Overwhelmed by the mess [vent]

Two kids, DH & I seem to create a mountain of mess EVERY SINGLE DAY! It is driving me insane. Normally, I clean up a bit before going to bed. Last night, there was just so much, I couldn't face it. I sat down & watched TV for an hour instead. Admittedly, I folded some nappies & tidied the toys that were within arms reach while watching TV. When I finally got off my bum, I got 2 loads of washing off the airers (damn rain), folded them & put them away, made lunches & packed kindy bags. Then went to bed. This morning - the dishwasher needed unpacking, last nights dishes were still on the bench, the kids toys were all over the place, paperwork toys books etc all over every surface. I had to clean DD's high chair before I could give her breakfast. Not to mention all the clutter that has been building all over the house. With all 4 birthdays with 3 months, the clutter is reaching crises point. We have a small house with only one living area. The study is in the living area. We need to get it under control before I go insane and start throwing things. I have no time left. I need to sleep. DD & DS are more important. I need to exercise more, eat better blah blah blah. No time for any of it. DH seems to think he needs me IYKWIM. I cleaned the bathroom on the weekend for the first time since DD was born. DH has done it a couple of times. That makes me sound really dirty & gross and I HATE it! DD's room has piles of stuff everywhere. Clothes too small, clothes too big, nappies nappies & more nappies. Toys, stupid dust collectors that my mum got from like Crazy Clarks or something but seems to think should be an heirloom so I can't just toss them. Our room has a big box of stuff to be sold. I don't have time to put them on Ebay. Stuff for lifeline. Stuff for our king size bed we now won't be getting. DH's clothes NEVER make it into his drawer. Seriously the time it takes to move them from the bed to the floor, could be used putting them in the drawer but no. I refuse to put them away for him. At least DS's room is tidy. I think it's time to move to a bigger house so we can spread our crap out a bit more ;)

Anyway. Just a vent. Thanks for lending your ear.

:hug: hun i am totally right there with you.
While i clean or tidy one room the girls are trashing another, some days i feel i've folded so much washing i take it into the girls rooms, sit it ontop of the cupboard then it stays there for a week or until they wear it again.

My kids would have gorgeous rooms if i made the effort to put stuff away and actually get them to do it aswell, i would have a nice lounge if it wasn't covered in toys & little people chairs.
My kitchen would be spotless if we didn't have a home office there and i actually did the dishes EVERY NIGHT... oh there are so many COUL BE's.

Take it easy on yourself though hun, you have a little bubba to look after, it all comes with time and management ;) (and i still don't have that 2yrs on)

Don't worry my house is the same and it's driving me nuts. It's making me not want to get up in the morning and face it....like groundhog day. Then I worry what will happen when bubs number three arrives anytime now and is demanding my attention! Aghhhh just wanted to let you know your not alone....

Right there with you. I could have written your post pretty much word for word. My pet hate is having to clean a space to make breakfast and clean the baby's seat so she can eat. Yet it seems to be my life story. I always seem to be cleaning the kitchen through the day, which then makes me not want to clean it again that night, and the cycle continues. *sigh*

You know the best thing? Invite people around on the weekend. I swear I should arrange visits every week, so the house gets blitzed at least once a week LOL. Altho... I'm a bit of a pro at shutting doors :/ so our bedroom and the office (omg... the office..) just get closed off to visitors under threats of death to the rest of the family if they open those doors while people are here haha.

Or.. do a drop in on someone and see how they really live and you'll feel soooo much better. LOL. I don't believe there's really THAT many super mums that live in a tidy house all the time. We are not alone!!

ETA: this is my fb status at the same time you posted this thread LOL: Neglecting housework once again in favour of bookwork. ugh. How I would love to be on top of the housework so I can get on with other stuff without the mess looming over me all the time. *sigh*

I too am right there with u hun. At the.moment we have to wash a dish if we want one and I mopped the floor the day for the first time in.I.don't wanna think about how long. I started the flylady challenge last yeah but it is so much that I felt like I was just cleaning all the time but I was getting into habits. And apparently when u get in the swing of it it stops feeling like that.
That went out the window in Feb and I'm struggling to get back into it so I can't even offer any advice just sympathetic grimyness...lol

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I love you ladies so much :grouphug:

Angelpants: I have tried Flylady too. I never bothered with the sink shining thing but I do try to do the dishes each night. I probably do it once a week. At least DH should do it today. I hope! I will be Mrs CrankyPants if I come home to a filthy kitchen this afternoon.

Liz: LOL re your FB status! I totally agree about having people over. Our last visitors were just over a week ago. Kids got neglected while we speed cleaned lol!

Good to know I'm not alone! The worst bit is, I'm at work so I can't even see it but it's still bugging me. I was so tempted to take a sickie today to clean up. Maybe I should have. lol!

:hug: Same here too :( really gets to me :( :hug:

Oh this is my day today too. I lost it at dd because she tipped the whole craft box onto the floor just as I finished tidying!!

The washing, sorting and arranging of clothes and crap is endless! Not to mention all the other areas of the house that need attention like the garden, verandahs, kitchen cupboards. I feel like a slave atm

We have the issue in the house these days that if something else needs doing then the housework falls over. Whilst I can keep up with the dishes and the laundry, every thing else falls behind. So if the garden needs doing, wood needs stacking, veggie patch produce needs preserving, take kids somewhere, well then the house work does not get done.

This is me too. I'm struggling to keep up with anything and the other day after doing DD1's birthday cake I forced myself to get the vacuum out because my feet literally were crunching over the tiles there was so much sand that the kids and/or dog had brought in. Feeling proud of myself until I turned around and walked back three metres to get the carpet attachment thingy and walked on sand again that the dog has JUST brought back in.

I hate seeing my lovely house so revolting, and then look outside and see grass growing through garden beds, the patio that desperately needs sweeping, blah blah blah. When I was about 20 I lived in a stable complex (not an actual stable, but grooms' quarters within the stable block) and I swear that "house" was cleaner that mine is now.

I know there are people out there that live in constantly pristine houses but I'm just not one of them, as much as I'd love to be.