If you have 1 child or 10 children it's very hard to keep your house as clean as you would like it, even having a newborn makes it hard to keep your house spotless. With all the feedings and diaper changes and let's not forget the sleepless nights. Here are some tips to keeping your house clean
Clean whenever you get the chance - When the kids are napping and at bedtime is the best time to get a quick load of laundry in and do the dishes.
Ask for help - From your hubby, your toddler, your mother, anybody who is around really. Especially if you just had a baby and you're tired all the time.
Never leave dishes in the sink - They pile up as fast as you use them. Ask your hubby and kids to use one cup only, there is no point of using a cup for juice, then using a different cup for water later on. Rinse the cup out and use it again!
Make the beds in the morning - It's a good idea to start teaching your toddler how to help make the bed.
Change the trash every day - At night before going to bed be sure to take the trash out and put a new clean bag, the smells that 2 day old trash can leave in a house are disgusting and if you don't notice the smell...your company will!
Keep laundry going in rotation - Load up the washer, when it's finished put it in the dryer, load up the washer again, when the dryer is done put those clothes in a laundry basket and load up the dryer again, then put the dry clothes away. Keep it going like that and you'll never have a gigantic pile of dirty laundry in the bathroom again.
Teach your kids - To put their toys away, put their clothes away in their dressers, put their dirty clothes in the hamper, make sure they take their shoes off at the door and put their jackets away.
Sign up for paper-free bills - And pay your bills online! It's get rid of the paper pile up and clutter! Get rid of junk mail for good! Plus it saves a tree, no brainer!
If you have older children - Give them their own laundry basket and tell them that it's their responsibility to bring it to you when their basket is full, this is a lot easier than sorting through which clothes belong to who. Or you could teach them how to do their own laundry.
Get them to clean - Their rooms before they can go outside and play, before they can turn on their TV and game consoles and before they can invite their friends over to play.
Do a clean sweep - On birthdays and Christmas help your kids go through all of their toys and pick some that you can donate to charities, if they get mad remind them that they have to make room for all the new things they will have to put in their toy box.
Clean before bedtime - Sweep the floors and pick up whatever things were left on the floor and couches. Waking up to a clean house means waking up happy. Waking up knowing you have to clean something causes stress and waking up stressed causes a cranky mama!
Keeping a house clean is hard work, but you don't have to do it alone. Get your kids involved, it teaches them responsibility and giving them an allowance wouldn't hurt. Giving an allowance motivates kids to help out, it's amazing what kids will do for a few dollars a day. See it like this.....A few dollars a day VS. you being exhausted way before bedtime...it's your choice. Happy cleaning!
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