alone to much i can get it looking great everything in its place but that does not leave me much time to play with my 10 month old
2007-01-23 06:45:17 · 21 answers · asked by noot 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
she 10 months and i don't want to carry her everywere just be able to devide the time better
2007-01-23 06:51:21 · update #1
i get very stressed with mess and muck it has to be done
2007-01-23 06:53:46 · update #2
my hubby works 7 till 7 its not right to ask him to help
2007-01-25 08:36:22 · update #3
I agree with you! I have a cleaning service that comes once a month which will keep it somewhat clean. Otherwise, I just pick-up as we go through our day.
2007-01-23 07:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take one day and maybe get a friend to help or your mother and give your house a real good cleaning...have someone watch the baby. Then just do a quick run around and pick up daily to keep things in place. Of course there will always be laundry and dishes so keep up with those too.
How do I keep up my house? My guy helps me out but i know a lot of people dont have that option for some reason.
2007-01-23 16:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a spotless house and children do not go hand in hand. Once you have kids, you need and have to chance your priorities around - just wait til your little one is up and running! (and number two comes along!)
I do a little bit each and every day, and keep on top of the work that way, but your children are young only once, and they need attention and stimulation more than a spotless house. They need nurturing and guidance more than a spotless house.
It is a big adjustment, but lower your standards a bit, do what you can, and then get down on the floor and play, read to and enjoy your baby.
2007-01-23 14:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by lawpmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very true that it is more important to spend time with your child. It is also true that while baby carriers are great, they still tend to get int eh way especially once baby is the age of ours(mine is 9 months on Friday). I am lucky in that my husband does not mind picking up my slack in housework. When I do get it done myself, however, what I tend to do is one room a day. I do my kitchen one day, living room another, bathrooms and baby's room(because it just doesn't really get dirty yet, just needs his laundry put away), laundry I tend to do every day or every other, my daughter's room I dont generally clean as she is 12 and capable of doing her own. Thats the best solution, personally that Ive found, is to just break up the major cleaning and just straighten everything else on their not-thorough-clean days. This way I don't really spend more than an hour each day in seriour housecleaning mode.
2007-01-23 15:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by Betsy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is she able to walk yet? If so, you could put her in one of those baby walker things and she could follow you from room to room. It would be fun for her. Or, you can just wait until you put her down for her nap, and then just clean as much of the house as you can. Nobody expects a spotless house from the mother of a 10-month-old. Also, if your baby's dad is around, you should ask him to help you with the household chores so you don't have to clean AND take care of a baby.
2007-01-23 14:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just have to decide what is more important to you. Having a spotless house, or playing with your baby. Personally, I would just keep your house neat and not worry about it being spotless, there will be plenty of time to have a spotless house when your kids grow up and move away. I don't think its really possible to do both.
2007-01-23 14:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a playpen in the living room, a walker in another room, a Johnny Jump Up in another room, etc. so that she has something to do in each room while you're cleaning. This way, while you're cleaning you can talk to her, play with her, and interact with her so she's not alone.
Others have recommended carriers, but really--housework is hard enough without having a 20 lb. baby hanging from you.
Good luck..hope this helps :-)
2007-01-23 14:58:09 · answer #7 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What I do with my child, shes only 4 months, but I keep her in the room that I am cleaning, or in the area so I can hear her. As long as your house is neat, it doesn't have to be spotless.
2007-01-23 14:58:42 · answer #8 · answered by Proud Mother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a spotless house with a 10 month old? hun i cant get my house clean with my 10 mth old daughter. but i do for some cleaniong time is...set her down some where safe with toys and go about listen for your lil one and check up on her...and at night you will have all the time to play :)
2007-01-23 14:55:45 · answer #9 · answered by impala400sb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*almost dies from laughing too hard* Um... Children & a spotless house? Not gonna happen. Relax a bit on the things that don't have to be prefect other wise you will just burn yourself out. Enjoy your baby. As I once read in a parenting magazine, "No one ever looks back at when their children were young and says 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time cleaning the house.'"
2007-01-23 15:30:06 · answer #10 · answered by autumnofserenity@sbcglobal.net 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Put in place a system of a room a day or like fifteen minutes a day this should help and when baby goes to sleep then you are all game for more cleaning.
2007-01-23 14:49:49 · answer #11 · answered by mommy of two 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋