Tips for Balancing Time Between Cleaning and Kids
Jan 22, 2020

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When you’re a parent, the luxury of having a clean house is more of a pipe dream than anything. However, having a clean house is more than a nice feeling, it’s also an important step in keeping a healthy, safe home for your little ones. How can you maintain a healthy balance between your role as a parent and ensuring that the house stays clean?

Make It A Family Affair

Leave the bigger tasks, like vacuuming and cleaning out your storage units in Orem to you and your partner. Little ones love to feel important, so make helping you clean one of their special, most important grown-up tasks. Starting them as young as you can will get your kids into good habits early on, plus when they help it takes even a small portion of the load off of you and your partner. Some of the tasks that even the littlest kids can help with might include:

-Sorting the silverware/unloading the dishwasher

-Folding the laundry (This can be a test of your patience and make you grit your teeth, but the more you have them practice the better they will become!)

-Sweeping the kitchen/small area of the house

-Dusting

Remember that kids need training in order to develop good habits. It takes some practice and a lot of time, but before you know it you’ll have the house running like a well-oiled machine as everyone does their part.

Find A Babysitter

Even when your kids do their chores that doesn’t mean that the rest of your home is magically cleaned as well. If you find that you need more time to get the house clean than you have, consider calling in reinforcements to help you. Ask a friend or relative to come by and hang out with the kids while you get the bulk of the housework done. While you have someone there with the kids, take advantage of the time to do the more arduous tasks like:

-Cleaning out the refrigerator

-Changing and washing bedding, including pillows and mattress protectors

-Sorting through closets/cabinets and getting rid of items

-Giving the kitchen a deep, thorough cleaning

Don’t feel guilty about asking someone to come over while you get things done; it’s not like you make this an everyday occurrence, plus donuts to ten a loved one will be delighted to have an excuse to see you and the kids. Even an extra hour is worth it!

Hire A Housekeeper

If you read that heading and laughed to yourself, give it some thought: Why shouldn’t you hire a housekeeper? If you think you can’t afford it, think again; if you check hourly rates for maid service in your area, you will likely be pleasantly surprised. The pros of hiring a housekeeper far outweigh the cons, some of the best perks being:

-Letting someone else do the work for you frees up your time, which means you get to spend extra time with your family. If cleaning is taking away precious time with your kids and partner, isn’t a cleaning service worth the money?

-The stress is taken off of you and you can spend less time psyching yourself out over the dirty dishes in the sink and the expired mayonnaise in the fridge and devote your thoughts to more important things.

-It’s just nice having the work already done when you walk in the door! Your house smells, looks and feels good, and you feel better too.

Hiring a housekeeper is not for everybody, but if you think that it might be worth it then give it a trial run at least once. If you aren’t happy with the results then you can always stop service.

Although you don’t let your home become dangerously messy, it’s true that you no longer have the same time that you used to have before you had children. Figure out ways to make the burden fall less on you without hindering your role as a parent.


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