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sarahtx57
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Keeping a clean home w/ new baby?
sarahtx57
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I don't have experience with this so I'm asking.
When you had a 2 week old, could you still pick up your house or did it go to hell? My dh's coworker just had a baby. He was complaining to dh that his wife is such a slob now. she doesn't do anything since she's had the baby. Just lays around. The house is disgusting and she won't clean it. She is sahm now so he thinks since she is not working it's sort of her job to keep up with the home.
I keep up with my house and love that I can do that now that I am home for now. However I was never home with a 2 week old since he was in nicu and I had family here until the baby was 5 weeks. Just wondering if it was impossible to pick up with such a new baby?
I sort of felt like he should cut her some slack, but if it's actually filthy dirty, that is another thing. No excuse for pure dirt.
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Re: Keeping a clean home w/ new baby?
Umm...DS is 4 months old and I still have trouble keeping up with the housework. When DS was two weeks old, it was a great day if I got out of my pj's and washed some bottles. Your DH's coworker sounds like a jerk! Even if she is "just laying around", she just gave birth to a baby two weeks ago. She's probably exhausted and still healing.
BTW, are you really 43 weeks pregnant?! If so, you're a trooper!
oh no..lol I logged in under my old screen name! that's my old pg ticker!
He's crazy, I had an easy vaginal delivery and my hospital discharge instructions said to avoid housework for a few weeks.
Kristen (7), Timothy (5), Robert (3), Charles (9 months)
It was actually a lot easier to keep up with the mess with a two week old than it is now, but I let things go a lot easier now than I used to. I was the vacuum once a day, dishes done immediately, laundry every couple of days kind of person before DS - now I'm a little bit more lax about things. I need to time to relax and when DS sleeps, chores are no longer my priority
I'd be furious if my DH acted that way. Keeping up with an infant is harder than a lot of people think and he deserves a day alone with their child to figure that out for himself. I think if it's getting that bad he needs to pitch in himself. Being a SAHM means no getting off of work, no lunch break, no time off whatsoever - he should remember that before acting like life is so easy for her now
I have a bit of OCD ok a lot and when my DS first came home the house was clean from top to bottom because DH and I went on a rampage to get the house in order.
Now the house drives me bonkers. DH is so used to me cleaning all the time now I'm constantly picking up after DH and looking after DS that it's hard to keep on top of things. Yes I have let things go but by any mean my house is not a "mess". Every time my Mother comes over I complain to her that I am unable to clean the house from top to bottom and have to clean it in chunks and that drives me nuts to. I also keep telling DH that we need a maid to come in at lease twice a month to do a good clean from top to bottom. I can stick to laundry, bottles and bathrooms anything else forget it .. I'm tired he's tired
2 weeks? Please. I would have a nervous breakdown if I were trying to keep my house clean on top of recovering from childbirth, adjusting to a new baby, trying to get some rest, etc.
Her husband needs to be a little more understanding.
I definitely have a hard time keeping my house clean and with a c/s, I'm somewhat limited in what I can do anyway. In fact, my OB specifically said, don't clean your floors LOL.
I have been able to keep it straight, but there are some days that I just wanna torch the place and start over. Especially when there is laundry everywhere.?
?I also haven't been able to scrub my floors like I like to, but at least they're vacuumed/swept and the house is pretty neat & tidy.??
I'm just starting to be able to actually keep our somewhat clean. And on a bad day there's not hope of getting any of it done.
If my husband had said that to me when DD was two weeks old I would kick him in the balls.
If he wants the house cleaned then he can get off his own @ss and do it or put his walllet where his mouth is and hire a cleaning lady.
We hired a cleaning lady to come twice a month. She is now coming once a month since I am JUST NOW starting to feel I can keep the house as clean as I want it to be.
I can keep it straightened up but have a hard time with the deep cleaning.