Help! My mom is a terrible house cleaner. My house is dirty, and i am embarrased by it! What should i do?!!?

Question

I do cleaning every day about 2 hours. she help but not much and i have two younger brothers who dont listen to anyone, and always make it more filthy. I seriously need help. I do most of the work and am always under stress because of my home that no one helps me clean.

Answer 1

You could try and help out. There may be more to your mom's lack of cleaning than meets the eyes.

If you need help where to start, I say the kitchen. I start with a sink full of dishes and soak them, clean a counter, load them in the dishwasher or wash them, rinse and drain, then load another sinkfull do another counter, same thing until all the dishes are washed and the counters, stove, microwave and refrigerator are all cleaned off.

Then start in the other rooms. Bathroom, start with the job you hate in that room the most and work your way around the room.

Then the living room/dining rooms, start in one place and work your way around them. Putting things away and dusting/ cleaning. Make a pile by the door of each room of things that go in the other rooms, then as soon as you are done with that room, take those piles and put that stuff away.

Finish the house by doing all of the floors. The windows you can do on another day.


Here are three sites that I hope can help you.

I know it isn't fair that these jobs are all dumped on you, but honestly maybe no one taught your mom what a clean house is like or how to clean.

Answer 2

Try to teach your younger brothers to pick up after themselves. It can be rough, I'm a mom and my house is not spotless. She may not have enough time to clean everyday. Ask her if there is anything else that she needs help with. Maybe if you help her out in other areas she will have some free time for cleaning. Maybe she could use help with yard work or laundry. Its still work, but at least you wont' be picking up after other people all the time.

And since you do it all the time, she might think that you really like to clean. So she just lets you. I would sit down with her and see if there is something else you can help with. Maybe you could suggest creating a chore list and the whole family could get involved!

Answer 3

Well, the big thing is to establish a "routine"... I have two small children a dog, husband and I work nights.. I get up in the morning and wipe the bathroom down with disenfectant wipes... The sink,counters, toilet surfaces and I'll clean the mirror... Once a week or more depending on if it needs it.. I'll spray a 50/50 bleach/water solution on the tub/tile surround and let that sit.. I'll also spray the tub.. This disenfects the tub/tile area and gets rid of mildew.. .If it's really bad you may have to scrub the area.. I like to use nylon non scratch pads or a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.. However, once you do a major cleaning/scrubbing you shouldn't have to do it all the time... I also turn the water valve off on the toilet and fill the bowl with about 2-3 cups bleach and let that sit sometime's overnight... *HOWEVER if you have other's in the house make sure they know there is bleach in the bowl BEFORE they use it.. Ammonia found is urine will cause a chemical reaction/poisonious gas.. So, do this with some caution.. Leave a note on the toilet if you plan on doing this...

In the kitchen on a daily basis I like to wipe the counters and the sink out with antibacterial wipes and unload the dishwasher... Sweep kitchen floor or you can use the vacuum... Wipe down appliances with anitbacterial wipes.. That will atleast "tidy" up the area.. If it needs a more through cleaning... I would suggesting using the 50/50 bleach, some paper towels and a bit of elbow grease.. Or some 409 multi purpose cleaner... If your sponge is grundgy replace. I like to put my sponges in the dishwasher/microwave for about 3 minutes after I rinse them to kill bacteria or use paper towels... I clean out the fridge of old/uneaten food every week usually the day before the trash goes outside.. If something spills wipe up ASAP.

I vacuum everyday and dust once a week.. Depending on your situation you may want to dust and then vacuum...

Laundry is done a load a day... I usually run a load at night before bed and dry it when I get up in the morning...

* You may want to get a routine/list up on a message board or fridge and enlist the help of your family to get things done... It takes me roughly 2 hours a day to "tidy" up my home and about 2 hours a week to deep clean if the room needs it.. I sweep/mop my kitchen floors everyday before I go to bed.. However I have 2 small children so it gets pretty messy... good luck

Answer 4

So what if your mom is a terrible house cleaner? Maybe, you should just get up and do it yourself? Does the woman always HAVE to do the cleaning, the cooking, and raising the children? If you have a problem with the house being dirty just talk to your mom about doing it together. Don't be a baby

Answer 5

Your mom might be depressed or have other issues that make it very hard for her to keep up. I know she would appreciate some help. Sometimes just a little help will encourage her enough to do better herself. Maybe your family needs to share the tasks and not leave everything to her. Also if she has cleaned and no one helped her to keep it clean she probably just gave up.

Answer 6

Maybe you should make your younger brothers help out. A little discipline might put make them stop being so filthy. My mom always does the housework. It makes me feel bad so I try to help out every once in a while. It's good if the whole family pitches in!

Answer 7

eeegads i have same problem, I'm an adult and I tell anyone that comes over, "You are not to come in my house, period!' (husband is a slob and expects my to pick up after him...I wont!) so just bare with it, and remember you wont be there forever, and dream of the days to come when YOU will be in CONTROL, also, make sure you pick a mate thats is clean like yourself, it helps in the long run, uncleanliness is discusting and unsanitary! I wish you well and just keep up your own cleaning, your great to be that way! kudos to you!

Answer 8

i could like a sparkling, tidy abode, yet with 2 babies it variety of feels exceedingly much impossible. they are in a position to empty out a cabinet interior the time it takes me to tutor around and comprehend what they are doing. I shop the kitchen sparkling conventional (no longer constantly tidy however), and attempt to do a load of washing conventional. the showering room gets a sparkling approximately as quickly as each and every week. The flooring incredibly choose a sweep or vacuum each and every 2nd day, yet that frequently would not get executed. I easily have a huge load of ironing that needs doing, yet that could wait till I take a seat to computer screen television. i individually hate housework, and am heavily thinking quitting!

Answer 9

Keep your room clean and help as much as possible. Other than that there's not much you can do until you move out.

Answer 10

Sorry but I have to agree with the people before me...clean it yourself!