crystalscookingnow
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I need help! I feel as though I might just pull my hair out. Either that, or find a roll of duct tape & fasten my children to the walls for maybe an hour a day.
I'm trying to make it a habit of getting the house tidy & keep it that way. I even bought a book last night, "The House that Cleans Itself". It feels like all I do is pick up toys. All Day Long. I can't seem to find a rhythm that works for us without just tying the kids up. I pick up one mess & they are in two different rooms making that room 20 times worse than the one I just picked up. I've tried getting them to help me, but it's just easier to do it myself. They are 3 1/2 & 2. I need order in my life & I feel like we have CHAOS all of the time.
How do you keep up with your house? Our house really isn't that big. We've got our living room, toy room/office, kitchen, bathroom & 3 bedrooms. It seems like the best that I can do each day is make it not as bad as the day before. Sometimes, I get so frustrated that I end up just stepping over the stuff. They're just going to get it all out again, so why bother?
Someone, please help!!!!
ETA: In the amount of time that I took to type this while I thought they were watching TV (about 3 feet from me), they took all of the laundry that I just folded from the couch & waded it up. Ugh. This is so frustrating. Please help. I don't want to be the yelling mom, I hate that.
I'm trying to make it a habit of getting the house tidy & keep it that way. I even bought a book last night, "The House that Cleans Itself". It feels like all I do is pick up toys. All Day Long. I can't seem to find a rhythm that works for us without just tying the kids up. I pick up one mess & they are in two different rooms making that room 20 times worse than the one I just picked up. I've tried getting them to help me, but it's just easier to do it myself. They are 3 1/2 & 2. I need order in my life & I feel like we have CHAOS all of the time.
How do you keep up with your house? Our house really isn't that big. We've got our living room, toy room/office, kitchen, bathroom & 3 bedrooms. It seems like the best that I can do each day is make it not as bad as the day before. Sometimes, I get so frustrated that I end up just stepping over the stuff. They're just going to get it all out again, so why bother?
Someone, please help!!!!
ETA: In the amount of time that I took to type this while I thought they were watching TV (about 3 feet from me), they took all of the laundry that I just folded from the couch & waded it up. Ugh. This is so frustrating. Please help. I don't want to be the yelling mom, I hate that.
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