Best Housework Tips & Self-Care Secrets!

[southmirchi]

It is so hard. My biggest just started seniors and still feel like I am just firefighting. Make sure they are clean fed and school stuff is taken care of. Fit what housework I can do around that. Lucky to have a hubby who helps a lot. If you need a coffee have one. Chores can wait.

 

[rpggamer]

Iv got 4 and I never get a cuppa in piece

 

[danielahrak89]

I share the load with my other half. Its not just my job to do it

 

[emelhairus9]

Throw out the kids and the husband

 

[nenematthew]

I clean daily to try keep on top
Of things x it’s hard going x

 

[lutheransmithy]

I'll be honest i struggled keeping on top if thr household when they were little, now they are both at school full time i work psrt time so allow a full day to clean. Nothing ever stays clean for long and i just think as long as bathrooms and kitchens are clean and house is some what tidy, then its ok. We are allowed as parents to sit with our kids, and ignore the washing up etc and spend time with them. They are only little once. I struggle with getting time for myself though, as i care for my mum also x

 

[dobroslav]

Music! Massive motivator! If you can't put it on loud then get some earphones. If I have a lot to do and the kids are here (not at school) I sometimes tell them mummy's got her earphones in so if you need me you'll have to come to me and not scream because I can't hear you But if you have a baby you could put 1 earphone in and you can still hear what's going on! But it is so hard, I feel your pain! Xx

 

[needingchange]

I feel this and I try to keep my cleaning to certain things each day but hoover and mop mostly everyday, one day bathroom, one day bedrooms etc… washing is a big one for us as that just piles up and I never have the time to put it away coffee could be good right now! ️ I also feel the self care part, I have three kids 11,7 and almost 11 month old, before I had him I was proper skin care baths once a week, reading, doing meditation. Now I have no time for any of that and I’m always still cleaning up and doing pack lunches for the next day at 9pm every night so by the time I actually get round me I want to go to bed but I do try and have once a week rountine of good skin care and then my daily nighttime skincare before bed which helps me at least feel like I have ten mint for myself glad it’s not just me xxx

 

[grcafterburner]

@needingchange I feel the packed lunches at 9pm sometimes I don’t even have the energy for that so it ends up being a morning job, I’m just in shambles to be honest

 

[needingchange]

@grcafterburner I know I did used to do that but then I rush too much and it becomes mayhem so I just get it done but I feel the same at the moment

 

[actionsportsoutreach]

I have 5 kids under 9. For me what works is having routine weekly and daily. What i mean is you have the daily tasks like washing, hoovering, cooking etc. Then things that can be done weekly. Whole bathroom clean i can get away with weekly if i mop and clean toilet as needed, whole house hoover/dust, ironing, etc. weekly. I keep weekends free. I try and do folding laundry before bed after kids have gone to bed. Kids stuff they tidy before bed. I find giving everything a place helps everyone tidy more efficiently and quickly. Same with kitchen, bedroom, school stuff etc. And yes include kids as much as possible. Mine from age 2 are tidying toys then age 3 can hoover which i go over as they don't do it efficiently but they start to get the hang of it. Beds they neaten when they wake. Little jobs like that helps massively to decrease our workload. The best motivation for mine has been its your stuff so your responsibility..i don't do it. If you end up doing it if they don't they know they can get away with it. No punishment just can't find their things

 

[1968firebird400]

Ask kids every eve to make sure their bits are away (toys/homework/cups etc), so looks tidyish before bed.
Literally do 20/30 mins every morning if you can (empty dishwasher, one load of washing in, make beds, rinse around sinks, bleach down toilets, and quick run around with hoover). Make such a difference if these jobs are done as the house feels tidy even if it's not 100 percent perfectly clean. Then once a week set aside a couple of hours to do a thorough clean (or get a cleaner if you can afford for the 2 hour clean).
I find everything so much easier if I do that quick 20/30 mins every morning (set a timer if you like so you know it literally is only 30 mins max)

 

[andass]

Teach children to help.
Or lose children and hubby so they can't make a mess in the tidied up house.

 

[yourpresence]

Keep things tidy? Nah, i live in a zoo it’s chaos on repeat.

 

[streakygopher]

I set Fridays for a big clean so it’s ready for the weekend and I can then focus on family time. Different for me though as both kids in school. When they were babies it was a bit harder but did what I could during nap times. As for something for myself I joined a bootcamp I could take my kids to. They’d sit in their pushchair with snacks and watch me or nap.

 

[francis24]

I had a Feng Shui consultant at my home yesterday and she read our house and concluded family dynamics etc. she has given me a plan to reorganise and Declutter and redecorate. Very transformative

 

[kkv1611only]

@francis24oh how was she? Are they worth getting etc? Would love this

 

[francis24]

@kkv1611only it was very good, much more than I expected. She could literally tell from the way the rooms were organised what was going well and not so well in my life. She got me to establish goals and intentions for change and she made suggestions of how to move things around and where to place certain objects etc. I will have 2 follow up calls. She says that it takes up to 9 months for things to fully manifest and for reality to have fully changed. Like the birth of a baby. I already feel it’s working as I am starting to work on the house things are shifting energetically. I feel better

 

[kkv1611only]

@francis24gosh that’s amazing.. think I need to declutter first and get rid is all of the kids things..
Where is she based please

 

[annmarkerls]

Bless you hun