The workload has gotten heavy around my house. I've been very happy since my daughter was born. I love doing a lot of chores to keep me busy, and I have also had a lot of time to myself and even alone with my husband. I will admit I haven't been sleeping as much, which is certainly starting to take it's toll. There have been quite a few days where the chores just seem to never end. This past weekend was a bad one.
We were getting ready to go camping with my dad for the weekend. I had my list of things that had to be done outside the house and inside. There are definitely levels of priority, and I tried my best to follow them. After eating out for lunch, which wasn't planned, we did our Target household shopping, went to the bank, and then came home. I left out the post office for stamps, the gym to renew, and Trader Joe's for laundry soap. At home I had a bunch to do and I ended up working and working and working to get it all done, but it never happened.
I'm not good at asking for help from the husband. I am an Aries, I want to get it all done myself and feel empowered that I could. I asked him for help though. I did as many of the most important chores as I could, but when they just kept coming I had to let it go. It is so hard for me, being a perfectionist and a control freak. I wanted everything to be done and clean so that I could just relax and settle down with the kids once we got back home. I started to get so stressed out I had to call it quits and just leave town for the weekend on a much deserved break. We left the house with dishes in the sink, laundry on the floor, our sons bed unmade (clean bedding sitting on it though) and the floor un-swept. This is something that has never happened in my adult life away from home. It was very hard, but I knew I had to let go. Camping was fantastic at helping me unwind after a very hard very busy 6 weeks. But will life with two kids always be this way?
What are your tips for chores and two kids?
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We were getting ready to go camping with my dad for the weekend. I had my list of things that had to be done outside the house and inside. There are definitely levels of priority, and I tried my best to follow them. After eating out for lunch, which wasn't planned, we did our Target household shopping, went to the bank, and then came home. I left out the post office for stamps, the gym to renew, and Trader Joe's for laundry soap. At home I had a bunch to do and I ended up working and working and working to get it all done, but it never happened.
I'm not good at asking for help from the husband. I am an Aries, I want to get it all done myself and feel empowered that I could. I asked him for help though. I did as many of the most important chores as I could, but when they just kept coming I had to let it go. It is so hard for me, being a perfectionist and a control freak. I wanted everything to be done and clean so that I could just relax and settle down with the kids once we got back home. I started to get so stressed out I had to call it quits and just leave town for the weekend on a much deserved break. We left the house with dishes in the sink, laundry on the floor, our sons bed unmade (clean bedding sitting on it though) and the floor un-swept. This is something that has never happened in my adult life away from home. It was very hard, but I knew I had to let go. Camping was fantastic at helping me unwind after a very hard very busy 6 weeks. But will life with two kids always be this way?
What are your tips for chores and two kids?
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3 comments:
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Nicole
I have three lovely wild children and my tip for you is to just let some of it go!Let those dishes/laundry sit overnite. My husband is the neatfreak in our family and it drives him bonkers to have stuff undone before bed or leaving the house but he has relaxed a bit because he'll drive himself nuts otherwise! Besides once they are old enough you can make the kids do the dishes and hang up their own laundry!!! My daughter is 8 and has begun doing the dinner dishes. I do a gleeful dance around the room and she gets a buck a week. Works for everyone!So just bide your time, get hubbys help sometimes and reeelaaaxxx!
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As for your post, well, with 1 VERY mischievous and curious and hyper active boy, I dare not even think of 2nd one for now.... :P
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