cleaning a house?

Question

how to keep house clean with 2 children..
one 6 month old and the other a 3 year old...

Answer 1

Ha, we have the same problem. I have a 5month old and a 3yr old. My son keeps his own room clean. Everynite before he goes to bed, it's clean up time. Other than that, I just pick up as I go and do laundry on an as needed basis. The dishes are done every night. I reserve the deep cleaning (washing floors, vacuuming low tread areas, the bathrooms) for the weekends. My hubbie and I spend an hour or 2 cleaning for the week and that gives us the rest of the weekend off. Its all about deciding what you want, a really clean house or time with your family.

Answer 2

Wow. I admire anyone who can handle small children in quantities greater than one.

My kids are older (16 and eight) but clutter is always a problem.

I keep an extra laundry basket around the house. During the day, odds and ends get tossed into it. That keeps the clutter contained in a very small area. I can either tackle sorting it out later in the day or give my family a choice, get your stuff out and put it up or I'll bag it for the trashman. Keep it simple.

Diaper wipes are safe on furniture and glass. I have never met a three year old who doesn't like to dust and clean windows. Give the bigger kid a box of diaper wipes.

The kitchen is always tough. Try to prep, tidy, cook, tidy, serve, tidy. These jobs are best split between two persons ie "You cook and I'll clean."

Always keep plenty of paper towels and surface sanitizers readily available in the kitchen. At the very least, you know that any mislaid item is sitting in an area that 99.7% germ-free.

For cleaner bathrooms, buy gentle scratch-free powder cleansers. Prior to your significant other's bath/shower, sprinkle the powder liberally throughout the lavoratory. Leave a clean sponge in plain view. If that person is worth keeping, that person knows what to do. Really.

I don't want to sound impertinant but there is no other way. I work full-time as does my husband. We have never come up with job descriptions for husband/wife, mother/father. Comprimise. Until your blue in the face, if you must. But, you will find that if a job must be done, just do it yourself. If the job isn't done, then it really wasn't as important as you made it out to be...

Answer 3

I'm a mother of two and I own a cleaning service. First, remember with children that age its almost impossible to keep a spot-less house. but you can keep it clean with a little creativity. I bought the child's "cleaning kit" when mine were around those ages, that way my 3 year old would think it was fun to help. Then I would set aside two hours a day, preferably when the baby is asleep. Pick up any clutter (and if you keep it up there shouldn't be much) and then with your older child's "help" dust, vacuum, whatever you need to do that day. To get him more in the spirit put on some kids music, and make it fun. Also remember that vacuums are white noise, so it can actually help the baby sleep. And utilize products that simplify. Ones I know that wok are swiffer's, magic erasers, bar keepers friend instead of comet, bam,and if you buy a bottle of pine sol (they have awesome smells now) and a spray bottle, you can mix it half with water and not only clean counters and sinks, but you can spray it on the floor to mop with. There are a lot of tricks, just don't get overwhelmed, life is too valuable to stress over it. It gets easier the older they get:)

Answer 4

Plan A. Get help:
I recommend that you get someone to help you do housework, like a friend, relative or hiring a weekly maid. Hiring a maid would be the best option in my opinion.

Plan B.
Get organized so that it makes it easy to clean right away, and you have a system.

Plan C.
Buy cleaning products that are non-toxic that really make it fun to clean, and maybe the 3 year old will help too!

Answer 5

Words from the wise my Grandma it is better to keep house than clean house!

Answer 6

i'd want a maid service... in leiu of that i'd settle for trying to corral all their stuff into one or two rooms (not their bedrooms!), and having at least the 3-yo pick up some of his/her mess prior to bedtime. my 4-yo does that so we can sing songs for bedtime. i also try to tidy one room a day. bathrooms and kitchen on weekends, saturday mornings if i can so the rest of the weekend is cleaning-free. hth!

Answer 7

i'll say my experience first. i'm livin in dubai with my family includin my father-in-law, husband and two brother-in-laws. all are job goers. so i've to prepare lunch for them and also dinner. night itself i'll cut the vegetbles. onion and garlic etc and used to keep it in the fridge in an air tight container. i used to wake up at 4 O' clock in the morning and prepare the food within one hour and pack them and put it in their places.i'll keep the rest of the food for me and my boy inside the fridge. after i 'll heat it when i need. so from the morning to evening it'll be a challenging time for me to see my son and all of the cleaning works. for that i'll put tom and jerry cartoons for one hour and used to clean the house.
next, i'll give food for him and let him to take bath and made to sleep him. in that one hour also i'll finish all the rest of the jobs. in the evening time my father-in-law or somebody will take care of my son and i'll cook dinner at that time. for ur information my son is two years old and he knows to operate computer with the keyboard as well as mouse. he knows to operate most of the electronic goods. he is so so active and notorious as well as smart. so i'm struggling a lot to brought up him. any way i'm enjoying a lot
in your case, when ur 6 month baby is sleeping, you can do the cleaning works and send your elder baby to school. prepare the food for them on early morning and keep it in the fridge.wshing the clothes is easiest one only. gather all the dirty clothes in a cover and wash it with an automatic washing machine when u have time. then give it to the laundary for ironing.
clean your house atleast twice daily when ur child is sleeping. if u feel difficulty in those works, then keep a servant maid to clean ur house.

Answer 8

Put everything in its right place as soon as you finish with it and wash up as soon as you've used it.
These two little points have kept my house clean and livable

Answer 9

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