https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:43:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413932 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:44:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1413932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier for sure. My mom is a compulsive cleaner, and vacuums/cleans daily. I totally wish my house looked like hers, but I don't have the motivation or time, really. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413845 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:19:36 +0000 psw27 1413845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>about the same... but my mom did a good job of staying on top of things on weekdays, where I let things slide until the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413726 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:52:45 +0000 Sparkler 1413726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WAY cleaner. My house growing up was always so messy and my husband is a neat freak. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413599 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:13:42 +0000 artsyfartsy 1413599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413545 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:47:27 +0000 Corduroy 1413545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My house is cleaner than how I grew up. However we have a cleaning lady and one baby. She was a SAHM with a traveling husband, two under two and no family for hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413398 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:10:11 +0000 Sapphiresun 1413398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely messier. We had a playroom growing up that we could keep a lot of the kid clutter out of sight. But in an 800 sq ft open floorplan apartment, it's always looks messy just because we're running out of space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413364 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:57:26 +0000 sunny 1413364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm... my mom's house always has sparkling floors but its extremely cluttered. </p> <p>We have clutter but its not nearly as bad. My floors are not as clean as my mom's though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413362 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:31:37 +0000 sarac 1413362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents were hoarders, and that was a pretty crummy way to grow up. So I'm a pretty big clean freak. It's always hard for me to read those articles encouraging moms to give up on cleanliness. Obviously we shouldn't judge people by the house they keep, but speaking from experience - growing up in a terribly messy house isn't fun. I was always jealous of friends with beautiful homes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413344 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:56:58 +0000 Mrs. M 1413344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier...my mom was/is a neat freak. Lately I'm letting it go more than usual because I'm pregnant (and sick all the time) and chasing around a 1-year old all day. I wish it were cleaner, but I've given up temporarily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1413296 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:47:57 +0000 StbHisMrs 1413296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier, my Mom was a SAHM and OCD neat freak with only one child AND a husband who worked out of state for 4 months! I have OCD with cleaning too, but I have 3 (5 every other weekend) kids and a full time job. I have a hard time sleeping when the house is a mess, I 'm always nagging, and picking up stuff, and cleaning. I have to have dishes done, counters wiped down, and the house "picked up". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1404453 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:21:58 +0000 .twist. 1404453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About the same. However, I find this way more interesting with friends. I have an old friend, who's house I remember to be quite messy, and she keeps the CLEANEST house. I'm always amazed when I go over there. she puts my house to shame. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1404443 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:20:44 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1404443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About the same. Before kids it was definitely more tidy, but now I have two little tornadoes so I've learned to ignore the mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1404379 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:04:20 +0000 mrsjyw 1404379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier. My mom was a SAHM til we were school aged and a total neat/clean freak. :) I def dont like going to bed with a messy house, but if I'm exhausted, I'm ok with cleaning the next day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home/page/2#post-1404375 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:02:52 +0000 blackbird 1404375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier. My mom was super anal about having a clean house. She didn't work, had a nanny when we were little, and we had a housecleaner. She polished the marble once a week!!!! Made beds every day!!! AH. She even commented on how messy my home was when E was 10 weeks old and DH was on a training thing! I dagger-eyed her over that. </p> <p>I prefer the term "lived-in" :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404359 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:59:34 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1404359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @loveisstrange - maybe not cleaner, but definitely less cluttered. I don't like lots of crap everywhere and I'm pretty good about getting rid of unnecessary stuff, but my mom is not. But I'm really lazy about really cleaning... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404354 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:58:45 +0000 Glitter 1404354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Much cleaner! DH is a neat freak and would have it no other way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404351 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:54:38 +0000 Weagle 1404351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is definitely messier. I just don't care as much as my parents do. Sometimes when they visit we will wake up and they have been up for a couple go hours cleaning our already clean house. It's just their thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404053 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:46:12 +0000 CottonCandy 1404053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same. Growing up, my mom was a neat freak...Always had the beds made, vacuumed almost daily, always had a place for everything and I liked having a clean home growing up. I'd like to think I keep my home the same way (with the exception of either DH or I being sick and not able to clean!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404021 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:41:07 +0000 rattles 1404021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely cleaner. I only have one LO though, and I'm one of five. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404017 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:40:34 +0000 lamariniere 1404017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way cleaner, more organized and not cluttered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1404016 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:40:09 +0000 Alivoo01 1404016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier. My mom was a SAHM, and kept the house pretty clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403986 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:33:36 +0000 NurseMommy 1403986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Messier, more cluttered, and dirtier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403944 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:26:45 +0000 GrapeCrush 1403944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>messier! my mom constantly cleaned, hates clutter and things not in their place. I can ignore it....very easily! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403917 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:22:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 1403917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cleaner, but more cluttered at the moment (due to the small size of our apartment and too many things that can't just be tossed). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403862 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:09:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1403862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: mine is convinced I really belong to her sister...apparently sharing a room with her growing up shaped my mom into the neat freak she is. I used to be able to hide from my parents just by dipping into my room- clothes and toys everywhere. It was (is) bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403845 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:06:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 1403845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>messier, my mom always had a picked house! And I think 30 minutes after I clean it looks like a war zone again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403839 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:05:30 +0000 MrsTiz 1403839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg. Messier. My house is a disaster and my mom's is always spotless because they're trying to sell it, so it has to be clean 24/7 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403829 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:04:01 +0000 yin 1403829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My house is a mess but not nearly as messy at my parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403827 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:03:21 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1403827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: my mother would like to know who raised me because she certainly didn't raise a slob.</p> <p>I mean.. Did she not see my bedroom as a teenager?</p> <p>I'm pretty damn organized but good god, I don't scrub my kitchen floor on my hands and knees like my mother does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-house-cleanermessier-than-your-childhood-home#post-1403823 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:02:12 +0000 mlm2934 1403823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house is tidier and less cluttered, but unfortunately less actual clean lol </p>