My habits needed a reboot, and I needed a house cleaning schedule I could stick to. I was exhausted thinking about it and wished I could figure out how to maintain a clean house with 3 kids under 5. My floors had cereal stuck to them from days ago, my bathrooms were weeks past due for a good deep clean, my husband needed clean socks and underwear, and there were piles of kids crap strewn everywhere in EVERY room. I knew something needed to change when I had been planning to invite new mom friends over but couldn’t bring myself to invite them.ġ00% because I didn’t have the energy to spend ALL day cleaning to get my house to a place that didn’t embarrass me.Īnd I’m not talking about forgetting to dust that day. Why I needed a realistic house cleaning schedule for busy moms Dropps laundry and dishwasher pod review: What works and what doesn’t.What we clean with Branch Basics non toxic cleaner: My review after 1 year of use.Earth Breeze Eco Laundry Sheets and Power Pebbles Dishwasher Tablet review.When you have a tidy house and take pride in your home, I promise you, you feel so much better about your housewife status! You will not feel overwhelmed, and hate cleaning. You will feel better implementing this checklist Seasonally (January, April, July/Aug, November) home maintenance (paint touch up, fix broken things, make a To Do list).deep clean (baseboards, light fixtures, stove, scrubbing).declutter & organize (closets, cupboards, toys, paperwork).furniture wash cushions, wipe down hard furniture, move and vacuum behind.W – Kitchen (appliances, empty fridge, organize cupboardsĮach week I focus on one of these 4 zones in a Power Hour Seasonal – I have no set time to do this, just when I have some spare time and I keep it as a reference as what needs to be done. Monthly Zone – I do a power hour per week focusing on one of the rotating zones I find my self lost in a podcast that the time flies and before you know it my cleaning checklist for the day is completely checked off! Enter your email into the pop up in this page which will sign you up to receive the free cleaning schedule chartĪlso do not forget to play an awesome playlist, or podcast while you do this. View it down below or you can print out and stick on your fridge. Here is a sample stay at home mom schedule that I use. Make it easy to follow and doable with your time constraints. Once you decide on the schedule you simply stick to it. For myself who is a stay at home mom to little kids and under this is going to look considerably different than someone who works full time and has one child in full-time daycare. Also, depending on what stage in your life you are at, this will vary. For others, it may mean spending several hours on a Saturday, or it might even mean picking one room each day to devote to cleaning and organizing. For some, this will be speed cleaning a certain amount each day. You need to make a cleaning schedule that works for you. Make a list of all the tasks you need to do in order to keep your home tidy and maintained, don’t forget things like grocery shopping and paying the bills, this is all a part of home care. Whatever works for you, but having a standard to start with, and keep up with definitely helps. Hire a maid service, heck move to a brand new house. The first thing you need to do is have a fresh start.ĭevote some time to do a full deep clean. So if you are someone who is always trying to get on top of things or a slob convert like me, then this post is for you! Since staying home full time is now what I view as “my job” it brings me a lot of pride to have a clean home! Being proud of my tidy home, and not embarrassed to have an unexpected visitor, truly brings me joy. The funny thing is, now having a tidy, sparkling clean home is part of what makes me enjoy life. My motto used to be, there will always be something to clean why not enjoy life instead. Why is keeping a spotless home important? If my mother is reading this, I am sure she is reminiscing about my teenage bedroom and thinking “you, a neat freak? YA RIGHT!!!” In the last 5 years, I have been home more, only working part-time, and having an untidy house has slowly gotten on my nerves. You see before when I worked full time and wasn’t home much, a messy house didn’t bother me. Not that I have a clean house all time, but the will and desire to have a perfectly clean house is there now more than its ever been. The funny thing about that is, it has turned me into a neat freak. Now that I am almost 2 years into being a full-time stay at home mom and “house wife” I have noticed a major change.
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