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Please tell me im not the only one with a messy house

12 replies

jenk1 · 12/03/2006 10:39

My house is so messy atm, i have DS at home full time and DD has still not started nursery properly as they dont think she,s "ready", she only goes in an hour a day which tbh is more trouble than its worth.

I cant find the time to do my cleaning etc as at night im so exhausted i just flop onto the computer chair or watch TV.

How do you mums of SN kids cope and do you have any suggestions i can use as its really getting me down.
thanks

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Eulalia · 12/03/2006 10:45

You are not alone. I am too embarrassed to have people round. A lot of it is down to the fact we are renovating our house so its in an upheaval anyway. Then there are the kids 6 (with SN), 3 and 7 months so really none of them are very able to do much for themselves. My L/R floor is often covered with toys and there are piles of washing around, half dried and waiting to be 'put away' which often doesn't happen. Same with the dishes... it does get me down but I try to focus on doing things with the kids rather than staying in and looking at hte mess. So for example yesterday I met my sister and we went swimming and were out nearly all day. Still had the mess to come home to but at least we had done something with the day.

No tips really except lots of boxes to just chuck it into when you get a moment. I tried having lots of little boxes with certain types of toys which has worked to some extent but they often just get muddled up anyway. You can't win!!

emmalou78 · 12/03/2006 11:06

God no, our house hasn't been roperly tidy since ds1 started crawling [and thats almost 5 years ago!] every couple of monteh I gut the place, throw any broken stuff, and the crap I amass at an alarmnng rate...., We aim to keep it tidy and hoovered and most of the time I target a room at a time, really its like painitng the forth bridge...

Toys wise I have diferent boxes for different things, which helps ds2 no end as he can now just get the box he wants instead of rooting through one big one.. It also m akes tidying easier, you just have to fnd all the bricks/cars/character toys/trains/jigsaw peices and your away...

And as for washing.. well it nevre ends and I'm o far behind with ironing I'm out wsh baskets, I'll have ot settle down and do some later when ER's repeated, and hoe I don't get too distracted by Dr Kovac...

anniebear · 12/03/2006 11:06

I don't call mine a mess...........never

I just call it a dump

Flip · 12/03/2006 11:56

S* Hole mine is referred to by DH but he does have OCD and I just let the kids get on with it.

fastasleep · 12/03/2006 11:57

Hi, I'm Fastasleep ('hello fastasleep') and I have a messy house...

misdee · 12/03/2006 11:58

how do i cope? i have a cleaner.

Christie · 12/03/2006 12:30

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rummum · 12/03/2006 12:31

Hi Jenk1... mines the same.. I'm waiting for some results of a bloodtest to see if I'm anaemic, as I'm just so tired all the time.
one thing that does help is if I put on my MP3 player and listen to a bit of meatloaf full blast.. that gets me moving.. then I collapse in a heap...

eidsvold · 12/03/2006 13:19

our place is often messy - toys and bits everywhere. We are in the process of trying to get dd1 into the habit of putting toys back and tidying her room before bed... sometimes works. The house gets a good clean and tidy once a week. Thankfully we have a downstairs rumpus/family room where they can run amok, do craft and have toys etc everywhere that does not get tidied regularly.

We decided that dd1 ( 3 1/2 with down syndrome) had to start helping put her toys back before she went off to bed - part of going to bed routine... will let you know how it goes.

coppertop · 12/03/2006 14:08

I am the queen of clutter. My only defence is that about 80% of the mess is caused by ds2 and his throw-a-thons. We are slowly disappearing under a pile of toys, books and papers.

Storage boxes (where are you, MrsF?) are a great help - although it can be heartbreaking when someone (ds2!) empties them all over the floor and then hurls the stuff across the room.

Greensleeves · 12/03/2006 14:42

My house looks like a giant charity shop . Even when everything is put in its allotted place and the house has been cleaned, the overall impression is one of clutter and chaos. I like it like that. Anthea can go p*ss up a rope.

getbakainyourjimjams · 12/03/2006 19:43

oh jenk it does my head in. Life would actually be far far easier if we were more organised and we could actually lock things away from ds1 in the kitchen (the kitchen is falling apart-badly need a new one). I've tried to organise the things I have to (eg pecs cards and direct payments paperwork) but we desperately need to chuck stuff out. It's hard because as ds2 and ds3 outgrow baby toys., ds1 still wants to play with them.

I try and try but never get anywhewre near being able to organise the house. It gets me down more than anything tbh.

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