I always feel this way. For being 38 weeks pregnant and having a toddler, I feel like I keep my house DECENT. However, I just wish that I could go to bed at night and feel like my home is spotless. I want to wake up to a house that has perfectly vacuumed floors and clean counters and sparkling bathrooms. It is really, really hard to keep up.
Often, I have to choose between cleaning and taking a shower. Or cleaning and taking W for a walk. Or cleaning and going to church. Most of the time, cleaning doesn't win.
Will there ever be a time where I don't feel like I live in a disaster area? I miss the good ol' days!
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Cleaning never wins in my book...hahaha.
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Your house is NOT a disaster! And you're a busy, pregnant mom- even taking a nap should win over cleaning!
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90% of the time and my baby isn't even here yet!
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OMG! How are you already 38 weeks?!?!?!?!?!!
The first few months after DS was born our place was a disaster. Now it's decent around 99% of the time. It's wonderfully clean for minutes before the kids make a mess. -
I haven't vacuumed in two weeks. It's gross. I keep just picking up the big pieces while I play on the floor with my daughter. Lately I've managed to do the dishes and sweep before I go to bed and I feel so accomplished.
I made a deal with myself. Whenever I actually get more than 4.5 hours of consecutive sleep I have to clean the whole place. Hasn't happened since she was born, so.... Bit by bit but never fully clean it is!
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All the time. DH cancelled our maid service. Between working 55 hours a week and solo parenting during the week, I don't have time.
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@chopsuey: doesn't time fly when it's OTHER people's pregnancies? LOL!!!!
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@erinpye: Hey, I said I feel like it's DECENT!
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More often than I'd prefer. I'm at home with DD, and I still can't keep up. My OCD is itching.
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All the time. I look forward to the cleaning service, so it looks a little cleaner for a short period of time.
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Half hour after I clean up, its a disaster. Right now I try and focus on one room a day so at least I have one clean room lol
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I know the feeling. I'm 39 weeks with 2 other little people and a huge work project I'm trying to finish and yeah, the cleaning and tidying hasn't been happening and the place is a mess. I'm not a fan, but I'm not sure what to do about it.
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Always. It was a mess before I even had a baby. By the time I have three kids, there will be no hope left.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: lol it does! ahhhh can't wait til you join the mom of 2 club!
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I feel like I live in a disaster. Mostly it is decent, but by the time I get to all the rooms the week is over and I have to start again. Add in that we are packing to move and it doesn't help.
But DS is happy and healthy and that is more important than a clean house.
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My house is always a disaster. Before we had LO DH and I used to clean together every Friday - we equally split the chores and tackled everything. We would get it all done in 2-3 hours and that would be it for the week other than doing the dishes every day. It was so awesome.
Then we had a kid. Our house never stays clean, ever. If I get it to somehow look halfway amazing, as soon as nap time is over, it ends.
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I feel my apartment is a disaster 5 out of 7 days of the week. The other 2 days I'd just call it 'messy.'
My bathrooms have not been cleaned since my second trimester of pregnancy with LO who is now nearing 7 months. I wipe down the mirrors and sink fairly often, but the toilets, the shower? The floors?? Ewwwwwww
It grosses me out but I just DON'T HAVE TIME! -
@chopsuey: My friend just became a mama of two. She says she wants to curl up in fetal position, closer her eyes, and disappear for month.
Is it that bad?
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: haha depends on how difficult your babies are.
DS ate/slept well so the transition wasn't too bad. there will be days you'll wanna run away and hide and cry for sure, but try to laugh it off! let the kids cry and take a picture of them. 
man, taking care of 1 is so much easier, but having 2 is the best thing ever.
you're gonna love it. 
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Always. I can't tell you how many times I've told others that we are in the midst of deep cleaning the house and everyone responds that I just had a baby so it's all good. Uhm, my house was like this before the baby and it wasn't clean. I'm determined to have a clean house before I Go back to work in January.
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Always. Seriously. Unless someone is coming to visit, then it is not a disaster for approximately 30 minutes before they arrive, if they arrive when LO is asleep. I just don't care enough to clean more!
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Always a mess. I miss the good ol' days. It doesn't help that we have two large dogs, either. DH seems to be able to clean the house much faster and better than I can, but DD will mess it up in a couple minutes.
@Rainbow Sprinkles: your friends description of being a mom of two scares me.
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Always!!
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It's always a wreck. As long as we have clean dishes and clean clothes, we're good to go. My, how my standards have fallen!
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A lot of the time!!! If we get the dirty dishes stacked neatly, the table clear, and the dog's toys away, we win at life for the day. It doesn't happen often.
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This sounds like the story of my life! The house is usually pretty clean, but the piles of clutter make me feel like it's a losing battle.
The main issue for us is the dog hair. We have a Labrador and it's just awful. Like, I vacuum and 10 mins later there's a layer if fur there. It's depressing and I never quite feel settled.
I just wish I could remember now not important it really is and focus on the important things, like playing on the fur-covered floor with the baby!
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My house is almost always decent but I wish I could find the energy to clean the floors everyday, etc. Wednesday is my cleaning day when I dust, vacuum, clean bathrooms.... Sooo my house is clean enough for me to be really happy with it from Wednesday night to breakfast Thursday morning.
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It's not up to my expectations ever anymore. Too much clutter/baby gear/toddler toys. I know it won't last forever though, my OCD makes me not be able to sleep if I don't have the chaos at least somewhat organized. Still feels like a disaster to me, I hate hate hate having carpet I want gardwood everywhere not just the kitchen, dining room, and hall.
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Sounds like someone is nesting... please don't hurt me! (I'm going to duck now!)
Cleaning is NEVER at the top of my priority list, I get pieces done here and there, and call it a day. We just underwent a major MIL cleaning the past few days, it's not perfect by far, but I'm calling good enough since I have too many other deadlines right now.
I'm trying to start one of those days of the week cleaning schedules, but haven't gotten to it yet.
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I am neurotic, so my house is never a disaster, and we are fairly clean and tidy in general. We had 7 toddlers over for a playdate yesterday, but everything was put away within 20 minutes of the last one leaving.
We did just recently hire a cleaning lady though. She comes once per week and she is amazing and well worth the money for all the deep cleaning that I do not have the time or energy for.
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I'm a neurotic neat freak, so I often feel the house is a mess but in actuality, it's always fine. But we don't have kids yet. Just my work stuff and DH's school books taking over our dining room table. I try to tidy up each night before heading up to bed.
We have a fantastic cleaning lady who comes every 3 weeks and leaves our place spotless, so I think she contributes to my neurosis in a way, but I'm not giving up her. -
Like once a week.
There's always a day where the laundry stays in the bag a day longer than it should. DS is obsessed with bath crayons and sometimes I'm too tired to wash off his artwork, so it stays another day.
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Ha! Always! When DH comes home from work he just looks around and I smile. Hey, with an 18 month old and a 3 month old....cleaning gets put on the back burner
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My mom told me that I would really need to put the idea of a clean house aside when I had a small child, and I more or less heeded her advice. I would clean once a week, when our sitter came by or on the weekend when my husband could take our son out for a bit. I would also swiffer the floors during naps, but deep cleaning didn't happen for a good long while...I think it helped that we didn't have a lot of stuff around, so it was easy to dust the surfaces.
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I think that I keep on top of things pretty well for a new mummy! I wouldn't be horrified if someone turned up at my front door right now.... unless they wanted to use the bathroom! Haha!
I feel like it is a *disaster* once per week, on a Sunday morning, when I know that DH is going to be here for the day and I am finally able to take a breath and look around..... then I'm like "Agh! Every inch of every room needs attention!" Then I have a really good clean....
.......and slowly, over the course of the week, it turns into a pig-sty again!!
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I try to keep everything neat and tidy at my house, but I'm slightly OCD about clutter. At first glance. I'd say our house is pretty tidy..... Floors are swept, counters dusted, clutter is put away. Those are the jobs that take me 3 minutes though. If you look closely, the floors need to be mopped, baseboards dusted......etc.
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ALWAYS. I have 4 hairy animals, 2 of them white and this rental house has red carpet. I'm constantly vacuuming and it never feels like enough!
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Ugh. It's never really a disaster but I spend a lot of time after DS goes to bed cleaning up from the days activities. DH feels like I should relax about it but my OCD will not allow it. We also have a cleaning lady every other week and that is a huge help.
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My house is often a wreck and we don't even have kids yet, just full time jobs, 2 pups and in the midst of moving. Yeah, let's blame the chaos on the moving...
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