My kids are grown now. What I did when I was in that really busy parenting stage was to split my house into four equal zones (how you divide it will depend on your own home). I cleaned one zone a day Monday to Thursday. The fifth day was for catching up on occasional tasks (for example, the garage or deep cleaning the fridge or organizing a closet) and doing bills. One load of laundry and an evening tidy every day, plus the usual daily kitchen stuff like dishes. Weekends off for fun! I worked at home, too, so I balanced the cleaning with work and childcare stuff, but it was easy to know what to clean or tidy whenever I had 5 or 10 minutes free. It really does work because you never have to clean the whole house at once ever again.
I started watching your channel before I was married and now I have 3 kids (9,6 and 1) and my 6 and 9 year old LOVES watching your videos with me! especially your videos about tea
You are always my companion to cleaning my kitchen on a Friday afternoon first thing after work, along with a beer! Very much enjoyed the dramatic soundtrack, so might adopt that for doing the rest of the house.
I keep a whiteboard with the days of the week on it (in my kitchen where I see it most, so I remember) everyday I have a task to do like Monday dusting and vacuum, Tuesday mopping, etc... that way everything gets done by the end of the week and NY weekends are much more relaxed. Every night I make sure I clean my kitchen, and when I walk into a room let's say the living room I tidy before going into another room. Also a little tip if your babu knows how to sit up on their own you should lower the mattress in the crib to prevent falling. Hope this helps! Mama of 3. ❤ liked this video 😊
@lilywojciechowski9906 my white board has everyday of the week. Mondays I clean my kitchen, dishes are daily but deep clean my kitchen Monday's like counters backsplash microwave, fridge, etc. Tuesday I switch the sheets and wash the old ones, Wednesdays I dust the whole house followed by vacuuming (humpfays are busy for me so I take it easy) Thursdays I deep clean bathrooms tiles, showers/tubs, sinks flooring, Fridays I do mopping and my kids homeschooling curffufle or arts and crafts room. Saturdays here for hydroelectricity it's cheaper on weekends to do our laundry. Sundays I tidy to make sure everything is good fir Monday. I also have a small section on my whiteboard with other tasks that are like once a month like windows, screens, doors, walls & filters to switch out. Those I mark it on my phone on an alarm. That way everything gets done without overwhelming you! 😅 Hope this helps!
I really like have daily routines that make it easier. I’m not good about everything at all, but two things that I have done now- laundry and dishes. I empty the dishwasher in the morning, run it in the evening. That way I can fill it when needed throughout the day. Then I try to hand wash anything that is hand wash only after meals. Then I try to do at least one load of laundry a day. We have three kids so a lot of times this is more than one load. I feel like if I keep the dishes clean and laundry going, even though the rest of the house needs worked on, we’re not naked and hungry. 😂 The other thing I’ve gotten good at is keeping the bathroom clean. I am determined to figure out the rest of the house, but I do feel like these things at least help us keep up with more of the everyday dealings in a house.
I also use a schedule. I basically have my house split in two and clean half every other day. My top priorities are always the kitchen and bathroom. I also believe in doing a big fall-cleaning.
As a mom of twin 7 year old boys. what has worked for me is to break down tasks in the week while they sleep. Also find products that will help cut time. I make my own so i have to take a day in the month to make them. Hope you find the rhythm that best suits your needs. 😊
So funny, I always listen to Dvorak when I need some motivation for cleaning or studying :D Enjoyed listening to the music almost more than watching the video 🙈
I've been really bad about it, but the Finch app has actually been very, very helpful for me in implementing a cleaning schedule. I can set how often a task recurs, whether daily, weekly, monthly, or a custom time. I can schedule as many tasks as I want in the free app. The cute little bird is a bonus for me, but you could ignore it and just use it as a task list if gamifying goals isn't something you need or care about. I just use the free version and it's been really helpful.
Ik had ook heel lang dat ik ieder weekend stond te poetsen, of ineens een hele zondag. Wij hebben sinds afgelopen zomer een 'systeem' waar we de ene week beneden doen (woonkamer, keuken, hal) en de andere week boven (badkamer, slaapkamers en zolder). De ene week doen we dan de light versie (stoffen en stofzuigen) en de andere week de volledige versie (met dweilen en douche schoonmaken en al that fun stuff erbij). Dus zo doe je zegmaar iedere ruimte eens in de maand echt goed schoonmaken en dan nog 1 keer bijhouden. En binnen die etage hebben ik en mn vriend allebei onze eigen taken waarvan we zelf zorgen dat we ze die week doen. Zo voelt het behapbaar en heb ik tevens ook het idee dat ik er niet alleen voor sta (mn vriend ziet dat gewoon niet, dus moet duidelijke taken hebben)
I also used to clean on weekends but now Sundays are my husband's only day off for the week, so I've been trying to implement a daily schedule so we can rest in Sunday and not spend all day cleaning. I don't have a young child and it has still been a struggle 😆 I do work fully remote but between going to the gym, making sure the dog gets walked and adequate exercise, cooking, and my job.. It's hard! I use the Reminders app on iPhone to make my list of all the tasks and how often and then it sends you reminders every day. I looked up some examples of daily/weekly/monthly schedules to get ideas. Since we do have pets, we run a damp mop around every day (but we only do laundry a couple of times a week). I find cleaning bathrooms all in one go to be kind of overwhelming so I have the different tasks broken up on different days. But then I will do things like dusting all in one day. Having the right tools on hand makes things easier. For example, a set of everything needed to clean the bathroom is in each bathroom so there's no hunting. Basically I've tried to make sure the daily tasks don't take more than ~20 minutes. Then on Saturdays I have a monthly task for things that don't necessarily have to be done daily or weekly but they at least get done periodically (baseboards, full mopping).
I can feel you. Our new house is a mess too! My partner broke his wrist 3 -times and had to have an operation! Now everything is on me and I'm ill the second time in 4 weeks now. I guess the stress from moving in our own house in a foreign country and my partner having a accident with the vespa just got to me.
I can recommend using a scedule, I started implementing a system with the flylady and later discovered the secret slob here on YT! It helped so much because I didn‘t need to think about what to do. You have other things on your mind with a little one in your arms ❤
I have an 11 month old and I also had difficulty keeping things clean! I started keeping a bullet journal with each of the things I needed to do in each room. Once or twice a day I do something off the list or a few things if I have time and then I mark it off. Then I know that the thing is done for the week and even if I can't clean the whole bathroom at once, hey. At least I cleaned the toilet and that's done for this week! I also really like writing it all down physically because then I don't have to carry the tasks in my mind. I write it down and then immediately dump it out of my brain to make space for things like taking the hobbits to isengard and what am I going to feed this kid and myself for lunch. If you're interested in seeing my bullet journal setup/cleaning schedule, let me know 😊
Oh yeah! I also have certain tasks listed for a deep clean with all the curtains, carpet cleaning, and decluttering for every 6 months. It helps me stay on top of the more in-depth things that don't happen on a regular basis. Also, if the physical notebook part isn't your style, I had it on Notion as well. I just happen to like regular paper and pens :)
My mom had a 9 to 5 (maritime clerk & customs declaring agent), my dad had a 9 to 5 (canning plant, white collar). On top of that, it was my mother who did all of it in the house. All of it. Maybe except dishes and vacuuming. But the number of times she caught my dad in his couch, feet up, reading the paper while keeping the vacuum on... my goodness. LOL Anyway, the house was spotless. You could eat off of the floor spotless. Now, you know, you can get away with it, but once baby starts to crawl and put all of the things he finds on the floor in his mouth? Oh man, you better be prepared for that one! My mom just couldn't deal with a messy house, that's all. The number of nights she only slept a couple hours are endless. Doing laundry and ironing was usually after midnight. And now almost age 79, she still does her entire house top to bottom. The woman is a lean mean cleaning machine. ROFL
I had some guests in the end of October so I did some cleaning then. But I need to do cleaning in my kitchen. If you wash the floors in your living room, kitchen and hall once a week I guess you find a schedule for that. In ground floor I mean. Else vacum cleaning is fine upstairs. I only do it without an app. More fun to do when you feel for it. I like your small vacum cleaner. Have to buy one.
It's not easy to do, but dividing up the house to a room a day to go over, plus whatever necessary chores must be done daily... this way, you at least get each room a going over once a week. Aside from that, getting supper prepped right after breakfast is super helpful... and like you said, a load of laundry per day.
The color of the porcelain in your bathroom is lovely. I’ve enjoyed this video…the music choice definitely contributes to that…is there any chance you’d share the name of the piece?
"Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, “American” Op. 96, B. 179 IV. Finale. Vivace ma non tropo" and "Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, "American" Op. 96, B. 179 I. Allegro ma non troppo" to be precise, haha! 🎼
Everyones different u just need to find what works for you my girls are all grown but for me when i had my baby all my household jobs eg laundry vacuuming mopping bathroom toilet sheet changing meal prep kitchen windows etc was all done by 9am then at 11am laundry was taken in ironed and put away i had loads of time to spend with baby and afternoon naps i personal found doing everything everyday keep things clean and organised especially when family came to stay for months i went from me my husband and baby up to 8 people so having everything done before they woke was great for me
What was the app you were looking into, out of curiosity? When my kids were little, and when my nieces and nephews lived with me, I cleaned when they slept or when they were able to be self entertained and left alone-ish, I always had them in the room with me or just outside the room depending on what I was doing. (I get nervous about leaving babies in rooms alone, so I get more done if they are where I can see them.) Back them I didn't have help, my ex-husband only wanted to go to work, mow the grass, sit on the couch, and drink. My current husband will help with most things around the house. I've always lived in smaller houses too though, never had to worry about cleaning upstairs areas.
I was thinking about implementing a very similar system, just have a calendar with everything planned, so I can do small tasks daily rather than having a long cleaning session on the weekend. I don't have kids, it's just I have never been very good with cleaning, so something always gets neglected and then having to do more work in one go just makes it way worse... :D
So jealous of everyone with a baby who doesn't scream their lungs out if left for three seconds 😅 I'd love to clean so bad (feeling really old to write this, but anyway :D)... well, maybe in 5 years or something :D but I enjoyed the video as always
So odd how people tackle the loo differently. If you want your ceramic bowl to last, especially if you have hard water? Get some CIF and elbow grease and clean inside the bowl with CIF & a dish sponge, one of those sponges with the green scoury pads? Yep, scrub scrub scrub. If you don't want to put your hand down there, because it is a ways down there (all in there and under the bowl), use some household gloves. But just with toilet bowl cleaner? It's not going to get the residue off and if you want your bowl to last more than a decade? Yep. Gotta get in there, girlfriend. Otherwise, nice to see someone clean a little more thoroughly than I'm used to seeing on the YT. ;)
Heb je wel eens gehoord van Flylady? Ik geloofde er nooit zo in, maar kreeg kinderen, mijn huis verslofte en nu… ben ik sinds een aantal jaar echt helemaal om, ik zweer erbij!
If I may, do you ask your visitors to take off there shoes before entering your house? See, there are many germs under shoes and it may be dangerous for your baby.
My kids are grown now. What I did when I was in that really busy parenting stage was to split my house into four equal zones (how you divide it will depend on your own home). I cleaned one zone a day Monday to Thursday. The fifth day was for catching up on occasional tasks (for example, the garage or deep cleaning the fridge or organizing a closet) and doing bills. One load of laundry and an evening tidy every day, plus the usual daily kitchen stuff like dishes. Weekends off for fun! I worked at home, too, so I balanced the cleaning with work and childcare stuff, but it was easy to know what to clean or tidy whenever I had 5 or 10 minutes free. It really does work because you never have to clean the whole house at once ever again.
I started watching your channel before I was married and now I have 3 kids (9,6 and 1) and my 6 and 9 year old LOVES watching your videos with me! especially your videos about tea
You are always my companion to cleaning my kitchen on a Friday afternoon first thing after work, along with a beer! Very much enjoyed the dramatic soundtrack, so might adopt that for doing the rest of the house.
in a tea time episode, can you talk a bit about your journey with cloth diapers? We did them too, and they are sooo much cheaper.
I keep a whiteboard with the days of the week on it (in my kitchen where I see it most, so I remember) everyday I have a task to do like Monday dusting and vacuum, Tuesday mopping, etc... that way everything gets done by the end of the week and NY weekends are much more relaxed. Every night I make sure I clean my kitchen, and when I walk into a room let's say the living room I tidy before going into another room. Also a little tip if your babu knows how to sit up on their own you should lower the mattress in the crib to prevent falling. Hope this helps! Mama of 3. ❤ liked this video 😊
what's your full weekly cleaning schedule? a mom of one who hates cleaning and clutter😅
@lilywojciechowski9906 my white board has everyday of the week. Mondays I clean my kitchen, dishes are daily but deep clean my kitchen Monday's like counters backsplash microwave, fridge, etc. Tuesday I switch the sheets and wash the old ones, Wednesdays I dust the whole house followed by vacuuming (humpfays are busy for me so I take it easy) Thursdays I deep clean bathrooms tiles, showers/tubs, sinks flooring, Fridays I do mopping and my kids homeschooling curffufle or arts and crafts room. Saturdays here for hydroelectricity it's cheaper on weekends to do our laundry. Sundays I tidy to make sure everything is good fir Monday. I also have a small section on my whiteboard with other tasks that are like once a month like windows, screens, doors, walls & filters to switch out. Those I mark it on my phone on an alarm. That way everything gets done without overwhelming you! 😅 Hope this helps!
I really like have daily routines that make it easier. I’m not good about everything at all, but two things that I have done now- laundry and dishes. I empty the dishwasher in the morning, run it in the evening. That way I can fill it when needed throughout the day. Then I try to hand wash anything that is hand wash only after meals. Then I try to do at least one load of laundry a day. We have three kids so a lot of times this is more than one load. I feel like if I keep the dishes clean and laundry going, even though the rest of the house needs worked on, we’re not naked and hungry. 😂 The other thing I’ve gotten good at is keeping the bathroom clean. I am determined to figure out the rest of the house, but I do feel like these things at least help us keep up with more of the everyday dealings in a house.
Thank you so much for your realness. Throwing on an old band tee and pants you don't care about to scrub the toilets and shower was so relatable lol
Your home messy is still so tidy!!! Goals ❤
I was hoping to find something to encourage me while doing some housework today - this was great! 😄
I'm so in love with that lilac toilet and bidet set lol. I've never seen anything like it
I also use a schedule.
I basically have my house split in two and clean half every other day.
My top priorities are always the kitchen and bathroom.
I also believe in doing a big fall-cleaning.
As a mom of twin 7 year old boys. what has worked for me is to break down tasks in the week while they sleep. Also find products that will help cut time. I make my own so i have to take a day in the month to make them. Hope you find the rhythm that best suits your needs. 😊
i love the pre holiday clean!!
even a frog's gotta clean!
Well done; doing a little every day keeps everything clean! Time for that cup of tea.🤗☕
So funny, I always listen to Dvorak when I need some motivation for cleaning or studying :D Enjoyed listening to the music almost more than watching the video 🙈
I've been really bad about it, but the Finch app has actually been very, very helpful for me in implementing a cleaning schedule. I can set how often a task recurs, whether daily, weekly, monthly, or a custom time. I can schedule as many tasks as I want in the free app. The cute little bird is a bonus for me, but you could ignore it and just use it as a task list if gamifying goals isn't something you need or care about. I just use the free version and it's been really helpful.
I second this! My friend got me started with it and I also use the free version. I put my must-do cleaning tasks on there.
it's a rough season to be consistent, but breaking it up daily helps.
I also sometimes find it harder to maintain a cleaner room than to clean a dirty room, you know?
Ik had ook heel lang dat ik ieder weekend stond te poetsen, of ineens een hele zondag.
Wij hebben sinds afgelopen zomer een 'systeem' waar we de ene week beneden doen (woonkamer, keuken, hal) en de andere week boven (badkamer, slaapkamers en zolder). De ene week doen we dan de light versie (stoffen en stofzuigen) en de andere week de volledige versie (met dweilen en douche schoonmaken en al that fun stuff erbij). Dus zo doe je zegmaar iedere ruimte eens in de maand echt goed schoonmaken en dan nog 1 keer bijhouden.
En binnen die etage hebben ik en mn vriend allebei onze eigen taken waarvan we zelf zorgen dat we ze die week doen. Zo voelt het behapbaar en heb ik tevens ook het idee dat ik er niet alleen voor sta (mn vriend ziet dat gewoon niet, dus moet duidelijke taken hebben)
Your house is so pretty
I also used to clean on weekends but now Sundays are my husband's only day off for the week, so I've been trying to implement a daily schedule so we can rest in Sunday and not spend all day cleaning. I don't have a young child and it has still been a struggle 😆 I do work fully remote but between going to the gym, making sure the dog gets walked and adequate exercise, cooking, and my job.. It's hard!
I use the Reminders app on iPhone to make my list of all the tasks and how often and then it sends you reminders every day. I looked up some examples of daily/weekly/monthly schedules to get ideas. Since we do have pets, we run a damp mop around every day (but we only do laundry a couple of times a week). I find cleaning bathrooms all in one go to be kind of overwhelming so I have the different tasks broken up on different days. But then I will do things like dusting all in one day. Having the right tools on hand makes things easier. For example, a set of everything needed to clean the bathroom is in each bathroom so there's no hunting. Basically I've tried to make sure the daily tasks don't take more than ~20 minutes. Then on Saturdays I have a monthly task for things that don't necessarily have to be done daily or weekly but they at least get done periodically (baseboards, full mopping).
i watching you for 8 years 🎉❤
Somehow this has the artistic vibe of Švankmajer's animated films 😄
I can feel you. Our new house is a mess too! My partner broke his wrist 3 -times and had to have an operation! Now everything is on me and I'm ill the second time in 4 weeks now. I guess the stress from moving in our own house in a foreign country and my partner having a accident with the vespa just got to me.
I can recommend using a scedule, I started implementing a system with the flylady and later discovered the secret slob here on YT! It helped so much because I didn‘t need to think about what to do. You have other things on your mind with a little one in your arms ❤
I have an 11 month old and I also had difficulty keeping things clean! I started keeping a bullet journal with each of the things I needed to do in each room. Once or twice a day I do something off the list or a few things if I have time and then I mark it off. Then I know that the thing is done for the week and even if I can't clean the whole bathroom at once, hey. At least I cleaned the toilet and that's done for this week! I also really like writing it all down physically because then I don't have to carry the tasks in my mind. I write it down and then immediately dump it out of my brain to make space for things like taking the hobbits to isengard and what am I going to feed this kid and myself for lunch. If you're interested in seeing my bullet journal setup/cleaning schedule, let me know 😊
Oh yeah! I also have certain tasks listed for a deep clean with all the curtains, carpet cleaning, and decluttering for every 6 months. It helps me stay on top of the more in-depth things that don't happen on a regular basis.
Also, if the physical notebook part isn't your style, I had it on Notion as well. I just happen to like regular paper and pens :)
My mom had a 9 to 5 (maritime clerk & customs declaring agent), my dad had a 9 to 5 (canning plant, white collar). On top of that, it was my mother who did all of it in the house. All of it. Maybe except dishes and vacuuming. But the number of times she caught my dad in his couch, feet up, reading the paper while keeping the vacuum on... my goodness. LOL Anyway, the house was spotless. You could eat off of the floor spotless. Now, you know, you can get away with it, but once baby starts to crawl and put all of the things he finds on the floor in his mouth? Oh man, you better be prepared for that one! My mom just couldn't deal with a messy house, that's all. The number of nights she only slept a couple hours are endless. Doing laundry and ironing was usually after midnight. And now almost age 79, she still does her entire house top to bottom. The woman is a lean mean cleaning machine. ROFL
Now I'm motivated to do a full house deep cleaning!
I had some guests in the end of October so I did some cleaning then. But I need to do cleaning in my kitchen. If you wash the floors in your living room, kitchen and hall once a week I guess you find a schedule for that. In ground floor I mean. Else vacum cleaning is fine upstairs. I only do it without an app. More fun to do when you feel for it. I like your small vacum cleaner. Have to buy one.
It's not easy to do, but dividing up the house to a room a day to go over, plus whatever necessary chores must be done daily... this way, you at least get each room a going over once a week. Aside from that, getting supper prepped right after breakfast is super helpful... and like you said, a load of laundry per day.
Thank you for Dvorak - it was perfect match ❤
The color of the porcelain in your bathroom is lovely. I’ve enjoyed this video…the music choice definitely contributes to that…is there any chance you’d share the name of the piece?
It's in the description box 😊
It's by Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major :) (I Shazamed it).
@ woo! You’re the best ☺️ thank you
"Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, “American” Op. 96, B. 179 IV. Finale. Vivace ma non tropo" and "Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F major, "American" Op. 96, B. 179 I. Allegro ma non troppo" to be precise, haha! 🎼
Everyones different u just need to find what works for you my girls are all grown but for me when i had my baby all my household jobs eg laundry vacuuming mopping bathroom toilet sheet changing meal prep kitchen windows etc was all done by 9am then at 11am laundry was taken in ironed and put away i had loads of time to spend with baby and afternoon naps i personal found doing everything everyday keep things clean and organised especially when family came to stay for months i went from me my husband and baby up to 8 people so having everything done before they woke was great for me
And, love the thumbnail!
Notion my friend!
What was the app you were looking into, out of curiosity? When my kids were little, and when my nieces and nephews lived with me, I cleaned when they slept or when they were able to be self entertained and left alone-ish, I always had them in the room with me or just outside the room depending on what I was doing. (I get nervous about leaving babies in rooms alone, so I get more done if they are where I can see them.) Back them I didn't have help, my ex-husband only wanted to go to work, mow the grass, sit on the couch, and drink. My current husband will help with most things around the house. I've always lived in smaller houses too though, never had to worry about cleaning upstairs areas.
The app is called Sweepy :)
I was thinking about implementing a very similar system, just have a calendar with everything planned, so I can do small tasks daily rather than having a long cleaning session on the weekend. I don't have kids, it's just I have never been very good with cleaning, so something always gets neglected and then having to do more work in one go just makes it way worse... :D
Oh and also, love the music! Hope you were listening to the same while cleaning :D
So jealous of everyone with a baby who doesn't scream their lungs out if left for three seconds 😅 I'd love to clean so bad (feeling really old to write this, but anyway :D)... well, maybe in 5 years or something :D but I enjoyed the video as always
Did anyone mention Flylady? Lifesaver.
Lovely bathroom set, where is it from? X
Man, mine are in their 20s and I still haven't figured it out.
💗💗
So odd how people tackle the loo differently. If you want your ceramic bowl to last, especially if you have hard water? Get some CIF and elbow grease and clean inside the bowl with CIF & a dish sponge, one of those sponges with the green scoury pads? Yep, scrub scrub scrub. If you don't want to put your hand down there, because it is a ways down there (all in there and under the bowl), use some household gloves. But just with toilet bowl cleaner? It's not going to get the residue off and if you want your bowl to last more than a decade? Yep. Gotta get in there, girlfriend. Otherwise, nice to see someone clean a little more thoroughly than I'm used to seeing on the YT. ;)
Heb je wel eens gehoord van Flylady? Ik geloofde er nooit zo in, maar kreeg kinderen, mijn huis verslofte en nu… ben ik sinds een aantal jaar echt helemaal om, ik zweer erbij!
If I may, do you ask your visitors to take off there shoes before entering your house? See, there are many germs under shoes and it may be dangerous for your baby.
We've always been a shoes-off-indoors household 😊
@@Loepsie Great!
The music stresses me out 😅
Omg same!!
I normally loves your videos, but the music here, was just too much.