Which is harder dealing with? Kids or housework?

Katharine - posted on 08/10/2011

Cleaning the house or doing any chores is a bitch! I love taking care of my kids, I do love making their breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks because that is our bonding time and love seeing the smile on their faces and laughing. When my husband comes home he takes over with the kids and cooks dinner while I have a break. My husband is a great cook, he loves cooking dinner too.

Emma - posted on 08/10/2011

lets just put it this way if you are a neat freak my could have a breakdown in my house. its clean just disorganized.

Katie - posted on 07/04/2011

I HATE housework. Always have. I love spending time with my DD, but sometimes I do get frustrated when she's not listening. I try to remember that she's just a baby, and is still learning her boundaries. (She's almost 15 months)

Carolee - posted on 07/04/2011

I despise cooking! That's one of the reasons I married my husband. I knew I'd starve if I didn't find someone who loved to cook as much as he does! I burn myself making noodles...

Good Day! - posted on 07/04/2011

Yeah, I end up doing most of the housework. What am I saying? I do ALL of the housework. Luckily my house is small and my three year old is a neat freak. My husband...not so much. He has a tendency to write important pieces of information on scrap papers (receipts, junk mail) and leave them all over the house. After throwing away his important stuff one too many times, I started just gathering all the scrap paper with his handwriting on it and leaving it on his dresser. His dresser is junky.

I actually don't mind that I'm the one doing the housework. He does work hard. By 'work hard' I mean both at work and at home. He loves yard work and we have a beautiful garden and fresh vegetables thanks to him. And he does the music at our church, so that's pretty much another job that he does. AND because he's a nurse, every family member calls HIM with their ailments and he spends a good portion of every month taking older family member's blood pressures and heart rates and convincing them to see their doctor and going over the medications to make sure they are compatible...blah blah.

In short, I'm okay that he doesn't help with the inside housework because he does so much other stuff for our family.

Cooking is a different story. I LOVE to cook. I cook from scratch most nights. The nights I don't cook we are eating leftovers because I hate wasting food.

Shannintipton - posted on 07/04/2011

That is niiiiiiiice Carolee. I would looove that. I can't cook to save my life. Poor kids.

Carolee - posted on 07/04/2011

I agree with Sara. I also stay at home with my kids. I enjoy my kids, even when they are being little brats. I hate housework of all kinds. Thankfully, I have a husband that realizes that the reason I stay home is for the KIDS, not the housework. We split the cleaning duties pretty evenly, and he cooks dinner every night when he gets home (partially because he loves to cook, and partially because he said that me cooking twice a day is enough and I deserve a break).

Good Day! - posted on 07/03/2011

Ugh, housework. I'm a stay at home MOM, not maid. Children I can actually see how my efforts are paying off...everytime Eliza recognizes a new letter or Jacie smiles. The housework is never ending.