grcafterburner
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@aaronchristopher what does your cleaner do for you in that time?xx
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aaronchristopher
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@grcafterburner hoovers whole house, mops hard floors, cleans kitchen sides, cleans two bathrooms and one downstairs loo, dusts in my asthmatic sons bedroom. I have to do the skirts and dusting before or after they come as there’s not enough time. 4 bed house x
grcafterburner
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Okay that sounds fab, I only have a smallish 3 bed so I might consider this, thank you xx
aaronchristopher
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@grcafterburner you’ll get whole lot done in 2 hrs !
I have 8 children aged 14 to 5 weeks old, o expect all my kids to keep their own spaces tidy (tidy not clean, I do the cleaning part) they all have an evening job on a rota (wipe table, sweep dining room and kitchen, wash up, dry up, tidy living room, wipe sides in kitchen, tidy entrance hall) this helps loads with them being independent, learning responsibilities, respect and sets them up for life. My eldest has just started to do her own washing (under supervision) then while they are at school I wash morning pots, sort all the babies things, hoover the whole house, wipe sides/tables, do a load of washing (sometimes ill prep dinner) clean bathroom. We leave Saturday free of cleaning, and also half of sunday, if I'm feeling tiered or just need some me time, I'll skip a day and just tidy and hoover, same some evenings. I think the key is to involve the kids and just keep on top of it (also have a huge declutter! Helped me loads to get rid of things we didn't need/use) xx
@macgellen wow this is inspirational agree with everything you say our kids need to learn responsibility x
grcafterburner
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@macgellen that’s amazing, my children do tidy their own rooms which helps, it’s more the organising thing they aren’t so great at. I think I need a huge clear out! Thank you for taking the time to reply xxx
@grcafterburner having the clear out was the best thing I did! I did it over a month or 2, just 1 room at a time, sort into piles; keep, bin, donate and sell. Then I brought better storage solutions for the room I was in, I now keep my home as minimal as possible and try to have a clear out twice a year (this is also when I switch our clothes out, I have draws under my bed that I keep our winter/summer clothes in. Stops the kids getting all their clothes out or trying to wear shorts in December 
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) xx@grcafterburner also... my eldest is called Paris 
biblestudentborean
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@macgellen my 4 boys 12 7 4 and 3 year old love helping, tidy their own rooms, help me prep dinner, help wash up and hoovering, I feel very blessed they love to help
@biblestudentborean I find my boys are more willing to help clean than my girls my lot also love helping prepare food/baking xx
my lot also love helping prepare food/baking xxbiblestudentborean
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@macgellen I always wanted boys because I used to be a right slob in my teens and only grew up when I had my kids 
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xx@biblestudentborean haha same and now my girls are like it tbh my 9 year old daughter is probably the cleanest out if the girls but the teens are somethings else
tbh my 9 year old daughter is probably the cleanest out if the girls but the teens are somethings else biblestudentborean
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grcafterburner
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I think my motivation is more the issue tbh xx
the kids won’t remember your clean home though
make time for you always xrakesh14021983
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Just invite people over... Nothing like the health visitor or social worker coming that makes me clean and tidy my whole house top to bottom in less than 30 minutes 
