How much time do you spend cleaning?

Cest la Vie · August 2012

On a regular week-day, how much time do you spend cleaning? Do you do most of your cleaning on one particular day?

sophie206 · August 2012

Well, I spend a good amount of time tidying/cleaning up after LO (putting toys away, food away, dishes etc) I vacuum about every other day and do dishes and laundry daily. So at least 1-2 hours doing that stuff.

I don't do deeper cleaning daily (mopping, cleaning bathroom etc)--usually when DH is home to help with DD because I work from home during nap so I can't use that time to clean.

Deblondie1 · August 2012

Maybe about an hour a day? I found a schedule on Pinterest that use as a checklist. Someday I do less, like if DD had dr appts and then I make it up on a later day in the week.

hjk5000 · August 2012

It varies, but at least half an hour just doing the bare minimum tidying up and doing the surface cleaning.

Cherryblossoms07 · August 2012

I spend about a half an hour in the morning tidying up the house (dishes, laundry, picking up anything not where it is supposed to be, floors...). I work on larger cleaning projects during the kids' nap and I spend about a half an hour tidying up after DS goes to bed. I would say about 3 hours a day.

caybeh · August 2012

Not very much. I'll do tidying like dishes everyday, and picking up. I do laundry twice a week. I'll do a deep clean if we have company coming! I will clean the bathrooms, but not daily, that is more like once every two weeks or so. I need to get better at housekeeping!

I only have one kid so far and he is young. I'm sure as the number of kids and ages increase, the amount of time spent cleaning will too!

regenab · August 2012

If I added it all up it would probably be about 3 hours a day. That includes all the day to day cleaning of dishes and wiping down counters and the table and such. Now for other cleaning I would say I do about an hour a day. I vac my floors about every 2-3 day (I am obsessed with clean floors, this is my issue and I would not expect others to do this). I also pick a room to clean every day. Yesterday was the girls bathroom. Today was my bathroom. Tomorrow is dusting the entire house and wiping down baseboards. Friday is the day I clean my kitchen from top to bottom. I mop all the tile floors 1 day a week and I do this on Friday after cleaning the kitchen. By Friday afternoon I like my house to be cleaned for an guests that may be stopping by over the weekend.

hayleydeee · August 2012

If you include laundry and general straitening it's probably about 3 hours a day average. Plus I spend about 3 hours outside working on the yard a few times a week.

We have house cleaners come every other week and do a deep cleaning. It helps a lot but it's not enough.

jenniann87 · August 2012

I vacuum every other day, mop once a week and do dishes and laundry daily plus any other tidying up that needs done. On a daily basis I probably spend about 3-4 hours a day.

lucylea · August 2012

I would guess its probably 1-2 hours per day depending on what I'm doing. I always spend about 30 minutes right after breakfast cleaning up the kitchen and dining room, sweeping, and mopping every other day. Then I spend another 30 minutes or so after dinner re-cleaning the kitchen and DR and picking up the rest of the main floor.

peacelove&mama · August 2012

I would say 1-2 hours a day, depending on how messy the kids are. Thats just run of the mill stuff like sweeping, kitchen/bathroom counters, dishes, spot cleaning, laundry, tidying up etc. On Mondays and Fridays I do a deeper cleaning which I spend maybe 5 hours doing.

FormerlyKrista555 · August 2012

I literally clean my living room at least 5 times a day. DD is in a phase where she likes to pull everything out into the middle of the floor. Plus, we have way too many toys in the living room. (We don't have a playroom).

Also, I clean the kitchen at least twice, maybe 3 times a day. Everything else just gets a quick pick-up.

So, total I probably clean about 1-2 hours a day.

The joys of having a tiny house is that you HAVE to keep things picked up or your house looks insane. I would love to have a massive house with a massive kitchen so that I didn't have to keep everything picked up ALL the time.

peacelove&mama · August 2012

FormerlyKrista555:

I literally clean my living room at least 5 times a day. DD is in a phase where she likes to pull everything out into the middle of the floor. Plus, we have way too many toys in the living room. (We don't have a playroom).

Also, I clean the kitchen at least twice, maybe 3 times a day. Everything else just gets a quick pick-up.

So, total I probably clean about 1-2 hours a day.

The joys of having a tiny house is that you HAVE to keep things picked up or your house looks insane. I would love to have a massive house with a massive kitchen so that I didn't have to keep everything picked up ALL the time.

THIS. I have two kids and one on the way, and if even just a couple toys or books are left out, or there's a little dirt on the floor from someones shoes, the whole place looks destroyed. Drives me BSC.

Que*Syrah · August 2012

Maybe an hour?

EveryNameIWantIsTaken · August 2012

Probably a few hours spread out throughout the day. I feel like I'm constantly doing some sort of cleaning up. Picking up after the kids, cleaning the floors from pet hair, washing dishes (no dishwasher), more picking up after kids. It's an endless cycle. The deep cleaning is pretty easy for me to do since our bathrooms are teeny tiny and I clean the floors pretty much daily because our daughter crawls all over them and they can turn into a giant dirty mess so quickly.

ariel06 · August 2012

Our house is on the market right now, so it feels like constantly. Normally about 1-2 hours.

notkateanymore · August 2012

I pick up 15-20 minutes a day, takes about 20 minutes to clean up the kitchen after dinner. Other than that, my housekeeper comes on Wednesdays and she's here all day.

shrtfrkgrl · August 2012

hjk5000:
It varies, but at least half an hour just doing the bare minimum tidying up and doing the surface cleaning.

This. . . . LO and I are still trying to get a schedule or I am usually to tired to get cleaning done but have a hard time taking a nap. I do try to push myself a little every day. I've bee thinking about pushing myself to steam mop my floors (I have been kind of procrastinating), but have been asking DH to do it for over a month now. He works but when he says he will do it and doesn't it upsets me. But as long as the laundry, the dishes, and the floors (swept) are done, then our house is pretty much clean. Just a few tables cluttered.

jw87 · August 2012

Daily? When you factor in dishes, laundry, tidying up and instructing DS to pick up and clean up his dishes and then picking up again before bed, probably an hour total a day. We clean up as we go so it never gets bad.

For deep cleaning that's probably an extra 2 hours per week, but normally split up between two days.

NerdyMama2 · August 2012

About 30 minutes a day, I try to keep up with it everyday.

joyfullyfound · August 2012

Uh.... 10 minutes? Heh heh. *hangs head in shame*

I find getting things done really challenging with DD hanging off me at all times. Her naps are really short, and she sleeps very lightly, so I can't do a whole lots while she sleeps.

Before she was born I had a really nice cleaning schedule going that I was quite proud of. I had Daily, Weekly, and Monthly chores all laid out, and kept to it really well...

Those days are gone. I get the cooking and laundry done for sure, but after that everything is up in the air. Sigh.

lisamoe · August 2012

I spend all day cleaning up toys, sweeping up food, washing dishes, loading dishes, etc.

As far as other chores, I try to do one room or task a day at the least, plus any laundry that needs to be done ( I probably do laundry 5 days a week).

Ex: Mondays: bathrooms Tues: Vaccuum and dust entire house Wed: deep clean kitchen, wash floors . Im sure you get the idea.

Kelli&Jed · August 2012

Enough to keep the rats out. Seriously though, kitchen everyday, toys constantly, bathrooms weekly, laundry nearly daily, vaccum 1-2 times a week, steam/mop other floors weekly, all other stupid chores as needed.

risaac01 · August 2012

CLEANING....WHATS THAT?

I use to know what that mean but now....lol lol!

The only think for sure I do is cook. I really want to make sure my DH is feed after working all day. Anything else is up for grabs. I usually do two major cleaning, Friday (don't want to start the weekend in a mess) and Sunday (same theory, don't want to start the work week in a mess either)!

Why you ask? At first I thought I was going to be a SAHM like Better Crocker or June Cleaver but the reality is sinking in! I AM NOT THEM! I can't have a spotless house, clothes wash, errands completed, happy baby, and be well- groomed (hair, makeup, and matching outfit). Something has to give and its not going to be my little pumpkin!

Mama-Bear · August 2012

Definitely not enough. I'm constantly straightening up, but I don't spend enough time "cleaning".

CocoBrynne · August 2012

I do a little cleaning every day, I think it's easier for me that way. I generally vacuum 3x a week, do the dishes 2x a day, after lunch and after dinner. I do the bathroom cleaning on the weekend so DH can watch DS while I scrub.

MrsKatie07 · August 2012

peacelove&mama:
FormerlyKrista555:

I literally clean my living room at least 5 times a day. DD is in a phase where she likes to pull everything out into the middle of the floor. Plus, we have way too many toys in the living room. (We don't have a playroom).

Also, I clean the kitchen at least twice, maybe 3 times a day. Everything else just gets a quick pick-up.

So, total I probably clean about 1-2 hours a day.

The joys of having a tiny house is that you HAVE to keep things picked up or your house looks insane. I would love to have a massive house with a massive kitchen so that I didn't have to keep everything picked up ALL the time.

THIS. I have two kids and one on the way, and if even just a couple toys or books are left out, or there's a little dirt on the floor from someones shoes, the whole place looks destroyed. Drives me BSC.

See, I am just the opposite. I don't have a "massive" house by any means, but our house is decent sized, open floor plan, and is just really spread out with the layout. It takes me 30-45 minutes just to pick up toys/junk/dishes/etc before I can even vacuum and mop or dust. I often wish we had a smaller and more cozy house, or at least one with a better layout. There is just SO much space to cover and I feel like all I do is clean. Grass is always greener I suppose.

To answer the question...I feel like I clean 24/7. In reality, I do what someone else already said they do with a deeper clean Mondays after the weekend and Fridays again before the weekend with daily tidy and wipe downs the other days. I probably spend 2 hours a day cleaning, with Mondays and Fridays more like 4-5. I wish I could have a cleaning lady.

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