Getting and keeping my house clean

Question

I am 5 months pregnant and am having an EXTREMELY tough time keeping my house clean. I had been finding it really hard to find motivation to keep things clean and now that I have found the motivation, I don't know where to start! Can anyone please give me some pointers on how to get the house cleaned up and how to not let the same thing happen again?!

Answer 1

I prefer starting on the dirtiest rooms first, usually the kitchen and bathroom, that way the hardest part is behind me. After I have those completed, the rest of the house is a snap. Once you have it clean, take the few moments it requires to keep things tidy, that way it doesn't get out of hand again.

If you are pregnant and the house is really bad, do the kitchen one day, the bathroom the next, and so on, until the house is neat and tidy. You will have to make sure they stay that way though, so that you don't have to start all over again every day while cleaning the rest of the house.Then it is a snap to keep it that way by just making a quick run through in the morning.

Answer 2

The first step is a box of trash bags. I know that sounds simplistic, but there's just no way to begin cleaning and organizing until everything is gone through, sorted, and  LOTS of it is carried to the TRASH .

OK, to get started ... go a room at a time. Or, if things are just buried ... go one area at a time. First, clear a flat surface ... a table, even the floor will work. Make some signs labeled KEEP, STORE, DONATE, and TRASH. Then start sorting.

Things that are precious or important but not necessary to keep right on hand go into the STORE pile ... those will be placed in a storage area.

Things that are still in good shape but no longer needed go to DONATE ... box or bag that stuff up and take it out to the car right away (out of sight, out of mind) so it can be dropped at Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.

(The UNDECIDED pile has a 24-hour limit ... within one day, you MUST decide whether it stays, gets donated, or gets pitched.)

The rest goes into the TRASH ... again, get it out of the house, a bag at a time, as you fill the bag. Ideally, MOST of the stuff should be tossed.

Give the space a really good cleaning, wipe everything down ... the drawers, the shelves, cabinets, etc. while everything is empty. Start putting things back ... maybe get some pretty new baskets... or maybe some storage bins to keep things more organized. You won't know what you need until you move that mountain of stuff out of there and see what's really left.



Good Luck

Answer 3

get rid of anything you don't really need - storage or thrift shop.  have a place for everything and put it away as soon as you've finished using it.  clean one room at a time thoroughly, starting at the top and working your way down.  make a point of cleaning each room thoroughly every two weeks so it's not all at once.  bathrooms and kitchen need more frequent cleaning obviously.  make everyone in your home do their bit - you're not the live-in, right?  a child's and partner's responsibilities include picking up their things and putting them away in their room.