How to keep your hpuse clean?

Question

When I was a kid, our house was ALWAYS so clean and nice.Now that Ia m grown I can never keep it clean at all. Its really bad. clothes on the floor, dusty, etc...I have one child and I spend time with her. hubby is out working and or school.My daughter and I go to school too(3x a week). Friday started xmas vacation.I am also a stay at home mom.how can I keep it clean????

FYI I DO NOT SIT AT ALL. I NEVER GET TO, OR NEVER NAP, OR NEVER JUST RELAX, I AM RUNNING AROUND AFTER MY 3 YR OLD, AND TYPING OR ASKING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

Answer 1

Try the "Flylady" website for good tips. Break it down into absolute essentials that have to be done daily, and then stuff you can do weekly etc. Set a timer for 30 min and tell yourself you are going to see just how much you can get done in that time. Put on some music and go for it! You'll be surprised.

Handle things once. When you come in from shopping, set the bags down in the kitchen and put the things where they go; don't pile them on the counter and *then* move them. From bag to shelf or cupboard or wherever.

Don't put it down, put it away. Coats on the rack or in the closet, books back on the shelf, anything you're not using back where it lives. If you don't have a place for it, it's going to be under foot.

When it comes to de-cluttering, those big trashbags are a godsend. If you haven't used something in the last 3 years, toss it or give it away unless it is very valuable. (I make exceptions for things like books.) If it's something with no sentimental value and you never use it, find someone who will.

Answer 2

First of all, you need to get things completely, deeply cleaned. From top to bottom...then, make a regular schedule for cleaning things. Once you've done your deep cleaning in the bathroom - schedule 3-4 days a week to go in there and clean it. Cleaning a bathroom 3-4 days a week involves scrubbing the toilet, sweeping the floor, scrubbing the sink, wiping down the counters and mirror, cleaning the shower. You can mop the kitchen when you mop all of the tile floors in the house. Make a specific day to mop all tile floors. You will need to do that at least 1-2 days a week. Sweep EVERY single day. You have a child? You need to vacuum every day or every other day. You should be dusting every other day as well. I use the Swiffer dusters - best for trapping the dust as you go. You should be doing dishes on a daily basis and as they accumulate. Never leave a dirty dish in the sink! You should be doing laundry as it accumulates. Do not have a "laundry day". Do it as you have medium-full loads to wash.

As for clutter... do not allow that to accumulate. Take out the trash on a daily basis or whenever it gets full. Do not let it sit there and run over... yuck! Clothes do NOT belong on the floor. They belong in a laundry basket/hamper or folded and put away where they belong. When you get a load out of the dryer.. fold them immediately and put them away. Do not fold them and put them in a basket or on your bed.

I think you can figure out what to do with the rest of your own cleaning that needs to be done.

Procrastination is one of the biggest dilemmas you will face as a stay-home mother. You know you are home, so you know you have the time to do it. It's just a matter of MAKING yourself do it! I give my entire home a "once over" on a daily basis. I just feel better if I get each room clean ..daily. I, too, am a very busy mom. I only make time for this thing while I'm waiting to switch over a load in the washer and dryer. As for sitting? LOL I don't stop until my head hits the bed each night.

One more note: Always try to start each day with every bed in your home made. My kids are responsible for making their beds before school every day and each weekend when they get up for the day! I make my bed when my husband and I are out of it. It helps kick off the day in the right way.

Answer 3

ORGANIZING, AND ROUTINE! Clean as u go, if u have bad habits, it's hard to change. I clean up things as I dirty them. If I am cooking, I never leave anything out, and I wash everything as I use it. Once everything is ready to eat, I make sure everything is cleaned and put away before I sit down to eat. I know that I never feel like cleaning once I've eaten, so I do it before. As far as the house goes, the same thing, and I have two days a wk. that I either vacuum, and or dust. Routine and good habits are the only way to not get things out of hand. Or they get to the point that it's so backed up, u don't want to face it. Good habits, and teach your child by example.

Answer 4

1. Get some storage boxes, or cover some cardboard ones with pretty contact paper and use these to 'pick up' stuff to be sorted later on.
2. Make a rule of not going to bed until the washing up has been done and the living/dining room is tidy. (It's awful getting up in the morning to a mess isn't it?)
3.Have a cleaning basket with cloths and cleaning sprays etc in, so that you can cart it round to each room as you clean.
4.Get the other members of your family to do their share. Everyone should be responsible for picking up their own clothes for example.
5. I find that doing housework to music helps...the time just flies by and I get lots more done!
The best rule of all is to keep things under control...don't wait until the mess is so bad you just feel overwhelmed by it. Bit by bit, day by day, pick something up on your way to the bedroom for example. Don't keep saying 'later' in your mind. It takes discipline to keep tidy and clean. Discipline yourself!! There are no excuses really are there?

Answer 5

I find that picking up after myself helps keep the house clean. If you can get your husband to pick up after himself at well, that will save you a lot of work. Even your daughter can be taught to put her toys away. I also try to stay out of the livingroom; so it's always clean. The most I have to do in there is dust. because there's no eating and such allowed. There's no television in the livingroom, for this reason.

The secret to keeping your kitchen clean is to clean up as you go. That is, by the time you finish cooking a meal, all the dishes, utensils and such you used should be already washed. The stove should be cleaned off and the floor swept. After the meal, you only have to wash the dinner dishes and any pots and pans that are emptied. Wipe off the stove again, including the eyes on the stove. and you're done. If you use paper plates (as I usually do), that's even less work for you.

Make up your bed in the morning, instead of leaving it for later, and hang up your clothes when you take them off. Don't wait til later. This helps me keep my bedroom straight. I pick one day out of the week to do a basic cleaning of the bathroom. I mop the uncarpeted areas in the house on that day as well. Use throw rugs to keep uncarpeted areas neat. I wash on a particular day. When it's not wash day, I keep clothes in the clothes hamper. That goes for the child's clothes too. Keep a small hamper in her room and teach her to place her dirty clothes there. This will teach her to be neat.

I used to be the worst housekeeper in the world. I was always embarrassed to have company. But I've learned to pick up after myself, as I've told you; and my house is always presentable. Furthermore, I have less work to do in the house. You'd be surprised how much free time you'll have if you make a point of picking up things up as you go along. Just make a habit of it. I never go to bed without the kitchen being clean. When you come home from school, take your clothes off and hang them up. This will keep your clothes fresh. Same for your daughter and your husband. Everyone should have something comfortable to wear around the house. All other clothes should be put away.

I enjoy coming home from work now, because there's very little to do. Once the dinner dishes are washed, I'm free for the evening. Best wishes and happy holidays!

Answer 6

I once saw a little sign hanging up by my friend's front door that said "Cleaning your house while your children are home is like shoveling snow while it's still snowing". Sad thing is it's true. My mom ran a daycare out of our house when I was growing up and the house was always spotless. When my brother and I got older though we realized that is because we were cleaning up for her. I have 3 kids ages 3,6,7 and my husband and I both have full time jobs. When I get home from work my house looks like a tornado hit it when I was gone. I gave up on spotless and learned to live with this. The days that I work I just pick up the house, and on my days off I spend them actually cleaning. Thats the only way I could keep my sanity and it may be yours too. If your daughter is old enough try teaching her to put her toys away when she's done playing or try getting her to help pick up maybe make up a game for her so she'll find it fun to help mom. My kids have to clean their rooms and their playroom. They also have to get their toys out of the hall, living room, and dining area or my husband will decide they don't care enough about them and he will throw them away. I left you some links with game ideas to get your daughter to help mom. And here's the words to the clean up song my kids now know by heart.
Clean-up,
Clean-up,
Everybody, Everywhere!
Clean-up,
Clean-up,
Everybody do your share!

Answer 7

some persons are basically no longer the tidy form. It took me forty yrs to determine that out and give up beating myself up for being a clutter lady. Do the final you are able to, make certain which of the unclean components of your abode malicious program you the main and reason you inner turmoil, prefer to attack THAT area daily. Then pass directly to the subsequent irratating place, once you get carry of te first one mastered. existence is so packed with issues extra significant than "TIDY" as long via fact the sinks, loos and flooring are sparkling, clutter is jes clutter. as long as none of it is risky on your daughter or a hearth hazzard in some way. be satisfied

Answer 8

i know where you are coming from the ones saying negative things may not have kids its not abt cleaning your home its keeping it clean i know. I have a 7yo and 20 month old both boys i have been a stay at home mom for 3.5 yrs but ijust started a career on monday and i wake up at 4 am to get that "me" time before my kids wake up i have to do all the luches for husband and 7 y/o so from 4am -1030ish im up every day on my feet go go go. this is what i suggest.
1. get a crock pot put your meats in thee early morning so you can clean kitchen and not have to reclean after cooking its so easy to use.
2. buy paper plates/ cups (wont have to worry abt dinner dishes and its cleaner.
3. if your living in a apartment or condo with no back yard like i am then take her to the park or somewhere to play and ware her self out then she will nap for you why you pick up.
4. get your daughter to help clean my 20 month old likes to sweep. mop and throw laundry in washer and fold the socks so get them busy and praise her for her efforts and this will interest her to pick her toys up this is the best age to get them in a routine they brains take in everything.
trust me for 3.5 yrs i been only around my boys and my husband no outside world only to do my monthly shopping . fyi get baskets to keep her toys in and books place them on floor so she can clean up easier too.
its isnt easy i know. if this helped and you have any ?s u can email me

Answer 9

Believe me, house work will never end. I am a stay at home mom of 3. Its all about moderatation, and just keeping up with it.

I can never catch up on laundry or dusting!

Answer 10

IT IS A ENDLESS JOB 24 -7 BUT PICK UP AFTER YOUR FAMILY AND CLEAN WHEN YOU CHILD TAKES A NAP
A CLEAN HOUSE IS THE BEST THING FOR YOUR CHILDAND IF YOU ARE A HOME MOM IT WILL BE EASY IF YOU SET YOUR PASE BETTER TEACH HER NO MATTER THE AGE TO PICK UP HER TOYS AND THINGS SHE OR HE WILL LEARN AND IT WILL HELP YOU TO IT NOT THAT HARD WHEN YOU GET A ROUTEEN FOR YOUR SELF