https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 20:50:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525642 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:59:50 +0000 cat620 2525642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most nights I pick up the toys, but there are days where I am just too tired, so I leave them for the next day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525566 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:02:58 +0000 fussygal 2525566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the day. Usually 80-90% since we don't have a playroom and waking up to a messy living room makes me kind of twitchy. DD has been helping clean up more before bed and that helps a lot and is really cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525510 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:18:18 +0000 MrsBeluga 2525510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0% during the week and one major pick up/sorting job on the weekend. Usually on the weekend I put away and rotate out toys. DH doesn't clean so I've learned to live with the mess. 80% of the toys are in our family room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525509 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:15:20 +0000 delight 2525509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% picked up. It is part of our routine at night. Before we go upstairs we all help clean up the toys. We started doing it early on and she never really complains. She knows the faster it all gets cleaned up the more stories she gets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525482 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:34:40 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2525482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: this is me. DH is always like if you're tired go to bed and I'm like I literally cannot fathom doing that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525355 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:18:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2525355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have just (in the last few months) made sure that they are 99% put away each night. Makes me feel so much better to come down to a tidy living room in the morning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525346 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:11:25 +0000 sandy 2525346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% or very close to it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525324 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:57:25 +0000 akcoffeebean 2525324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a playroom, so almost all of DS's toys are played with and stored in the living room. We've been working really hard with him on cleaning up our toys as we go along. There's just not enough room in our home to leave things out.<br /> At bedtime one of us will tuck DS in and the other will finish tidying up and pick up any errant toys. Neither DH or I are able to sit and relax until it's tidy. DH really stays on top of it through the evening and I try to during the day so the last pick up sweep takes maybe 5 minutes. </p> <p>DH is tidier by nature than I am. I want to think that if it was up to me it would be tidy each night, but I think my average would be 50-80% picked up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525312 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:48:01 +0000 YouGotMe 2525312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prior to getting pregnant - 100% </p> <p>Now - 40% - 60% depending on how I feel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525304 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:40:41 +0000 caterw 2525304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep most of DD's toys in her room so I don't really mind if it isn't super picked up at the end of the night. Her room is usually about 50% clean. Some nights I organize all her little baskets and her kitchen. We almost always pick up all of her art stuff that is in the dining room, which she uses while I make dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525303 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:40:31 +0000 lawbee11 2525303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% because during the week she plays in the living room after daycare and I can't deal with clutter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525299 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:27:25 +0000 autumnlove 2525299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of it unless my LO has a tile castle that she wants to show DH the next morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2525295 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:24:05 +0000 sarac 2525295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toys are picked up. Period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524750 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:43:58 +0000 looch 2524750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only "cleanup" rules that I enforce are that all toys must be off the floor by Thursday night before our cleaner comes.</p> <p>Other than that, I have no problem with the toys being "in play" and out in the playroom.</p> <p>My son's room has some toys in it and for that, I just require a clear path from the door to the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524749 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:43:40 +0000 Adira 2524749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0% unless we're going to have company over! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524747 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:40:20 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2524747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% - I just feel more relaxed when everything is cleaned up. Doesn't take me too long so no biggie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524742 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:36:02 +0000 KT326 2524742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% because if I don't, our cats play with them and wake me up! And I'm not talking about the little things, our cat will scoot DS's big fire truck all the way across the room! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524704 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:15:53 +0000 deerylou 2524704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much entirely. Part of our wind-down routine is having DD help pick up the toys in her room. I will do a sweep of the living room. I can't settle knowing there are messes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524691 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:12:23 +0000 Anagram 2524691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The toys are picked up, but things are increasingly dirty until the weekend when we clean. Only if things get really bad do I actually break out the vacuum or mop during the week after work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524690 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:12:10 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2524690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lately I've been cleaning them all up so 100%. I've been getting ds to help before bath time and he seems to actually like it and it kills some time before bed. Then sometimes I do nothing so it's like a bomb went off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524682 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:09:34 +0000 lioneyes 2524682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100%. DS's play area is in the back of our living room and I can't handle when it's a mess. After bedtime, I clean up the toys after I do the bathroom and kitchen from bath and dinner. including vacuuming, it takes 5 minutes and makes me feel so much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524620 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:42:44 +0000 snowjewelz 2524620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100%. I cannot sit and relax until the house is back to immaculate condition! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524599 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:32:58 +0000 Mrs D 2524599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Playroom (basement): 50%...though really I have been bugging DH that it should be "picked up" each day.</p> <p>Family Room (main living space): 90% </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524589 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:27:20 +0000 yellowbird 2524589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Week nights, 0%</p> <p>Weekends, 70% </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524585 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:24:46 +0000 Ajsmommy 2524585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On a normal week/work night? 0% unless something is in a precarious position or is a danger to trip over. </p> <p>The only toys that I/we pick up immediately after use are lego's, Lincoln logs and train tracks (we have two different sets). Everything else remains out...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524584 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:20:39 +0000 petitenoisette 2524584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a playroom so all the toys get picked up. My husband usually does it while I'm finishing putting the baby to bed, it takes maybe 5 minutes. This might change as she gets older and we have more kiddos, but for now it is really important to me that the house gets picked up every night. It's also easier because we WOHM and she's not home during the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524582 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:19:41 +0000 ValentineMommy 2524582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0% in the playroom. Maybe 75% in the living room.</p> <p>Our playroom is in the back of the house, so I just shut the door and pretend it's not there :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524573 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:17:46 +0000 Mamaof2 2524573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>playroom? 0%</p> <p>rets of the house? 90% </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524568 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:16:27 +0000 youboots 2524568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>70% </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-picked-up-are-the-toys-at-the-end-of-the-night#post-2524163 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:15:00 +0000 Bao 2524163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be more picky about how organized the toys were before going to bed myself, but two kids later and I'm just too tired to care. I definitely still pick up but there are usually a few random toys out still, and the playroom doesn't get as much attention as the living room does. </p> <p>How picked up are the toys at your house at the end of the night? </p>