Housework
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Once a month, we will get a babysitter to take LO to the park for the afternoon while we work our asses off.
I can't work out whether I'm a total grub or if everyone like me is just too ashamed to answer this thread!!
Dishes are done every day, usually a couple of times a day as I (or OH) cook every meal. We don't have a dishwasher and I don't like dishes on the sink.
House is tidied each day, but OH and I are organisational freaks so none of our stuff is usually out of place; it's really just LO's toys and books to be put away.
Laundry gets done every second day, usually 2-3 loads; wash and hang one day, fold and put away the next.
Vacuuming, dusting, mopping and deep clean of kitchen and bathroom is done once a week by cleaners! Bathroom gets a mid-week wipedown or patch-clean as necessary.
Windows, scrubbing shower curtain, clean out fridge, fly dirt off ceilings, clean washing machine etc - whenever the dirt accumulates to a point that starts to irritate me, probably every 3-4 months on a slightly rotating basis?
Cleaning cupboards? LOL, we'll do it when we move house.
Dishes are done every day, usually a couple of times a day as I (or OH) cook every meal. We don't have a dishwasher and I don't like dishes on the sink.
House is tidied each day, but OH and I are organisational freaks so none of our stuff is usually out of place; it's really just LO's toys and books to be put away.
Laundry gets done every second day, usually 2-3 loads; wash and hang one day, fold and put away the next.
Vacuuming, dusting, mopping and deep clean of kitchen and bathroom is done once a week by cleaners! Bathroom gets a mid-week wipedown or patch-clean as necessary.
Windows, scrubbing shower curtain, clean out fridge, fly dirt off ceilings, clean washing machine etc - whenever the dirt accumulates to a point that starts to irritate me, probably every 3-4 months on a slightly rotating basis?
Cleaning cupboards? LOL, we'll do it when we move house.
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Cleaners are such a godsend. I have a cleaner to do my weekly cleaning. It's delightful.
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Never! I'm lucky if I put a load of washing on and hang it to dry. Sometimes I even do the dishes!
My lo naps for 30 mins only and I have to wrestle her to get her to sleep. After this she will only sleep in my arms. It takes a couple hours to put her to bed at the moment on a night so I'm so tired. If I need a toilet break she comes with me and sits on a beanbag as she'd scream if I left her x
My lo naps for 30 mins only and I have to wrestle her to get her to sleep. After this she will only sleep in my arms. It takes a couple hours to put her to bed at the moment on a night so I'm so tired. If I need a toilet break she comes with me and sits on a beanbag as she'd scream if I left her x
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WSS^
Actually I'm trying to keep to a housework rota I made up a few weeks ago - specific area of the house every day along with daily tasks like dusting living room & hovering, wiping down worktops. My life would be easier if DH would actually clean up after making himself food (never wipes crumbs away grrr!). It works ok just now but I've no idea how I'll cope when I go back to work
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Oh I feel really behind everyone now. I only really got back on the housework wagon at 10-12 weeks. Before that the vacuuming got done once or twice a week when OH could find the time. He's had to do everything from LO being born, bless him! LO feeds every 2 hours and has a 30 minute nap between every feed (and on the sofa so I can't leave her) so I've really struggled to find time to do anything. A big turning point was at 3 months in when we started putting LO in her crib in our room at 8:30pm (before that she'd stay downstairs with us until we went to bed) and during the day I had to start putting her in her bouncer or on play mat and let her entertain herself for about 15-20 mins twice a day so I can get stuff done. So far I now vacuum downstairs daily and upstairs once a week. I've just added emptying and cleaning the vacuum cleaners once a week now too. 1-2 loads of washing a day - bedsheets and blankets every Friday, towels and work clothes at the weekend or Mondays, Tuesdays all of baby's clothes, and one day a week for as much of mine and OH's clothes I can wash. Ironing was about once a week but I'm now doing about 30mins every evening after baby is in bed. Still mainly iron baby's clothes so I look like I'm wearing crepe paper most of the time. Kitchen only gets a wipe down every day and the bathroom once a week. OH is still cooking the teas. We (and by we I mean OH) have done a deep clean once since baby was born, and we had to sacrifice a weekend to do it. OH has a week off this week so we're trying to do a room every day - he's doing the kitchen now as I type bless him! I find every week or couple of weeks I can add a new thing to my routine so hopefully next deep clean won't have to be so deep. I'm slowly getting my housewife chufty badge 
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Oh I feel really behind everyone now. I only really got back on the housework wagon at 10-12 weeks. Before that the vacuuming got done once or twice a week when OH could find the time. He's had to do everything from LO being born, bless him! LO feeds every 2 hours and has a 30 minute nap between every feed (and on the sofa so I can't leave her) so I've really struggled to find time to do anything. A big turning point was at 3 months in when we started putting LO in her crib in our room at 8:30pm (before that she'd stay downstairs with us until we went to bed) and during the day I had to start putting her in her bouncer or on play mat and let her entertain herself for about 15-20 mins twice a day so I can get stuff done. So far I now vacuum downstairs daily and upstairs once a week. I've just added emptying and cleaning the vacuum cleaners once a week now too. 1-2 loads of washing a day - bedsheets and blankets every Friday, towels and work clothes at the weekend or Mondays, Tuesdays all of baby's clothes, and one day a week for as much of mine and OH's clothes I can wash. Ironing was about once a week but I'm now doing about 30mins every evening after baby is in bed. Still mainly iron baby's clothes so I look like I'm wearing crepe paper most of the time. Kitchen only gets a wipe down every day and the bathroom once a week. OH is still cooking the teas. We (and by we I mean OH) have done a deep clean once since baby was born, and we had to sacrifice a weekend to do it. OH has a week off this week so we're trying to do a room every day - he's doing the kitchen now as I type bless him! I find every week or couple of weeks I can add a new thing to my routine so hopefully next deep clean won't have to be so deep. I'm slowly getting my housewife chufty badge
Wow!!! Your OH sounds like an absolute dream!! Mine is the stereotypical make a mess, do nothing about it kind of OH!! He even said to me the other day this house needs a really good clean!!! I won't repeat what I said to him!
But that was actually got me thinking about when I'm going to find the time to do it!....you a very lucky to have such a helpful OH (even though it souldnt be classed as lucky....that should be the norm 
I clean and tidy everything as I go as I can't stand to be in a mess. I have a DustBuster to zap crumbs LO scatters up straight away and I vacuum and mop before bed. I make the bed as soon as im up, wipe down sinks and countertops every time I use them, dishes get rinsed and put in the dishwasher soon as I'm done using them, clothes go in the hamper, they are washed, dried, folded and put away straight away, coats and bags in the closet, toys back in their toy box, tub rinsed immediately, mail is filed
or recycled right away, bins emptied daily etc I can't sleep unless i know everything has been put away before I go to bed, that includes plumping the sofa cushions and putting the remote controls in their right place. That way things never get that dirty or untidy. I have a cleaner who comes once a week and she complains there isn't anything to do in my house. But I think if you clean clean things, they stay pristine rather than in an 'it will do' state.
DH thinks I'm anal. He's probably right!
or recycled right away, bins emptied daily etc I can't sleep unless i know everything has been put away before I go to bed, that includes plumping the sofa cushions and putting the remote controls in their right place. That way things never get that dirty or untidy. I have a cleaner who comes once a week and she complains there isn't anything to do in my house. But I think if you clean clean things, they stay pristine rather than in an 'it will do' state.
DH thinks I'm anal. He's probably right!
