how do you clean the house with a Velcro baby?? Its driving me mad

[SparklyGothKat]

I have always been very house proud and keep a tidy house, but Callum has become a velcro baby and won't let me out of his sight, but he actually is stuck to me all the time or he just screams and screams, as a result my house is a pit!! How do I do it??

you could try putting him in a sling while you clean

how old? baby - try a sling, older baby - sing, dance, be stupid, toddler - let them 'help'.

Oh, or just let the house descend into chaos like the rest of us

Clean when he is asleep? clean the room he is in? and, if he is old enough, realise that a little time crying won't actually damage him?

he is 7 months. I have 2 slings but he doesn't like to be facing me and has to face outwards but won't sleep like that, only on my chest

he only sleeps during the day on my chest, as soon as I put him down he just screams, and gets himself into a tizz. It took me 2 hours to make a salad yesterday, because he was so upset.

Is he Ok himself? are there any health concerns? If not, I would perhaps start by putting him down for a couple of minutes while you finish a short shore, and move to more time consuming ones as he becomes more confident.

I thought a velcro baby was a cleaning implement, like one of those disposable feather dusters.

does he move/pull himself up/crawl or suchlike yet???

if not, then my tip.....put him into a washing basket, sat up and padded, and he is carryable around the house while you clean. I had two 'velcro-babies' and I did the housework in this fashion.....and as they started to move, put them in a baby-walker so they could 'follow' me!! (not sure on your thoughts tho on walkers?).

heavy stuff was done while asleep (ie, mopping/ironing (not heavy but dangerous)/ changing bedding etc.

washing was put out with them in slings for the short time it took (altho toppling over as they got over and I over-balanced was a scary possibility).

hoovering was either with baby on hip, or with them being drowned out by the hoover. toilets I clean last thing at night...tidying up.....done as DH got home and he took said velcro-child up for a bath (always his job when they were small), cooking......most hated and hardest so easy meals were my forte. (DH has learnt to cook rather well tho)

I agree with psycho, washing baskets are great for little ones, my two always wound up in one, always with a wooden spoon as well for some reason! It is hard, but my dd is 2 and I still live in a dump, I pray for the day she lets me wash up without helping, or sweep up without sweeping away my nice pile of dust. Good luck Sparkly, hope your house is sparkly soon!

oh yeah....mine had wooden spoons too for some reason.

that, and tupperware pots and jingly stuff

he isn't crawling yet (was 7 weeks premature) but my house is tidy and clean (thanks to my lovely DH who spent the morning tidying, cleaning, and washing floors) while I fed and comforted velcro baby