If you are a stay at home mom...
What household chores do you consider yourself responsible for?
What chores does your husband have?
"In a perfect world," What would you change about the division of labor in your house?
Do your children have chores? What type?
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2007-03-21 09:35:39 · 14 answers · asked by Me 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Well, I am a college student with a six month old. My husband works and goes to school as well. So kicking and screaming, we have worked it out to where the house is my complete responsibility since I no longer work. That includes cleaning dishes laundry vacuuming etc etc etc. Not to mention taking care of our son and our dog. The way I worked it our was to take the household chores and divide them up for different days.
It's divided up by
Laundry (a specific kind of load every day, sometimes two loads but no more)
Rooms (our bedroom, baby's room, study, bathroom)
Tidbits (vacuuming, dusting, grocery shopping).
Then there are the things that get done everyday (trash, dishes, random pickup and dinner)
I have found that doing this (if I don't procrastinate) leaves plenty of time to study and do homework and have time to relax at the end of the night.
In a perfect world, I would snap my fingers and the house would clean itself.
2007-03-21 12:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by Elora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a stay at home mum with two children and 28 weeks pregnant with the third. I do everything, and I mean everything! My partner doesn't do a thing which really p****s me off!! I make my kids put toys away after playing, but at 5 and 2 thats about all i can expect from them. In an ideal world, my partner would do at least 25% of the household chores (cant be fairer than that) and my kids wouldn't make a mess in the first place!!!
2007-03-21 19:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a stay at home mom, I did everything. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes, etc. My husband didn't have to do anything. The way I figured it, I was lucky enough to stay home and take care of things while he earned a living. He was responsible for any repairs I couldn't do but other than that, he was a lucky man! Of course your children should have chores according to their ages, that is just a given.
2007-03-21 16:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by itsjustme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't know what staying home has to do with it...
I work full time and I do
All the grocery shopping
All the bathroom cleaning
All the floors (Vacuum & Mop)
All the laundry
All the cooking
All feeding of the pets (bird and three dogs)
All things baby (bathe feed stay up with etc)
My Husband also works full time
He takes care of
All the garbage
The dogs (walking and cleaning up after)
The Pool
The dishes (most of the time)
We share the gardening and household projects.
The baby is 5 months...so the only chore he has is drinking milk and wetting diapers...lol.
2007-03-21 16:43:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom and I do all the cleaning and cooking and errands. My husband works long hours, so I don't mind doing the work. He is off every other weekend and when he is off he helps me. And it works out fine for us. My children don't have chores because they are to young.
2007-03-21 16:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by Hi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a mom. But I am a stay at home housewife and will be a stay at home mom soon hopefully. Anyway I take care of the entire cleaning. Even when I have children they won't have chores. My husband will naturally be at work for long periods of time so he'll be tired when he comes home.
2007-03-21 19:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since my husband works long hours (9-10 per day) I dont really expect any cleaning, Just picking up after himself and help at dinner with the kids (fixing their plate etc) He sometimes does baths but I ususally try to do that in the morning so when he gets home it can be all fun and play with daddy.
My children help me pick up their toys and make their beds (3 and 4 years old)
In a perfect world I would have a houskeeper
2007-03-21 16:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by jon jon's girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom and all the house work is my responsibility, but I will say that my children are responsible for their rooms and bathroom and any mess they make in the living room and they do pitch in when I ask... my husband does nothing... except for the repairs and I am fine with that since this is what we agreed to when we decided to have children I am happy with my life and my responsibilities.
2007-03-21 16:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by B-E-B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband comes home and does the feeding and diaper change before bed and the occasional feeding before he goes to work. he takes out the trash, walks the dog once a day, cleans the cars twice a month, feeds the lizard and cleans its cage and irons his own uniforms.
i am responsible for the main amount of childcare of course
laundry, dishes, grocery shopping, cooking, vaccuming and other daily chores and one round of dog walking. i think that the division of chores is pretty well established and fair. my child isnt old enough for chores.
2007-03-21 21:54:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only been a stay at home mom for two years now. I read the entire story and boy do I see myself in her. Being in our position we have to handle EVERYTHING while the husband does nothing to help around the house. Even when I worked, I did it all - laundry, cleaning, cooking, watching the kids. My husband doesn't think he should have to do anything around the house even when I made as much money as him.
2007-03-21 16:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Beth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋