Does your kid help clean up?

ByeBabyBunting · February 2013

We keep trying to get DS to help, and if we push him he'll put maybe 1 or 2 things away, but he really doesn't do it much. Does your kid help? How do you get them to do it? TIA

scorch · February 2013

My oldest never did, but my twins are really great about helping pick up. I just got my oldest to star putting her clothes away, she is three, almost 4 and my twins just turned 2 .

Mrs.adambabycakes · February 2013

We sing the clean up song from the goodnight show on Sprout. Gets her every time.

LadyXaverian · February 2013

Yes, she will help us. She has toy bins and if we start putting things back in, she will follow our lead. Same with putting books on her bookshelf.

Luckie519 · February 2013

DS loves to help around the house. He has always asked to help. He does little things like clean up his room (this is probably the hardest thing of all to get him to do), put up his dirty dish, help put up laundry and set the table. If we don't let him help, he gets mad. We have always just mad a big deal about it and thanked him. His new thing is helping me unload the groceries from the cart and onto the belt at the store.

chardonnay24 · February 2013

Yes. He loves to help clean up and do chores, but we didn't really do anything other than encourage it.

We sing the clean up song, which I think is from Barney, but I learned it from my nephew. We also praise him generously when he does anything helpful. They clean up at his daycare, too, so I think the habit began because of peer pressure.

MrsSR · February 2013

Yes, she's really good about cleaning. I don't do much of anything, I just ask her to help and she does. I think I just got lucky.

Hesterlicious · February 2013

He loves to clean all the things except for picking up toys. Sometimes ors a one by one process. " Put Buzz and Hulk in the box. Now pick up Grover. "

Dishes, floors and laundry are fun. I will be sad when he grows out of that.

He stole the toilet cleaner from me once and I took back and told him he wouldn't like cleaning the toilet. He went and got a rag from the linen closet and started wiping down the toilet.

violaplayer · February 2013

They sorta pick up. Mostly.

Jimmy loves to vacuum and Ethan dusts. Seriously. It's hilarious.

keags5496 · February 2013

Evan loves cleaning but not picking up. We always have to prompt him to pick up and we usually have to make a game out of it for him to do it for more than 2seconds.

leece21 · February 2013

DS is pretty good about cleaning up but I have been pretty diligent since he was very little. I also try to break it down into little projects so that he doesn't get overwhelmed. If there are lots of toys out I ask him to pick up all the cars, when that is done I praise him and move to the next project of all the stuffed animals. As he is getting older he is better about doing bigger projects.

Also part of our bedtime routine is for him to pick up all his toys, the books, then his clothes and finally put up his sippy cup. He walks through the house looking for any random toys (almost like a treasure hunt) righ before bed.

I don't like cleaning other peoples mess and I think it is only fair that if he makes the mess he should clean it up.

catycate · February 2013

He will and he sings the song and everything. We started when he starting walking (so being able to carry a toy). I use the "If you want to abc, we need to pick xyz up", and he is starting to figure it out on his own, so I don't have to tell him every time. He also puts his clothes in the hamper and throws his dirty diapers away (if they can be folded up with no mess/contact with poo). Our house is TINY with no playroom, so I can't have cars and dinosaurs and crayons and etc etc out everywhere all the time.

MrsGoodkat · February 2013

Yes, he sings "Cars away, cars away" or "Books away, books away" when we clean up. It's just part of transitioning, like if he wants to go color with crayons then he has to first put his toys that he was playing with away. We just did it over and over until it became routine.

quidditchcapn1120 · February 2013

Yes. Picking up toys takes a little prodding but we make him do it before nap time and before bedtime every day.

He likes cleaning though. He cleans his high chair tray, wipes the counters and refrigerator, dries dishes, and helps sweep.

teacherjulie · February 2013

KInda sorta, dishwasher loves to help, laundry loves it she pushes the clothes into the dryer. Toys off of the floor she is slower to help but will with prodding.

HenHen25 · February 2013

Henry does a few little chores around the house. But, he's not great about picking up his toys. I don't know why, but he just refuses.

fancynewbeesly · February 2013

Reese picks up with prompting, I.e. we need to put the blocks away. Most times she will come over and help, but you have to watch because usually as soon as she gets halfway done, she dumps them out again.

MNgirl326 · February 2013

yes, but we taught him how to do it quite awhile ago. It took time, patience and us helping a lot, but but eventually he got it. now he pretty much does it on his own.

Mamapoo · February 2013

He won't pick up toys, he gets distracted and plays with them instead, but if I ask him to throw something away, he will. He'll also wipe the table.

I don't try to push him too much, because I don't want to completely turn him off from the idea of helping. I just stick to the things he's willing to do, and clap for him when he does them (it's his favorite thing)

MJHershey · February 2013

If we remind him, yes he will. they do it at school so it's already somewhat of a habit. I need to be a little better at having him help me clean, though.

ThePolishHammer · February 2013

emkatrine:
A little. He is much more likely to help if he wants to play with something else and I tell him "if you want to play Legos, we have to pick up mr. Potato head first." Otherwise, he does this slow motion clean up and stares at me like the stuff is going to pick itself up.

This is exactly our situation. DD is not allowed to play with a toy until she cleans up the mess from whatever she was doing previously.

KJmashup · February 2013

DS does at DC, but not so much at home. He'll put away 1 or 2 things and then go do something else, likely making another mess to be cleaned up.

synchrosally · February 2013

It's hit and miss. Generally I try not to let him take something else out until he has put the first thing away. Reorganizing our toys has helped a lot. I purged 2/3s of his toys and put back only the toys that would fit on a small bookcase. He knows where each thing goes and generally is good about putting them back. Sometimes I have to get him started by offering to help and we do it together. There are many times where he will refuse and it's a fight and a tantrum because I tell him he can't watch the tv show or movie, or paint because he hasn't put the first thing away. It's a work in progress.

Now if I'm vaccuming or cleaning? He's right in there. He LOVES to help me to the point of getting in my way.

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