Center in Dubai at Tadbeer Visa. Has anyone had experience with their services? I’m curious to know if they’re reliable and offer good service.