Ok, so im interested to know how you mums actually keep a lovely looking clean fresh house!

So many other mums homes ive been in, are lovely, clean, tidy, not a washing basket in site, not even a mucky cup! How the bloody hell do you manage it!?

My house, always looks a tip. Its not 'dirty' as such, but just toys, washing piled high, pots to do, and its just never ending!!

Come on.. i'd love to know, do you have a secret cleaner? An excellent other half who works all day then comes in and does everything? Brilliant child(ren) who sleep all day long so you can get everything done?

Charlie goes to the nannans homes every weekend, my parents one w/end, his parents the w/end after. And my home, STILL is a mess!

He emptys cupboards on a daily basis, attacks my handbag every hour (emptying its contents allover the house!) , he makes the weekly shopping a nightmare (Projectile vomiting on the 52 yesterday), he pulls every wipe out of the packet at the first given opportunity!

At the minute, the 'cleaning' cupboard is allover the kitchen, clean and mucky washing are mixed together, two prams in the living room, the wii is mixed with his toys, ironin pile is his new 'sofa' the lamp has been pulled off the tv unit, theres pots everywhere, my floors are a tip (need hoovering mainly!) the stairs... theres shoes everywhere, and im sat on the only clean space on the sofa... Wondering who the heck you all do it!!!!!!


Sorry for the long thread.. just need a bit of advice on how to tame your child :hihi: or do I just have the nightmare child? Who has Dairylea allover his face, and chocolate. And is filling his nappy. Wonderful.

Im giving up here.. Oh and the OH is on his way home with a new tv in tow! So ive got to find a space for that. COME ON!!! :rant:

My house was a bit like yours when Scoop jr was a baby.

Its only since he started scool that I've managed to get a grip on things. I've even started ironing!

Well Gina I can safely say that my house is probably worse then yours. My house is possesed im sure. I ca spend the whole day cleaning and turn round and it will be a tip again. Dont even mention the boys bedroom that is spilling into the hall. :mad:

The washing pile is beyond ridiculous. It looks like a flippin laundrette in this house.

The only thing I can suggest is to set a timer for ten minutes. Do as much as you can in those ten minutes. Stick charlie in the pram then leave the mess to itself while you two go out and have fun. Balls to the lot of it. You wont ever wish you had tided more but you will always wish you had made the most of your time with charlie. Especially while he is little.

Besides today is naked tuesday and you cant tidy while you are naked.

I'm afraid I can offer no advice, only support. We live in a never ending cycle of tidying, a bit of cleaning, and watching our little one empty yet another entire contents of a container all over the floor! My DP who is normally really relaxed about mess, and doesn't notice that we are in a never ending cycle, DID notice this weekend, as I've been ill, and it was up to him to "keep on top of it". Needless to say he didn't, but did a big blitz last night after work, in preparation for people coming round tonight, but it still needs a good 3-4 hours of blitzing before then, which it clearly is not going to get.

I've decided that I can live with it, and do encourage him to tidy up after himself - so I don't let him get something new out if he hasn't put the last thing away - ish. It is down to priorities at the end of the day, some people feel that it is really important fro the them to have an immaculate house, and will do everything necessary for that to happen, whether it is running round like a mad hatter during nap times, or working until they drop after the kids have gone to bed. I enjoy a relax at the end of the day far more!!!! ;)

I'd love to live in a model home, so much more relaxing to look at - but certainly not relaxing to get it in that state!!! A few people I know do get a cleaner in every so often, but they then will tidy FOR the cleaner. I have to admit, having people round to our house for my work, does force us to have a blitz once a week, but that is what it is, and chaos resumes by the following evening.

My house was a bit like yours when Scoop jr was a baby.

Its only since he started scool that I've managed to get a grip on things. I've even started ironing!

Hes only 14months, so ive got a heck of a long time before school! :(

Hes currently screaming like a girl, cause I wont let him rub food into the laptop. :hihi:

I've always tried and mainly kept to having a certain time each week where I spend time cleaning. My lo either follows me around and behaves or he is put in his cot, activity centre etc while I get on. I find if I just get on and do it it doesn't take that long and whilst it doesn't stay tidy for long, the house is clean. Not sure how it's going to work when I have 2 children though!

Hes only 14months, so ive got a heck of a long time before school! :(

Hes currently screaming like a girl, cause I wont let him rub food into the laptop. :hihi:

Happy day's!

I have a friend (I'll call her Karen) who has three children aged 4 months, 3 years and 4 years, and she glides about serenely, house is always, spotless, kids are always engaged in some educational activity or other, she prepares delicious, home cooked, nutritous meals from scratch every day and she and the cildren are beautiful and always neat and tidy. Today she has presented me with some home made chocolates.

One day I was fishing for compliments and asked Scoop jr who the best Mum in the world was. "Karen" came his candid reply. He had a point though!

She should be shot for making the rest of us look bad.

Well Gina I can safely say that my house is probably worse then yours. My house is possesed im sure. I ca spend the whole day cleaning and turn round and it will be a tip again. Dont even mention the boys bedroom that is spilling into the hall. :mad:

The washing pile is beyond ridiculous. It looks like a flippin laundrette in this house.

The only thing I can suggest is to set a timer for ten minutes. Do as much as you can in those ten minutes. Stick charlie in the pram then leave the mess to itself while you two go out and have fun. Balls to the lot of it. You wont ever wish you had tided more but you will always wish you had made the most of your time with charlie. Especially while he is little.

Besides today is naked tuesday and you cant tidy while you are naked.

Ive tried everything, even sat him in the kitchen with paints and bits of wallpaper... Even then he wouldnt just sit and have half hour. Charlie doesn't take naps, he has the odd few minutes here and there, other than that, nothing. He wants to sit with me every day, he'll help clean the rabbits out (Batteries he's got out of the remote... in the hutch :hihi: ) other than that, he wants me to entertain him at every second. I know I have to be a 'mum' and look after him and see to his every bloody demand but god I didn't realise he'd get THIS clingy. It's times like this, when im glad Wooies went bust (MIL worked there) and she is available most days to have him!! But even when she does have him, I get this guilty feeling over me that I hardly have him and he'll forget who I am!!!!!!

OH has just arrived home from work (Council for you! 2pm finishes!) and has taken him upstairs to watch some TV.

God its neverending.

I'm afraid I can offer no advice, only support. We live in a never ending cycle of tidying, a bit of cleaning, and watching our little one empty yet another entire contents of a container all over the floor! My DP who is normally really relaxed about mess, and doesn't notice that we are in a never ending cycle, DID notice this weekend, as I've been ill, and it was up to him to "keep on top of it". Needless to say he didn't, but did a big blitz last night after work, in preparation for people coming round tonight, but it still needs a good 3-4 hours of blitzing before then, which it clearly is not going to get.

I've decided that I can live with it, and do encourage him to tidy up after himself - so I don't let him get something new out if he hasn't put the last thing away - ish. It is down to priorities at the end of the day, some people feel that it is really important fro the them to have an immaculate house, and will do everything necessary for that to happen, whether it is running round like a mad hatter during nap times, or working until they drop after the kids have gone to bed. I enjoy a relax at the end of the day far more!!!! ;)

I'd love to live in a model home, so much more relaxing to look at - but certainly not relaxing to get it in that state!!! A few people I know do get a cleaner in every so often, but they then will tidy FOR the cleaner. I have to admit, having people round to our house for my work, does force us to have a blitz once a week, but that is what it is, and chaos resumes by the following evening.

Well, the OH wont let me hire a cleaner (My mum is selfemployed cleaner.. Reduced rates and all that) because I dont work :O I do a 'study from home' college course, with 2 days placement. The placement hasn't started yet, doesn't start until next January, so I have every day to tidy up, and Charlie isn't clingy at all... (<- OH's words!! ) i'd rather be out everyday servicing peoples boilers having other humans to chat too, rather than loose woman and even they can't hear me! I think Im going crazy!

I have just ran around the living room with a carrier bag in tow, and it looks pretty tidy, apart from a tv in the middle of the room, another behind it, another stand at the side of me on the sofa, and I have a DVD remote stuck where the sun doesn't shine. Oh and a pile of washing im sat on! If I shut the kitchen door it looks rather, just OK!

Ive tried everything, even sat him in the kitchen with paints and bits of wallpaper... Even then he wouldnt just sit and have half hour. Charlie doesn't take naps, he has the odd few minutes here and there, other than that, nothing. He wants to sit with me every day, he'll help clean the rabbits out (Batteries he's got out of the remote... in the hutch :hihi: ) other than that, he wants me to entertain him at every second. I know I have to be a 'mum' and look after him and see to his every bloody demand but god I didn't realise he'd get THIS clingy. It's times like this, when im glad Wooies went bust (MIL worked there) and she is available most days to have him!! But even when she does have him, I get this guilty feeling over me that I hardly have him and he'll forget who I am!!!!!!

OH has just arrived home from work (Council for you! 2pm finishes!) and has taken him upstairs to watch some TV.

God its neverending.

You could be me talking 5 years ago.

Scoop jr was exactly the same, wanted constant attention from Mum, wouldn't occupy himself for even a minute. The only rest I got was by putting him in the pushchair and taking him for walks.

Don't feel guilty about MIL having him, so long as he is being looked after, that is all that counts. If you're finding him a little demanding and need a bit of respite, well thats being a normal Mum, nothing to feel guilty about at all!

I've always tried and mainly kept to having a certain time each week where I spend time cleaning. My lo either follows me around and behaves or he is put in his cot, activity centre etc while I get on. I find if I just get on and do it it doesn't take that long and whilst it doesn't stay tidy for long, the house is clean. Not sure how it's going to work when I have 2 children though!

We haven't lived here long, so we still have some boxes to sort out, charlie hates his cot at night nevermind the day! LOL.

2 Children, is a bigger excuse :hihi: you have twice the work to do with them, so can only get half the cleaning done! Ahh.. I think ive come up with a plan.. No it was a joke. Honestly, good luck with your next baby!

Happy day's!

I have a friend (I'll call her Karen) who has three children aged 4 months, 3 years and 4 years, and she glides about serenely, house is always, spotless, kids are always engaged in some educational activity or other, she prepares delicious, home cooked, nutritous meals from scratch every day and she and the cildren are beautiful and always neat and tidy. Today she has presented me with some home made chocolates.

One day I was fishing for compliments and asked Scoop jr who the best Mum in the world was. "Karen" came his candid reply. He had a point though!

She should be shot for making the rest of us look bad.

:O I'd love to be her.. then again, my gran keeps nagging at me about a routine, do the upstairs one day, downstairs another day, hoover on 2 days a week, change the bedding every other sunday... Then you get my mum, who has the line, your routine is a prison- set yourself free. My mum doesn't believe in routine for anything!

lmao me and my mate moan about this ALL the time! I hoovered this morning and tidied up...now I can't see an inch of clean floor as there are toys everywhere!
My washing pile gets me down the most I think, I have 2 large baskets of dirty washing upstairs, despite running the washing machine 2-3 times a day. One of my kitchen sides is piled high with clean washing, waiting for me to put it away (no where to put it!), and I have a basket of wet washing, waiting to go in the dryer when it finishes (and more to add to the clean pile!)
That and clutter, I moved a year ago and still have boxes of stuff!

Quit your whining women. I always say to my OH I would swap with her any day, and as much as she goes on about how hard been a stay at home mum is, she never volunteers to swap with me and go and get the full time job.


**Runs to hide**

lmao me and my mate moan about this ALL the time! I hoovered this morning and tidied up...now I can't see an inch of clean floor as there are toys everywhere!
My washing pile gets me down the most I think, I have 2 large baskets of dirty washing upstairs, despite running the washing machine 2-3 times a day. One of my kitchen sides is piled high with clean washing, waiting for me to put it away (no where to put it!), and I have a basket of wet washing, waiting to go in the dryer when it finishes (and more to add to the clean pile!)
That and clutter, I moved a year ago and still have boxes of stuff!

Im still jealous of you, you have a dryer!!!!

You see, I have Radiators. No washing line, or poles for a line on that note. Also, I own an airer, with 2 of the bars on it, broke!

Washing is a big problem in my house. I keep asking my OH to nip into town with me, to pick up a few large baskets, so I have 2 pop ups for the mucky and 1 basket for the clean at the minute. But I need more! I need space in my house. Nobody on this god damn forum wants to buy a buggy off me! Just stuff everywhere!!

Anyway, I put this thread up on the laptop and left in just in eyesight off the OH, he read it, laughed and said "We'll go to chippy for tea, don't have to cook then do you!" So I have walked to the chippy for tea! But on a good note, I rang the MIL up to see if she had a nice hol and that, and started going on and on and on about how much of a you know what her bloody lazy idle son is! She offered to have Charlie til tomorrow tea time! WOOOOO!

Quit your whining women. I always say to my OH I would swap with her any day, and as much as she goes on about how hard been a stay at home mum is, she never volunteers to swap with me and go and get the full time job.


**Runs to hide**

I offered to swap with the OH!

So, don't bother hiding, leave the country :hihi:

I have a friend whose childhood was miserable because his mother was always cleaning and tidying. Later in life he was ill for a number of months and his Mum asked if there was anything he would like her to do. He told her to stop ****** tyding up all the time. Better to have a scruffy home and well adjusted children than twitchy ones. So my house is only tidy about once a month, as long as its clean who cares? There's more to life than housework,

Mine is tidy once a week, I have two days (grandparents and nursery days!) to blitz the house, clean it from top to bottom and get as much washing done as possible. The rest of the week, we go out a lot, so half of every day he's not at home, then the other half I confine us to one room, no messing in the kitchen, and as soon as he's gone to bed the living room gets a small tidy up... til tomorrow....

Thats it, our house is 'lived in' I can't stand super-tidy!

My lo loves to help out - we've made it seem that it's part of his routine to do so! (he's 3 but has been doing so since he was about 18 months). He will pull the clean washing out of the machine in the morning for me and drag the basket into the hallway. He always wants a duster or cloth whenever I clean. We also got him a kids Dyson off ebay so when my OH does the vacuuming he happily does it with him. The same with the lawnmower outside - we got that for him off freecycle! Oh, and for Christmas he asked for an iron and an ironing board, so now he irons with us!!! I would really recommend that you try to get Charlie interested in what you're doing - he's clingy so he probably will want to be with you anyway. You'd be amazed what you can get done while wiping up his polish smears at the same time and he thinks he's really helping out! We struggled with toys for ages as we have a through lounge / dining room so they were always everywhere. When J turned 2 we started to ask him to put them away at the end of each day (instead of us spending our evenings doing it!) and now that he's 3 he understands that if he doesn't put them away then he doesn't get to play with them the next day!

All I can say is that it does get better and the very best of luck!

One good tip is to clean the bathroom while your lo is in the bath.

Liam: some of us work outside of the home as well as in it. So yes...run fast...

Mine is tidy once a week, I have two days (grandparents and nursery days!) to blitz the house, clean it from top to bottom and get as much washing done as possible. The rest of the week, we go out a lot, so half of every day he's not at home, then the other half I confine us to one room, no messing in the kitchen, and as soon as he's gone to bed the living room gets a small tidy up... til tomorrow....

Thats it, our house is 'lived in' I can't stand super-tidy!

God I wished I had your energy :hihi:

You see, my house isn't big, can't even get a small table in the kitchen so Charlie has to eat in the Living room, most of the time I can't shift the coffee table out of the way to make room for his high chair so he sits on the sofa, he rubs whatever he is eating into the throws, so they're in the washer 4 times a week. I have no where to dry them (rads are TINY!) apart from a stupid airer which gets in the way. :rolleyes:

I just have no energy what so ever! I can do it, I just wont! Charlies so clingy too!!

My lo loves to help out - we've made it seem that it's part of his routine to do so! (he's 3 but has been doing so since he was about 18 months). He will pull the clean washing out of the machine in the morning for me and drag the basket into the hallway. He always wants a duster or cloth whenever I clean. We also got him a kids Dyson off ebay so when my OH does the vacuuming he happily does it with him. The same with the lawnmower outside - we got that for him off freecycle! Oh, and for Christmas he asked for an iron and an ironing board, so now he irons with us!!! I would really recommend that you try to get Charlie interested in what you're doing - he's clingy so he probably will want to be with you anyway. You'd be amazed what you can get done while wiping up his polish smears at the same time and he thinks he's really helping out! We struggled with toys for ages as we have a through lounge / dining room so they were always everywhere. When J turned 2 we started to ask him to put them away at the end of each day (instead of us spending our evenings doing it!) and now that he's 3 he understands that if he doesn't put them away then he doesn't get to play with them the next day!

All I can say is that it does get better and the very best of luck!

Ahh thats a good idea. He just trys to drink any liquid wether that be Juice or Kitchen Cleaner... so it's not a good idea for me just yet to let him help. Hes obsessed with our rabbits, good thing really as they are HIS! But when he puts batterys in their cage, or drops a tin of beans into it, one day he'll kill them! I have to have that constant eye on him, careful that he isn't hurting them or doing something he shouldn't which is why I rarely find time to do anything!

One good tip is to clean the bathroom while your lo is in the bath.

Liam: some of us work outside of the home as well as in it. So yes...run fast...

Hmm.. Never thought of that, might be because if I take my eyes off him he's under the water within 2 seconds! He moves all over that he looses his balance and under he goes! :hihi:

He prefers showers too! But only if im in the shower! :D

God I wished I had your energy :hihi:

You see, my house isn't big, can't even get a small table in the kitchen so Charlie has to eat in the Living room, most of the time I can't shift the coffee table out of the way to make room for his high chair so he sits on the sofa, he rubs whatever he is eating into the throws, so they're in the washer 4 times a week. I have no where to dry them (rads are TINY!) apart from a stupid airer which gets in the way. :rolleyes:

I just have no energy what so ever! I can do it, I just wont! Charlies so clingy too!!

Trust me, i have very little in the way of energy... but if you set yourself small targets then it all goes more easily. Cleaning the bathroom takes me about 10-15 mins, then I have a sit down and a rest/play with Ed/whatever.
If you do the rest of the house in 10 min bursts you'll find you get more done than you expected.
The more often you do it, the less time it takes as you get used to it, and you have less to do because there's less buildup!

Can't help on the washing thing though, I have no dryer but I'm lucky in having a lovely long washing line outside. :(

Well, the MIl decided to have Charlie last night, and isn't dropping him back off until 6pm tonight (WOOOOO!) so im still in my PJ's cleaning up. The living room is spotless (I even hoovered under the sofa!!!) Just starting the kitchen now, then ive got to tackle upstairs!

Gina, My house is worse than yours and I would be willing to put money on that. It has been even harder to get anything done recently because I am now back at work full time.

I keep it clean but accept that it will only get as tidy as my free time allows it to be and just get on with enjoying most of my free time with rachel and matt.

Hope you are both well, we haven't seen you for ages.

Oh thanks for that :D

We're both okay, he's a big pie mucher now :hihi:

Im in this rather excited mood (Just found my brothers number on the net...) dying to call him, but cant until the OH gets home GRRRR (Contract in his name... He needs to confirm I can call abroad!)

Hows you?

We are good thanks, don't know if you saw the thread about rachel's heart murmur scare again but other than that we are all great.

I am pleased to hear about your brother, have you been out of touch for some time ?

If I am well enough I may be going to jelly's on Friday, do you still go ?

Hi, I am affraid, I can't give advice, but only support. My house is a tip also, and on top is still unfinished with no carpet in the stairs (got pregnant straight after we moved in and still haven't been finished decorating- we managed to have our bedroom finished, when I was 39 weeks pregnant and still have the coridor and dining room to do!). I do try to do some stuff on the 2hrs break I get between feeds like tidy up or put a wash on, but although it looks "ok" for a little bit it only takes a nappy change and we are back to square one! Hope that helps!

We are good thanks, don't know if you saw the thread about rachel's heart murmur scare again but other than that we are all great.

I am pleased to hear about your brother, have you been out of touch for some time ?

If I am well enough I may be going to jelly's on Friday, do you still go ?

Hi, glad youre ok. I did see your thread, hope everything goes in your favor in the end :)

We haven't spoke since I visited him, November 06. I found his number, via his mums other son. (We share the same dad, he and his bro share the same mum!) confusing I know! But I just can't wait to call him, T-mobile are being idiots, asking for a £100 up front fee! So going to use a house phone, although id prefer to speak in "private" but oh well, get to speak to him atleast this way dont I!

I dont unfortunatly but I am going to start going again! I stopped going, cause we was moving about different places, decorating, im settled now and he's nearly walking so it might benefit him a little more than just being sat on my knee or in the walker! :hihi:

Will let you know if I manage to sort myself out to go :)

xx

Hi, I am affraid, I can't give advice, but only support. My house is a tip also, and on top is still unfinished with no carpet in the stairs (got pregnant straight after we moved in and still haven't been finished decorating- we managed to have our bedroom finished, when I was 39 weeks pregnant and still have the coridor and dining room to do!). I do try to do some stuff on the 2hrs break I get between feeds like tidy up or put a wash on, but although it looks "ok" for a little bit it only takes a nappy change and we are back to square one! Hope that helps!

It helps to know that people are just like me. Its just these model mums who have the brilliant clean house, not a spek of dust to be seen, at the mo, my handbag is in the middle of the floor, charlies toys are ramned into the corner, pile of clean washing waiting for the ironing board to get dusted down :hihi:
Kitchen consists of pots, tins of paint, and the rabbits..

But oh well, can sort it out another day, atleast im not the only one who cant find time/energy (?) Ok TIME! to do anything LOL.

Well, I do it with great difficulty!

I think that is why I am knackered after 3 days at work... I ought to SLOW down!

I think you should call the "how clean is your house" team...
More seriously, I have 2 kids age 18 months and 1 month old, and I see myself constantly arranging, cleaning, washing, vacuuming... and I still think my flat is a mess.
I think there is nothing much to do apart from keeping on the top of it, and accept that with toddlers, the house cannot be spotless anyway.

Gina, come to mine hun - you'll soon realise you probably live in a palace in comparison :hihi:
I tidy up and hoover every morning cos of the dogs, but it's never REALLY tidy (much to the disgust of mother, and mother-in-law. I also prefer to call it "lived in"
My 5 children are all clean, I cook a meal from scratch every night of the week. Anyone who walks thru the door gets a cuppa (sometimes a dog hair or 2 is included) but everyone always comes back so it can't be that bad! I wouldn't worry hun, seriously. Hope you & Charlie are well :D

Haha.. :)

My house is still a ***** tip. I cant keep on top of it. I try, but its getting to the point now were ive actually decided to leave it. Im just glad, that your not all the model mothers I expected with spotless homes. My mum always turns her nose up at my house, the MIL wont stay for a cuppa... Bless her pitbull image. Ahh.. I love it!

I work on the idea that if it's clean, who cares about how untidy it is?
Some days it's all I can do to manage clean but somedays tidy follows.
I also have the opinion that your kids are only little once, you won't remember the joys of housework when they're grown but it would be nice to remember the joys of their childhood if you can. Sod the housework, there will be plenty of time for that when he goes to nursery and school.

I do nothing til the kids have gone to bed.

I do an hour - 2 hours tidy and thats it. It get wrecked as soon as they get up again anyways :hihi:

mines always untidy as my one year old girl can be a clingy handfull BUT i dont stress over making sure the house is spotless id rarther spend the time with my kids playing etc etc , when she goes down for a nap or wathes a tweenie dvd i can manage to get a little done mostly basic things like wiping sides cleaning kitchen and bathroom ive started taking my washing to a launderette though now and having service washes done as i cant keep up otherwise plus i work from home running my own buisness and my partner doesnt get home till 7.15pm so i am alone with the kids all day. then if i get chance after ive put the kids to bed after doing the house work i may get some dinner and/or a shower most times im so tierd i have to choose between eating something or having a shower then its straight to bed tbh i say i see my partner for 10 hours monday to friday then on weekends id say i actually see him a little more say 17 - 20 hours

if someone is coming over then i always go through the house at the weekend and everything else is put to the bottom of the list and the house is spotless by sunday night and as soon as the visitor has been and gone its back to normal lol!

maybe thats what your freinds do?

IM SOOOO GLAD ive read this post, now i dont feel so bad about the huge pile of ironing that is breeding, the sink full of pots and the 50 loads of washing todo lol.... And ive got 1 full time school 1 part time nursry , 1 at home ( 9 months) but the work just never ever ends, some days i have a good day where i get 80 per cent of the house clean and then theres other days where hardly anything gets sorted... thankgod we are not alone in our quest of tidy homes lol..

It doesnt get any easier when their older, they just create more mess

Well Gina I can safely say that my house is probably worse then yours. My house is possesed im sure. I ca spend the whole day cleaning and turn round and it will be a tip again. Dont even mention the boys bedroom that is spilling into the hall. :mad:

The washing pile is beyond ridiculous. It looks like a flippin laundrette in this house.

The only thing I can suggest is to set a timer for ten minutes. Do as much as you can in those ten minutes. Stick charlie in the pram then leave the mess to itself while you two go out and have fun. Balls to the lot of it. You wont ever wish you had tided more but you will always wish you had made the most of your time with charlie. Especially while he is little.

Besides today is naked tuesday and you cant tidy while you are naked.

I couldnt agree more ...I have a sign on my fridge it says A TIDY HOUSE IS A SIGN OF A WASTED LIFE!

Sod the housework, you only get one go at raising your kids enjoy them. I cant remember the last time my house was tidy but I do know the last time we had fun :hihi:

Dont forget to have some 'me' time aswell its easy to nelect yourself when the kids are really young so if you do get any time off do something to treat yourself. It doesnt have to be anything extravagent(sp?) just have a relaxing bath or sit down and have a coffee in peace but remember you work hard all day looking after your little one and for more hours than would be legal in paid work so grab your 'me'time and enjoy it.

Well, I havent really 'updated' this thread, but why is it, the male species (SP?) cannot understand simple 'rules' such as, before painting Charlies room, just have a quick round our bedroom first, put the clean ironing away please..

So whilst im doing the 10th load of washing of today and hoovering and dusting and washing pots.. I walk upstairs to put some wet washing on the Rads.. and guess whats a mess and whats being painted!?!?!

Men are useless, its god damn official! They dont listen to anything. ARGH.

But yes, i've managed to 'forget' about the housework until the weekends when Charlie is at the MIL's/My mums. So i'm doing it now, and he isn't. He'd rather paint a bedroom that doesnt have a bed, or any furniture to go in it!

Just bloody ungrateful some women.....no matter what we do we NEVER do it right...............and when we do get it right, we somehow manage to do wrong later.....

WOMEN...............................Arghhhhhhhhhhh hhhh pmsl

CMON FELLA's TAKE A STAND

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Men aren't allowed on MY thread!
Only Joking...