messy house

Charity - posted on 02/26/2013

No you are NOT alone. I struggle and I am a kinda SAHM ( I work part time) and go to school part time. Some times it is a constant struggle to keep my house in some sort of order. I go to other moms with 3 kids who have clean houses and I truly think how do you do it? I pick up every day and do a clean up during afternoon nap time and if you come over during that time of day my house might look OK. Depending on the day and time my house may look like a total disaster/wreck. I try, but I still suck at it. I try to tell myself that my babies are only little once and enjoy them even if it means the house goes to hell.

April - posted on 07/27/2010

I have been the working mom with a baby and a messy house, as well as, the stay at home mom/student with a VERY active toddler and a messy house.....I find that no matter how much time I have it is never enough. This is a battle that is not won easily. Don't be discouraged just do the best you can.Keep trying different methods until you find the one that works best for you and your family. I read and try to absorb all the articles that I can. Some of the ideas presented in the magazines are doable and some are just to much for me. My life before a child was a balancing act but nothing like it is now. Before I would NEVER have paid a housekeeper to come in once a month for deep cleaning but now I would rather have that than a new purse or a night out. Good luck, keep trying but remember there will be clothes to wash even after the kids are grown.....they are only babies once.

Cherish - posted on 03/18/2010

I've got three little ones and I stay home! You are not the only one, promise. I feel like I clean every day all day long after these three. And especially laundry, it's like a never ending thing!

Joy - posted on 02/25/2010

Girl it must be really hard for you, have,nt you got no support from family members or your partner?I do my house work in the evening with my kids support as their old enough now to help out.When they were younger it was done in the evening.

Marla - posted on 01/16/2010

You are absolutely not the only one!! I have been battling that for years and My kids are 11, 12, and 16. I can definately sympathise.

Krissy - posted on 12/28/2009

I never had the perfect house BEFORE my baby was born, much less since he was. but so long as the living room is mostly clean, the dishes get washed so i can cook, and the bathroom is acceptable to me (i'm a freak about the bathroom,) then if the clothes are piled on the dresser and the mail is piled in the office, it doesn't bother me too much.

it helps that hubby does the laundry. ;p

Theresa - posted on 12/13/2009

HA! I have one eight year old at home and 2 dogs and my whole neighborhood knows if they come in there will be laundry, dirt and who knows what else (new puppy) waiting for them. Just do the best you can - 20 years from now you won't want to have taken time to clean the house and have missed the time with your kids. You have your priorities in order. The house will be plenty clean when they grow up

Racheal - posted on 12/11/2009

I am a SAHM of 3 boys and I can never get my house clean. It drives me nuts! So don't feel like you are the only one. I am always worried about everyone judging me like I'm lazy or something bc my house isn't spotless. I think that we are really just judging ourselves. :)

Kelly - posted on 01/05/2009

I am a work at home mom with my first child who is only 7 months old and I feel I can never catch up.  I agree with Natalie, dull women have immuclate homes.  HA.  LIke my mother always says....the mess will always be there, live your life, enjoy your children, life is too short to worry about a messy home. 

Natalie - posted on 01/04/2009

My mother had a plaque that hung in our kitchen and now hangs in mine..."Dull women have immaculate homes!" My daughter is six and my feeling is that I will have plenty of time to make my house perfect when she is older and doesn't want to hang with her mom any more. I'm just aiming for sanitary at this point...

Angela - posted on 01/01/2009

No you are no the only one!! I only have one baby and the clutter and constant picking up of toys or things that she has pulled down about drives me crazy. I will pick up the house and soon as I put one thing away there is something else out. On top of that right now we have boxes everywhere because we planning on moving soon and everything is out of my closest because the water pipes had to be replaced.

AnnMarie - posted on 12/27/2008

I am a stay at home mom of three and I feel that if the kids are awake the house is a mess!!! I am a little OCD about my house so I put a lot of pressure on myself. I do have a wonderful husband that is not afraid to help do dishes or laundry or pick up toys otherwise I would just give up. I enjoy the hour before I go to bed that the house is picked up (NOT CLEAN just everything in its place)! Because as soon as I open my eyes when one of the little ones awaken it is a mess again.