Worst Housewife in the World!!!

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Registered: 12-28-2003
Worst Housewife in the World!!!
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Mon, 02-09-2004 - 5:47pm


The last time I remember my house being clean and nicely decorated was when I was single!

I have three kids now - 5,4 and 2 ... I'm living in chaos and just can't seem to get anything done when they are awake. I used to be able to justify a messy house when I was working fulltime or had a newborn but I've been home with the kids for the last year and the house is just as much a mess as when I was working!

I see other mother's whose kids sit in front of the television or play nicely while they do their housework ... mine are either wanting to help (argh!!!) or get into a fistfight the minute I leave the room to start something!

If your house is clean - how do you do it?????

tired of the squalor ...

mom2four

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Registered: 05-04-2003
Mon, 02-09-2004 - 7:20pm
I'm not the best housewife in the world, but I devised a plan that works for me. Each day of the week has a cleaning task. I do laundry on Mondays, floors on Tuesdays and Fridays, bathrooms on Wednesdays, and dusting on Thursdays. You can also divide your cleaning by rooms for each day of the week. As far as the kids helping give them a simple task -- like if you decide to divide the week up into rooms, then have the kids dust each room while you do the rest of the cleaning. That way they are involved and not fighting.

Start with just a little and soon it will become habit and routine.

Good luck!

Lori

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Mon, 02-09-2004 - 7:29pm
ROFL! {{{HUGS}}} Boy, can I relate! It drives me absolutely bonkers, but I just can't keep up with it. I thought it would get easier when my kids got older but it didn't. I'll bust my butt all morning while both kids are in school and then my youngest will come home from Kindergarten and POOF the house is a mess again. ARGH!! I like the qoute by Phyllis Diller - "Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing." How true!!

You're not alone!

Trina (SAHM/CPST)

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Tue, 02-10-2004 - 11:21am
Have you tried FLYLady.net?

I use this site and it has helped. Not super fast but slowly. I think you should take a look at the site and give it a try.

There is also support groups for your area on Yahoo for this site.

Good luck.

Mel

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Registered: 12-28-2003
Tue, 02-10-2004 - 3:10pm
thanks ... I took a look at FLYlady.net - that may very well help!!!!

Just to add to the laughs and frustration of trying to get anything done with kids around ...

yesterday I hired a high school girl to watch the kids so I could put a bunch of stuff up to the attic without them climbing up after me. I was so looking forward to my "2hours" to myself!

The girl shows up, face all puffy - she had obviously been crying. So i send the kids upstairs and sit her down for a talk. Oh I'm so glad I'm not a teenager anymore!!!! School problems, grade problems, boyfriend problems ... took an hour and alot of tissues but she finally felt better. She decided to take the kids out for a walk since I only had an hour left before her mom picked her up. As I'm getting all their shoes on my 4 year old daughter turns to me and says "Oh mommy, my stomach hurts ..." and starts puking all over the floor. I rush her to the bathroom ... the sitter takes the other two outside. We spend an hour in the bathroom - more vomiting, diarhea. I get her cleaned up, the floor mopped and the front doorbell rings ... its the babysitter's mom coming to get her.

So much for my productive afternoon!!!! We've all had them! Huh?

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Registered: 03-08-2004
Mon, 03-08-2004 - 7:29pm
One word: FlyLady ;) www.flylady.net Check it out- it worked wonders for *my* home! LOL! ;)


Wytchy

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 03-08-2004 - 8:47pm
hey dont feel bad I only have one and my house is a WRECK!!

Beth

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