how can i keep on top of housework with a baby and full time job?

Question

i work full time and have a toddler and i find when i get home in evening im too tired then i have to spend my day off cleaning whole house instead of quality time with my daughter any tips?

Answer 1

Do as my wife does: quit your job and spend the day drinking Special Brew whilst smoking Lambert and Butler and your worries will fade away just like my wife's concerns! Furthermore her behaviour hasn't affected our one year old either! Although I did notice that he's not moved an inch in the past three weeks. He must be really tired!

Answer 2

My honest answer would be that it will only get harder, at the moment your parenting side, is probably the easiest its ever going to be. As the kids get older, they become harder work, so working now whilst you can is probably the best idea, i always worked part-time when my babies were babies and the house was always on top of me. Now i cant keep up with them and i certainly do not have the time or the energy to work, because the house dominates my life. So i would cut down your hours, then you can plan quality time with your daughter, and also enjoy cleaning up, and hopefully manage to squeeze in a little time for yourself, cos afterall, if you go down, everything will go down

Answer 3

Housework will be a lot easier if you are tidy in the first place.
Go for minimalism and say to yourself "don't put it down, put it away" everytime you are tempted to just dump stuff on worktops etc.
Most dusting can be done with a damp tea towel, go for little and often. Wash up dishes etc., when they are used and don't stack them up to do at the end of the day (unless you have a dishwasher) as in the evening you will be tired and will be tempted to leave the dishes 'until tomorrow'.
A quick vacuum every other day should do unless you have hairy pets. Try and get your daughter to be tidy if she is old enough to understand. Get everybody to take their shoes off in the hall when they come in, thus eliminating most of the muck which will come in on their feet.
A quick wipe round in the bathroom everyday will suffice with a thorough clean on your days off.
Deal with post every day or stack up things which can wait until one set day a week.
Organisation and the ability to think ahead are the key.
Good luck!

Answer 4

Get organised .Chuck out all your clutter .Keeping tidy is half your battle won.Put things away as you go along.Just tidy up a bit each day and then have a good clean up once in a blue moon.Wash up and keep the sink clean and wipe surfaces with bacterial spray keep the loo clean.Anything else can wait.only iron what you absolutely have to and keep the ironing in a cupboard out of the way.Do n't expect too much of yourself .Time with your daughter is more important.Enjoy your day off as a special time Confine your necessary chores to the minimum while she is young. If anyone says anything about it hand them a duster and a mop or show them the door.

Answer 5

Here are some options

1) Quit your job and become a full-time homemaker. This will afford you quality time with your daughter and you can have time to do your housework.

2) Tell your husband that he is going to have to stay home and become a househusband. Then he will be responsible for housework.

3) Hire a housekeeper

Good luck.

Answer 6

if you are on your own
then spend time with her before bed, do 30 mins every night ironning/washing up or what ever, then 1/2 a day at the weekend clean, give toddler a cloth to help, hold the hoover together, make it as fun as you can.
if you have a partner, share the work and childcare maybe 1 shop with your child while the other cleans

Answer 7

i know the feeling. i have a 16 month old, I'm a full time student and i work part time you feel like your always on the go and you never stop even when your in bed trying to sleep your still constantly thinking of things that need to be done.
i would say spend time with your daughter and let the House get a little messy.i always say to myself that me and my son will struggle on now while hes Young SO that we won't have to the the future.
good luck

Answer 8

It's hard, I know. I'm a stay at home mom and sometimes have difficulty keeping on top of housework. I blame it on my 3 male tornadoes. LOL. Anyway, my tip would be to just try and tidy as you go along. When you're going about your normal daily routine, if you're going from the bedroom to the kitchen and you see a glass or plate on your way, take it with you. If you're leaving the livingroom and passing the laundry room and you see clothes, drop those off on the way. Best of luck!

Answer 9

Emma, darlin, I had to come to grips with this a while back. In the end, when your daughter is grown and you are dead, she isn't going to remember how clean your house was. She is going to remember the trips to the park, the time spent snuggling, the rainy days you sat in the floor and worked puzzles, played Barbies, or colored with her.

Screw the house. You can clean it when she is a teenager & doesn't want you anywhere near her. Spend time with your daughter!

Answer 10

I also used to stress about the house being untidy but not anymore - there are more important things to worry about.

Keep things tidy as you go along / when you are finished with something pack it away. Perhaps clean a different room each day when your little one goes to sleep at night.
I also have a lady who cleans for me twice a month and then she does all the dusting and "proper cleaning".

Good luck!

Answer 11

i'm thinking if she has upload. women from time to time don't get clinically determined because of the fact their symptoms could be distinctive. Sari Solden has a solid e book on women with upload. i assume she could purely be lazy, yet seem into upload first, ok? yet another threat is that she is bored being at homestead. possibly she desires the stimulation of a entire-time job. If she had a occupation and gave it up, it fairly is a threat. possibly she desires to bypass to college area time for the psychological stimulation. those issues could do away with from the homestead initiatives, yet she could be happier and experience like doing greater or she could make sufficient money to hire a housekeeper--there are all varieties of possiblities. I additionally grew up poor, in a messy homestead, and want a sparkling homestead the place i will discover issues. I understand that feeling, yet possibly your spouse isn't able or prepared. possibly she purely desires to check some coping innovations from parenting instructions, an upload help group, or something like that. in case you be attentive to it is not intentional, it may not experience so undesirable. additionally, you ought to hire a teenager to return in and help watch the new child so your spouse can sparkling or the teen ought to scrub mutually as your spouse keeps to be with the new child. purely an hour an afternoon could make a extensive difference. For my maximum puzzling few months, I had a 12 year previous female come over to assist out purely slightly and it exchange into impressive; I have been given lots greater executed. It seems such as you do lots with the youngsters and the homestead. She's fortunate to have you ever figuring out on up the slack. besides the undeniable fact that, being homestead with a new child can be fairly annoying, reckoning on the new child and the character of the determine. i assume i could initiate with ruling out melancholy, boredom and upload and then spend it sluggish in marital counseling to artwork out your changes. solid luck.