4+ loads of laundry, change and wash bedding, organize house, batch cooking etc. We have biweekly cleaners but lots still to be done in weekends. Husband and I try to juggle it while keeping company to two young kids. What do you all working parents do to alleviate this? We couldn’t find a reliable helper yet. We are in Bay Area if anyone has a good recommendation please share. Any other tips welcome. Thanks!
Good luck. Two young kids what do you expect? Wanna just kick your feet up?
Laundry shouldn't take that long. I can do a load in 15 minutes which includes folding and setting away. Most of the other time spent is literally waiting.
Just stop doing the chores. I smell like a rabid shoe
Just spread the chores out so you can hate every day
I don't have kids. Yet my weekend is full of chores. Grocery shopping, Costco visit, clean up the fridge, organize the house, do dishes, throw trash, clean the bathroom, do laundry, fold laundry 🧺 and more. It is never ending. And then it is Monday. Sometimes tasks are still pending on a Monday.
Why do you organize the house every week?
It takes time to find the rhythm. But it comes. Wifey and me have figured out finally what we are individually good at and what we individually don’t care much about and accordingly have split the tasks in such a way that by 1200 we are free to spend time together doing relaxing Sunday things. Of course there is a chance of everything going nuts, but the risk is managed now. Though it took us 2 years to figure it all out. But I guess that’s life in Netherlands.
Do you have kids?
Yep. 2 of them, one born 8 months ago.
Do laundry on weekdays? It takes a couple minutes per load. Cook on weekdays. Have kids help with chores. Don't let house get disorganized or just let it be disorganized. Have kids (yes even toddlers) help. Realize chores are low stress activities. Listen to music, talk to each other, listen to audio books, watch TV while doing them.
Spread out your chores, I do laundry on random weekday, Monday or Sunday is meal prep
Hire a weekend nanny for a few hours. That way you'll get some time off kids and finish the housework. Kids make everything 5x slower IMO. You finish your chores, and then spend quality time with kids later.
I try jumping from the roof every Sunday, it's the worst day
Totally feel you. I do question my life choices every Sunday 6pm