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does housework take a back seat?
like the title says... does anybody else let housework pile up??
my house just seems to look like a bomb has hit it 24.7 since LO arrived. i try not to let it get dirty, but tidy is a different story. my ironing pile is like the leaning tower of pizza... i cant get to my sink for dishes, my sitting room is like an obstacle course of toys, my coffee table is piled high with mail, bank statements etc which have needed filing for months, my washing basket has over flown completely... the list is endless..
evie only has half an hour cat naps during the day and needs entertained/watched all of the time. when she is asleep getting myself washed and dressed and prep-ing bottles is my first priority. when hubbys around and i get to blitz the place it's only a matter of hours before we're back to square one.
i always imagined myself as some super woman, brilliant hands on happy mummy.. rather like mary Poppins, sexy wife always dressed to impress OH, anthia turner style house-keeper. my goodness, i'm everything but! am i the only one who cant juggle it all? or do you all live in sparkley clean spic and span homes? i always imagine that you do. and that im the only one with a pigs stye!
my house just seems to look like a bomb has hit it 24.7 since LO arrived. i try not to let it get dirty, but tidy is a different story. my ironing pile is like the leaning tower of pizza... i cant get to my sink for dishes, my sitting room is like an obstacle course of toys, my coffee table is piled high with mail, bank statements etc which have needed filing for months, my washing basket has over flown completely... the list is endless..
evie only has half an hour cat naps during the day and needs entertained/watched all of the time. when she is asleep getting myself washed and dressed and prep-ing bottles is my first priority. when hubbys around and i get to blitz the place it's only a matter of hours before we're back to square one.
i always imagined myself as some super woman, brilliant hands on happy mummy.. rather like mary Poppins, sexy wife always dressed to impress OH, anthia turner style house-keeper. my goodness, i'm everything but! am i the only one who cant juggle it all? or do you all live in sparkley clean spic and span homes? i always imagine that you do. and that im the only one with a pigs stye!
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My washing basket is always full to the top even though I usually do 1 washing every day. Luckily I have a dishwasher which has been a god send to me but I still hand wash bottles, bowls and spoons. Ironing is something that iv never done, you might wonder why i never iron anything and thats because Im a bit anal when it comes to my washing. Everything gets folded going into the machine and as soon as its done its given a good shake then hung up and folded away when its dry with very few creases.
My lo sleeps for about an hour in the mornings so I run around like a headless chicken trying to get everything done then but there are always jobs needing done but just dont have the time to do them all.
Your house sounds like mine! lol
I do hoover every morning as of the dog and the oh is a plasterer and gets dust everywhere but after about an hour it looks like a tip again! The washing pile is endless, don't do ironing, hang up the dry clothes and just let the creases fall out! I eventually get around to the washing up when Ruby is in bed!
Ruby tends to have an hours nap morning/early afternoon, but by the time i've had a shower, got dressed and grabbed a quick bite to eat...she's awake!
And the oh thinks i have it easy sat at home all day and can't understand why somethings don't get done!
xxx
Housework is not something that has been done in the past 9 months, we hoover and dust and wipe surfaces but everything else is a if you get a chance thing.
I have decided unless you have a great baby that sleeps for ages or lets you get on you may aswell accept the fact that for the first year your house will rarely be tidy.
I say the first year as I have noticed an improvement in the amount of time my lo allows me to get on with things now and am hoping that this will continue and soon I will be able to give her something to occupy her and get on with something myself (maybe I'm dreaming!)
Then by the time ive made tea, eaten, washed up, done other bits & bats its bed time.
I find myself never getting 5 mins to sit down myself let alone housework! My oh works fulltime, so i think he thinks he doesnt need to muck in. Dont get me wrong he does help a bit, but i end up going over what he has done so its pointless!
Lucky enough my mum visits, so watches my daughter while i have a quick clean round, or if she needs feeding (i breastfeed) i will sort her & my mum will have a clear round for me. Otherwise i wouldnt get nowt done.
Caz x x
Cole is 4 months now and I've found that I can get away with sticking him in his bouncy chair or bebe pod in the kitchen for about 10 mins while I do stuff - especially if the washing machine is on cause it fascinates him and I'm hoping that as he gets older he'll be able to occupy himself better so I can get bits done. Next time my parents decide to turn up I'm just gonna leave them with cole and I'll clean the bathroom!! It'll save me from cringing at the baby way my mother talks to him!
Plus I work from home!! Violet even at 5 months is very, very good at letting me get on with work and seems to know that when I sit down with laptop she will kick about on her playmat for a good hour. Just wish I could let her do that when I needed to do housework, but cannot just leave her lying on the floor because of dogs...cats etc etc
So I have just sat down now and already have work emails that need responding to and my brain wont work!!!
Just to make it even harder I am 6 weeks pregnant & 41 yrs young !!!!
Thing is i have 3 indoor cats so i really need to keep on top of the hoovering etc!! argh!!!
Caz x x
I just catch everything in time from the drier and put it onto hangers, lazy I know!
Morgana only cat naps as well and then I'm usually have to quickly wipe the surfaces in the kitchen, empty/fill the dishwasher and put the washing on as well as cooking her food ready to be frozen. I try to tidy around her in the front room but she has discovered how to throw toys a really long way now! She also hates being in the room on her own for longer than 2 minutes and starts screaming until I'm back with her.
Most of my house is a bombsite sadly, my mil gave me loads of dirty looks the last time she stayed. I wonder if they just stuffed the kids in a corner in the 60's for a few hours to do housework cause I can barely figure out when to do the bathroom upstairs!
I am very lucky that Ellie is a very content baby and can play on her own for up to an hour at a time and is happy sitting talking to me when im cleaning, i involve her all the time when im doing it and talk her through it and she giggles and laughes! I love ironing, its so relaxing! LOL
I have stopped cleaning my skirting boards evey day now, just once a week as i have a sore back from i had Ellie and cant pull the sofa [big heavy bugger of a thing] out and put it back and the bed is a nighmare too as it is an old antique bed with no wheels on the bottom.
Ok re-reading this i am a bloody freak of nature! LOL
Seriously, I have no idea how I coped before Spence was old enough to go in the walker.
I don't iron at all. The only thing that gets pressed are my linen trousers and I only do them just before I wear them.
I do have to add that I am incredibly lucky that Spence naps for 3 hours a day in his cot upstairs which allows me to get things done (or sit here on the computer, LOL). I take my hat off to you ladies who's LO don't nap.
try doing the bloody housework then! I totally freaked out yesterday cause my mil turned up while I was trying to get housework done so me and oh ended up having a blooy row cause he said i'm a nut case!!
I have become a nut case since having a baby............................
I'm sure it was never this untidy when we only had Joseph but maybe I'm just kidding myself!!
ps Diane...yes you are a weirdo but in a lovely houseproud way! xxx