I get them to help and we make it a game or pump the music and dance like nit wits but clean at the same time.
Tank runs around now with a cloth 'dusting' all the time lol and then he get's his little vaccy and follows me with it.
Nah, I do a lot of mine at night. I do what i can when ds is awake- he helps me unload the dishwasher, passes me pegs/clothes when we do the washing. I give him a wet cloth and he helps me dust He also loves to help me clean the back windows. DD is happy to hang out in her JJ/ on a blanket on the floor/ in the sling and watch what we do.
But mopping is done at night, as is washing up. I prepare what i can of dinner while he's asleep. Where possible, I get him to help (obviously, that gets easier as they get older!). it takes a bit longer and is rarely done perfectly , but he has fun and otherwise, it might not get done at all.
With 4 kids and no 5 on her way...RARELY.... and I am so embrassed...good thing we go out more than we get visitors
I should be doing something now instead of on here, but what the hey!!! you have to have some ME time.
I'll put washing on early morning and chuck it in the dryer (no washing line here)....but if I was home I'd hang it while DS would play in the garden in the mornings....
Sweep/Mop I do while he's sleeping or if DH has taken DS out on the weekend for a little while. Dishes, I do quickly in the morning, and dinner ones while he's going off to sleep. Bathrooms, I do while DS is in the bath, but I always keep on top of it, so wipe up water and dust that accumulates. I'll clean the loo while DS is sleeping coz the stuff stinks!
Dusting, I kind of do while DS is playing...sometimes I give him a cloth and he helps!
Folding washing I do as I'm bringing it in off the line....or I let the pile accumulate to massive proportions and eventually get to it when I open the door to the spare room!!!
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