I am having a hard time getting time to clean my home with a two year old running after me wanting my attention and also wanting to help. Any suggestions on how to get the cleaning done? I have attempted to clean while my daughter is napping but I either wake her up or don't have enough time to get much cleaned before she wakes up. My husband travels alot for his job so often there is limited time where someone is here to help watch our daughter as family also lives in a different state. I could clean on the weekends but that is also the time we like to spend as a family since my husband is gone alot and not always what I want to do when I do have a free minute to relax by myself. How do you manage your home ladies???
Thank you for the great ideas! My daughter does have a little vacuum herself but she doesn't want to play with her toys to help mommy she wants to pick up all the chemicals and try to spray them and will run after me with the vacuum asking me to play with her and her toys. I will just have to start cleaning room by room every day when she is napping in order to get it all done.
I dust/clean the kitchen when my daughter is awake, and I do some vacuuming --she has her own vacuum, so I tell her where I'd like her to work. But for washing floors, or doing deep cleaning, I wait till she is asleep. So basically, I split it up into jobs I can do with her running around and jobs that I can't.
wait until you have a 2 yr and a 4yr old!
my answer is: you don't.
we do minimal
just keep the clutter picked up.
Easy spend the morning with her at the park or just having fun together. She will want some quite time after that, maybe a movie (dvd etc). So clean while she does that. I dont think you need to do all your cleaning at once just do a little at a time. Also I found when it was time to vacumm I had gotten my daughter a little vacuum and she'd follow me around like she was helping.
My 2-year-old wants to help no matter what, so I do most of my cleaning while my kids (my son is 3) are napping. I try to sneak in little things while they are awake and both have little vacuums to do the vacuuming together. I usually just concentrate on one room a day. I had to learn that it's ok if the whole house isn't spotless everyday. Good luck.
Hi there,
We get our house cleaned every two weeks. Yes, I wish I could do it myself, but I know that is not possible- I have a two year old also. It's nice to have a clean house- floors, windows, etc.- every two weeks, and now I can concentrate on more detailed cleaning if I have time, or at least trying to keep things straightened in between cleanings. Like yourself, I found myself trying to play "catch up" on the weekends, when I really wanted to be spending time with the family. Having someone clean for us has saved us, seriously.
Good luck,
T.
Ugh! I can completely relate to this, as I have a two year old daughter as well. What I have found that works is I do some of the cleaning while she's up, like vacumning, laundry, dishes (all of which she helps with).When she naps (if she naps!), then I work on ONE room a day. By the end of the week the whole house is clean. I also clean bi-weekly. I dread when naps end, then cleaning will have to be done when my hubby is home on the weekends :( The one room a day works for me though, and I find I clean more thoroughly doing it this way. Good luck!!
There is an old saying, something like this: fly away, fly away cobwebs, for babies don't keep. I shortened it, but the point is childhood lasts only so long. I wish to have my babies back. And I wish I wouldn't have worried so much about cleaning the house. The same dirt will still be there and unless you are rat infested do not worry about how to do it, but enjoy your baby. I cannot emphasize this enough. I had a son who went into the service the other one grew up and I had a hysterectomy after uterine cancer I cannot have more children and I cannot bring back time. Love,love, love your baby. Enjoy your husband. You do not get the time back.
My daughter is 19 months. She also likes to try to help. We let her. She gets the dust pan for us, picks things up to throw out. She will--when she is cooperating--pick up stuff and give to her older brother and sisters. If we give her a rag, she will clean up the table or even the floor. We figure it is a great way to teach her to help out in the house. The only problem I get is when she gets mad because she wants something she can't have and throws something on the floor. What an age. :)
