AAGGGHHH!! Messy Bedrooms!!!!
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| Fri, 06-09-2006 - 7:13am |
I totally lost it last night!! I'm so sick and tired of the way their bedrooms look! Mostly oldest dd. She is just plain old messy. She claims she can't help it, that is just the way she was made (oh brother, kids and their answers). She is ALWAYS in a hurry, so instead of putting things where they belong, she shoves them in the most convenient place (under her bed, under her desk, in a drawer, cabinet, etc.) and then it LOOKS clean. But, watch out.....So I went in to close her closet door at bedtime last night and I couldn't because the cabinet inside her closet wasn't closed all the way. I went to close it and couldn't. For a very good reason.....it was so messy it couldn't close all the way!! I grabbed a garbage bag and started shoving stuff in it. Katie was crying and I was explaining to her the whole time that she needs to take care of her things, put them where they belong, take her time, etc. I left the garbage bag on her floor and went to cool down. I told her that I am cleaning her room today when she gets on the bus, and if there are important things she wants to keep she had better have them put away neatly in a safe place or they will go out to the garbage man. Oh man, I just get so frustrated. I have all sorts of bins, containers, shelves, etc. for her to use and keep things organized, but she doesn't use them properly. I don't know what else to do but to let her live like a slob. However, I worked hard to make her room so cute, with butterflies and dragonflies and ladybugs, that I really want her to see that and enjoy it, rather than the mess she always has. Her carpeting is filthy, and I need to clean it. Hers is the worst. It is only 2 yrs old and looks to be about 10! Dh hates that. Good thing we didn't spend alot of money on the girls rooms for carpeting. O.K., I'm done ranting. Thanks for letting me get that off my (very flat) chest!!
Wendy


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I totally know how you feel. Nikki and Ian are good about keeping their rooms presentable, but not Jenny. I finally put a lock on her closet where we keep all her toys and she has to have someone open it so she can get her toys out. The rule is she has to put something back to get something out. Her room has been so neat since this and she's very proud of it. She hasn't complained at all and even seems relieved.
Erin
Wendy I know how you feel...
we just took away 4 18gallon bins full of the girls' toys and stuffed animals, and they are sitting in our room. We still need to take away more actually, but at least you can walk through their room without tripping over everything. Kyle's plan is to leave them with about 10 toys each... once they learn how to put them away every night, then we'll slowly start giving back the rest of them. Hopefully we can slowly teach them to pick up after themselves.
I think sometimes kids just feel overwhelmed with all the junk they accumulate, and we as parents tend to overeact.
Hang in there mom... she may be mad at you for taking her things away, but eventually she'll appreciate the fact that her room will be cleaner.
just to know you're not alone, here are some pictures of what the kids' room is supposed to look like, and what it usually looks like (well before we took away 4 crates of toys)
LOL i wonder
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Well it's actually a piece of junk that won't rock, and it's in the corner in my room.
I do remember coming home from school one day (when I was taking some college classes before we had Hannah), and my other rocking chair was sitting in the middle of the living room floor and toys were strewn from one end of the house to the other... gee thanks Kyle and Natalie LOL
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