How clean is your house? How many kids do you have? Do you feel like you’re constantly cleaning?

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My husband and I live in a large 3 bedroom apartment with our 3 kids. Our kids are 6 years old, 3 years old & 10 months. I am constantly cleaning and our place is still messy!!! I literally never get a chance to breath. Between cleaning, laundry, making meals, picking up and dropping off kids I am always busy. As soon as I finish cleaning one room a different area of our place needs my attention. How do you keep your house clean?? I used to keep our place spotless now I just don’t have the time or energy.

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Clutter or dirty ? There is a huge difference. My house is clean but always cluttered with 3 kids constantly leaving stuff everywhere it’s impossible to look picture perfect all the time .

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We have a 5 br 2 1/2 bath. A 4 year old a 7 week old a dog and 2 cats. Our house is messy and cluttered but not disgusting. We live with my dad and my husbands sister lives with us. I don’t work but transitioning to being a new mom has been hard (4 yr old isn’t mine) so I don’t clean all day like I used to. They don’t clean or do anything so we constantly have to clean up after them. It’s exhausting especially with a newborn. I’m constantly angry about it. No one helps us so our house is dirty and drives my husband insane.

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We have 5 bedrooms, 4 dogs, 1 pot bellied pig. My kids (11 & 13) have daily chores like trash, load dishwasher etc. but since my 20 month old son died in June of 2020 my house is always messy and I’m forever behind on laundry. I work from home about 40-50hrs a week and I’m just too sad, tired and pregnant to want to do anything huge cleaning wise on the weekends. My husband wants me to hire a maid but I still have a complex that I don’t want anyone touching my youngest sons things. Im getting better and getting more organized in that respect (not saving every single sock) I’m trying to pick just the really meaningful and important things but it’s still too raw and everything feels like I’d regret it if I were to let it go. Anyway sorry I just unpacked a lot more than your question asked! My house is currently messy but not dirty or gross, more cluttered.

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3 kids (3 and a half, 19 months and 4 weeks old). Is my house always clean and spotless? No. But I always pick up the kids toys at night, I have all the dishes cleaned but not always put away, we have a roomba which helps a lot to get all the crumbs when I can’t do an actual vacuuming. We definitely struggle with doing full bathroom cleaning as often as we should and washing the floors as those need to be done when the kids aren’t around. Depending on the day, sometimes the laundry isn’t put away. I currently have a basket that needs to be put away I just haven’t had time since my 4 weeks has been nursing all day. I don’t stress about it though 🤷🏻‍♀️ We have a 4 bedroom house and 2 cats btw

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Less than 900 Sq ft 3 bedroom house with a 2 year old, 38 weeks pregnant, a cat and 2 dogs. I have no energy, we finally got caught up on laundry, behind on dishes so kitchen is kinda gross right now but other than that it's just clutter. We have to much stuff and not enough space

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We have house cleaners for the actual disinfecting and dusting/vacuuming. As far as mess though, it’s pretty much impossible to keep all rooms clean at the same time. We do the best we can, but it’s really a matter of adjusting your own expectations and living with the mess without becoming overwhelmed by it. It’s an adjustment for sure, but is doable with a little mindfulness.

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I have a 4 year old, 11 month old & im 4 months pregnant. We live in a small 3 bedroom house on a horse farm with daily farm chores. I am constantly cleaning our house. It’s small & gets messy easily! Especially when my husband is off on the weekends. Omg he’s as bad as a teen boy sometimes I don’t understand. 
I feel like I’ll never be on top of having the spotless house I want!

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I’m a sahm to one (5 months old) and I have two dogs (60lbs each) and two cats (they get the garage and laundry room only). I live in a 4 bedroom home. 
I clean every day but only part of the day as of now since my daughter isn’t on the move or pulling out toys sooo I choose to slack and enjoy my little while I have a chance. But I’m always doing dishes, laundry, decluttering, vacuuming, mopping, dusting! We live in a new build so it still gets dusty all the time and it seem like sooo much. And our backyard sucks so our dogs bring in mud/dirty ALL the time. I have to steam clean my couch more than most people do in like 10 years. 
My house always looks cluttered and well lived in.

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We have a 3 bd room 2 and a half bath 4,000 sq ft three story house. We have a 5 yr old 3 yr old and an almost 2 yr old I’m expecting another baby in may and we keep our house pretty clean IMO cause my fiancé is a neat freak. I’ll add pics to show you what dirty is to us/him. 
The pics added are considered filthy to my fiancé 🤷🏻‍♀️
My kids are at the age where we make them do chores and they get an allowance. 
Me and my fiancé both clean everyday and I still feel like our house could be cleaner. 
I have this pic hanging on my wall by the front door 
Our house is huge and so that also helps with there being less of a mess to pick up. 
After each meal we do all the dishes, and sweep and mop if needed. We both do laundry and sort it out he helps a lot so that helps both of us and helps keeping our house as clean as we like

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I created zones. My kids toys stay in the toy area(we have an open plan rental at the moment). No toys other than plush favorites in their room. I have been training my kids to pick up after themselves since they were 2 (a bit earlier for my 2nd- she watches big brother- they’re 2 years apart). If that’s not a habit in your house start by giving each toy a home. We use the IKEA kallax & fabric cubes to store toys. Legos in 2 specific boxes, plushes in another, puzzles in another, trucks/tractors in another, kitchen toys in another, etc. Once I showed the kids where each toy lived they were responsible for cleaning them up & sorting each day. 
We also loosely follow the Montessori method of only having 1-2 different types of toy out at a time. If they are done w/ lego I will have them clean it up before they get out kitchen stuff, or whatever it is they want. Sometimes it’s good to motivate them by saying, “Now let’s clean up ______ so we can watch Sesame Street!” Whatever motivates them. And we try to consistently have them clean up after dinner before bed. 
I also have our kids take their own dishes to the sink after meals. They know how to scrape leftovers in the bin & rinse plates in the sink & wash their hands (they’re 2.5 & 4.5- the 2yo LOVES that she can do things solo😆). It teaches them responsibility & it frees me up to actually eat my meals now that they’re older.
There’s no way I could manage to get anything done otherwise! I still struggle to prep meals, do laundry & dishes, clean whatever, & have a second to myself. And I’m especially challenged at the moment b/c I’m expecting our 3rd & have terrible nausea & exhaustion. You can do it. Start by organizing toys & asigning homes & go from there. Consistency is king. My next thing I need to teach is laundry help. That’ll only take forever 😆. One step at a time. It’ll serve both you & your kids well.

How clean is your house? How many kids do you have? Do you feel like you’re constantly cleaning?

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