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Just wondering when most people stopped doing things like Vacumming, Mopping and sweep floors?
I find mopping the floors to be very difficult, have felt that for about 4 -6 weeks now, but, sweeping and vaccuming, i still seem to be able to handle ok.
My DH usually does the vacuuming anyway ;) I just did what I could when I could do it. Some days I felt fine to be scrubbing away and other days I didn't, so I wouldn't. Just do what you can do :)
my husband works long hours and often 6 days a week, so unfortunately if I don't do the vaccuming and that sort of thing it often doesn't get done and I hate the house being dirty! I normally pay for it at the end of the day if I have had a cleaning frenzy though and have to have a meeting with my BF - my heat pack! DH is fantastic though, he really does do so much around the house, I don't know how I would survive without him!
Cass is totally right though, just do what you can when you can, don't put too much pressure on yourself to be a superwoman!
i think I did more housework in the last two weeks of my pregnancy than I did in the rest of it lol.
I didn't really "stop"....second pregnancy in particular I had a 20 month old at the end so I was forever having to bend over and pick things up off the floor and clean up her messes because there was no one else here to do it.
But DH always takes over the vacuming, sweeping etc in the last few months because he'd rather do it himself than listen to me complain LOL.
I have been doing little bits at a time, to avoid over doing it. My back is stuffed, which doesn't help, so I tend to leave the picking up of things to the kids, who love to help.
I have to admit my OH is a pretty good housewife LOL.
I didn't stop at all, if anything I cleaned more.
Ellie
I didn't stop either - my waters broke after mopping the floor on my due date :)
Havent stopped and I have been doing more because Im not working!! Might actually mop and vac tomorrow and see if I can get things moving!!!!
I haven't stopped either, but I find it hard to clean the shower and vaccum the floors now. Most of the time DH vaccums for me, but he works 6 days a week. I didn't clean at all this w/end & I feel guilty but I was so tired plus this is my last week of work, so I can spread out the cleaning over the days rather than a w/end
I would suggest you stop sooner rather than later - your back will only suffer for it if you don't, unfortunately. Porblem is the nesting bug can hit real bad in the last few weeks so it's harder than you'd think to stop LOL!!!
With DS it wasn't unusual for me to mop the floors a few times a week, and scrub out the bathroom once a week also. Whenever I got bored, I cleaned it seemed.
I think it'll be the same this time round also. Unfortunately if I stop, this whole house stops, and I can't live in a grotty house:doh:
I didn't stop doing housework. As you know i had a house full of lovely ppl the day before i had Eleanor :)
I stopped a few years ago ;)
LOL
Tanya
LOL Tanya.
What i should have said was Housework what's that ???
I havent stopped cleaning and I dont think that I will stop cleaning. If I dont clean, then nothing will get done due to a very slack partner!! I also find mopping difficult, but I do what I can when I can.
:) Yes - and i still admire you for that. You are my inspiration Michelle - if i can be half as calm as you where that day, then i will be happy :):
Veronica - i now find when mopping (although with reno - the floors are covered with brick dust anyway, so DH does it) but, for the more stubbon areas around the kitchen bench etc, i just get a kitchen scrubbing sponge and just do it by hand, on my hands and knees. Takes longer thou, but doesnt hurt as much in the tum, and also, puts you in a good position (on hands and knees) to help encourage bubs get into right position.
My DH is mostly pretty good - but i feel bad as he does so much outside, that i hate to bother him.
Yesterday, i vacummed, but used his shed vacume cleaner, as it has a really really long hose, and therefore i dont need to move the actual vacume much. Its just very hard to do the carpet, cause it doesnt have anything under the head to help it slid, so, i just mostly did the lino floors and the cement areas in the extensions, and told him he would have to do the lounge and bedrooms. But, might just get my normal one out and use it.
I wasnt allowed to do housework that involved strenuous activity with my boy Thomas but with Cody i was sick all pregnancy so i did housework as a distraction, plus DH had to cook coz i couldnt stand any smells, so i was continuously opening up the house and making the place smell like a hospital ( truckloads of disinfectant !)
I LOVE YOUR COMMENT TANYA!!!! pmsl !!!
I still do all the usual housework but dh does all the mopping and cleans the bathtub and shower these days, only because I had a few scares early on and the ob said I had to take it easy, so I still do the dusting etc and only vaccum if dh is working on the weekends.
Do what you feel is comfortable and have some short rests in between - I find that helps.
I didn't stop - I even did a spot vaccum before I left for the hospital ;) However, I DID modify my methods and frequency. Like Ozziehoffy, I did what I could when I could. And I allowed plenty of "recovery" time because I had bad edema.
Thanks mum2bee. I've always been clam when they have told me they where going to deliver one of mine. Even when they gave me a few hours notice with Kimberley.
I had to stop mopping and vacuming early on due to spotting whenever I vacumed. I can't shop at the supermarket with a trolley which is really frustrating so I have to make frequent trips with a basket or shop online.
When DP walks through the door !!
You don't ever stop. The housework will always be there and will always need doing. If I want that toilet cleaned I'd better get on my hands and knee's coz no other buggar is going to do it for me.
LMAO Trish! So true!! Same in this house - I wiped down the bathroom before I went to hospital, lol. Had Zain 2 hrs later.
I didn't really stop doing the housework. There were some days when I just didn't have the energy, but once I hit 37 weeks I did everything that involved strenuous activity as I was hoping it would bring on labour (no such luck as my DD made me wait 5 extra days!).
Todays duties in housework for me...Do the washing, vacuum, including going around all the edges, because I am too short to get the architraves I will be using a broom to attack the cobwebs I might have missed 3 days ago. Vacuum out the window tracks. Mop the floors, to clean the shower I use the mop as well to avoid a lot of bending over, I vacuum out the tub and then I mop it as well and because my dog snots all over the windows I may just do them as well. Justin tries his hardest but I am so pedantic on how things get done that I end up going behind him and doing it my way.
I am a born slob...The last couple of months has seen a major change in me. So for me I am only just starting ;)
PMSL Sarah - you crack me up - naughty doggy!! Love the broom in the shower idea, thats one job Ive left to DH from ages ago and hes done it once and its really starting to bug me, but no way was I going to get on my hands and knees in that thing! Will put it on my list for tomorrow ;)