House routines!

Hi all Please help! Lol If my surroundings/house aren't in order- I get this sort of paralysis that stops me doing anything. It makes me not want to go out, because I hate that feeling of coming home to mess. This, paired with being tired from a 5 month old and a few other stresses, means it's getting out of hand. My washing is piled high! Please drop your daily/weekly routines of how you all keep ontop of your housework! Do you have small daily to do lists, or do you just have one big day of cleaning, washing etc. Thankyou! X

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I have a daily, weekly and annually lists for cleaning. We do a power hour every day and try to clean as we go. Then we reset the house completely on a Sunday together. Found this to be the best way to do it! But don’t put pressure on yourself… you’re still navigating life and it’ll come soon. I find leaving the house for a walk then coming back to it helps me figure out where to start as well as setting timers. X

@Steph I like that idea of power hour. We currently split it in the week then a Saturday clean. May give that a go

@Louisa even if the power hour only gets the house tidy is better than feeling it caving in on you. Then you can tackle a room a power hour! That’s what kept us moving.

For washing I do 3 loads on Monday, Wednesday and Friday so I can hang them up after I get the kids to bed and then I'm not hanging constantly. In reality I often only have to do 2 most days but it gives me a bit of flexibility and means it doesn't pile up too much and gets some time to try in-between. I also aim to do a major tidy of one room each week but with 3 under 3 that often gets forgotten

Hey girl! Pre baby I was a clean the whole house every day person, everything has it's place and if there was one thing out of place it would send me in to a melt down... I feel psychotic writing this hahaha I have to say I have toned it down as much as I can so I split it now by upstairs and downstairs but I still do it every day 😵‍💫🫠 Saying that though, because I always tidy up after any potential mess it is just very light cleaning dusting, bleaching toilets hoovering and mopping so I don't feel over whelmed doing it. Think if I left it a week and had a dedicated day I wouldn't be able to do it. Washing clothes is the worse job for me, I do it all on a Saturday evening so it dries over night and then Sunday when my partner is home we share folding / hanging and putting away xx

I don't give myself a time or day to do things otherwise it will pile up and take much longer to do in one go and mentally will drive me mad knowing that ive got to spend hours doing jobs. Each day I do the dishwasher whilst boiling the kettle to make a coffee, I'll do a load of washing in the morning whilst waiting for breakfast to cook (toast 🤣) and then shove it in the dryer (not got the time, energy or weather to put it on the line). My husband will hoover when it's needed, same for me with sweeping and mopping the kitchen - do it when it needs it. I'll take the washing upstairs when I've folded it (whilst watching TV) but I rarely put it away 😅 I find doing jobs like washing etc whilst I'm 'waiting' for other stuff to finish makes it less of a chore if that makes sense? I also have to remind myself that even though I have all these jobs to do, in reality it takes 5-10 minutes of my day x