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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 566080" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I was a stay at home mom of 3 (4 when Katie was with us) for over 20 years. </p><p></p><p>There was a period of time when I believed my house should be utterly spotless at all times. (I was raised that way) I nearly killed myself trying to keep it that way. I mean you could literally eat off my floors without fear. I used to nearly bust into tears because it never failed that as soon as it was messy, someone came to the door.......mother in law or a neighbor or whatever. </p><p></p><p>I told this to mother in law one day, she spent her whole life as a stay at home mom and I never knew her home to be anything but spotless, and she patted me on the arm and laughed. She said she had the same sort of luck raising her sons. House could be utterly spotless for ages. Let there be one day when it got cluttered or messy or whatever; and everyone and their uncle showed up at the door. lol She told me to relax and not to get so upset by it. It was only spotless since I'd known her because her kids were out of the nest. lol Took me a while but I managed it. </p><p></p><p>After that my house was clean......um, you still might be able to have eaten off the floors....but clutter ect didn't bother me. Kids are gonna play and mess things up. Things are gonna pop up throughout the day that might prevent you from doing laundry or whatever. It's not the end of the world. There is always another day. </p><p></p><p>I did come up with a schedule for larger chores such as cleaning out the frig or laundry or scrubbing the bathrooms that broke them up onto separate days which helped a lot. Fred used to whine about how mother in law used to do the laundry every single day but I only did it on fridays. mother in law told me the only reason she did laundry every day is because she was out numbered by males who were determined to toss sopping wet towels into a hamper full of dirty clothes. If she didn't, everything would have mildewed. lol </p><p></p><p>Just do the best you can to keep up with it and don't worry so much about it. Being a mom is a 24/7 365 day a year job. You're fortunate enough not to have a 2nd job on top of it, but that doesn't mean what you do every day is any less or any easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 566080, member: 84"] I was a stay at home mom of 3 (4 when Katie was with us) for over 20 years. There was a period of time when I believed my house should be utterly spotless at all times. (I was raised that way) I nearly killed myself trying to keep it that way. I mean you could literally eat off my floors without fear. I used to nearly bust into tears because it never failed that as soon as it was messy, someone came to the door.......mother in law or a neighbor or whatever. I told this to mother in law one day, she spent her whole life as a stay at home mom and I never knew her home to be anything but spotless, and she patted me on the arm and laughed. She said she had the same sort of luck raising her sons. House could be utterly spotless for ages. Let there be one day when it got cluttered or messy or whatever; and everyone and their uncle showed up at the door. lol She told me to relax and not to get so upset by it. It was only spotless since I'd known her because her kids were out of the nest. lol Took me a while but I managed it. After that my house was clean......um, you still might be able to have eaten off the floors....but clutter ect didn't bother me. Kids are gonna play and mess things up. Things are gonna pop up throughout the day that might prevent you from doing laundry or whatever. It's not the end of the world. There is always another day. I did come up with a schedule for larger chores such as cleaning out the frig or laundry or scrubbing the bathrooms that broke them up onto separate days which helped a lot. Fred used to whine about how mother in law used to do the laundry every single day but I only did it on fridays. mother in law told me the only reason she did laundry every day is because she was out numbered by males who were determined to toss sopping wet towels into a hamper full of dirty clothes. If she didn't, everything would have mildewed. lol Just do the best you can to keep up with it and don't worry so much about it. Being a mom is a 24/7 365 day a year job. You're fortunate enough not to have a 2nd job on top of it, but that doesn't mean what you do every day is any less or any easier. [/QUOTE]
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