A cleaning schedule...

NewMrsMacC · January 2015

Do you have one?
How is it working for you?

Here is mine.

Monday and Tuesday are laundry for me. I lost one of the two days last week ( running errands for sick family member). So, now these clothes are piled up like, ridiculous. Great.

Wednesday is all floors- mopping and detail vacuuming. I'm a FTM with a newly crawling 8m old.. Jesus Christ! How do they get into all the shit they get into??!!!? Detailing a floor is a new and obsessive ritual to which I have recently committed myself... (after finding various small and terrifying debris in my infant daughters little hands.)

Thursday is dusting and windexing

Friday is bathrooms

Weekends are just the normal eveydays, cleaning and sweeping kitchen, vacume in living room rug, picking up toys and nursery etc.

Share your schedule!

angelsnight · January 2015

Mine works well when I actually stick to it.

Everyday I make the bed, scoop the litter box, vacuum, dishes, and general picking up.

Mondays, my laundry (hubs does his own), clean the bathroom, pay bills

Tuesdays, dust, clean the kitchen

Wednesdays, E's laundry, go to target

Thursdays, mop the floors

Fridays, wash towels and sheets, grocery shop

Keeptruckin · January 2015

Everyday I make the beds, empty the dishwasher and load it, vacuum the main floor, do a load of laundry or two and swiffer
Then Mondays I clean all the bathrooms.
Tuesday I vacuum upstairs and the basement.
Wednesdays deep clean the fridge before grocery shopping and organize the pantry.
Thursdays I clean bathrooms again, washing all the bath mats, etc.
Fridays I wash all the sheets and dust.

Guennie · January 2015

What is this cleaning you speak of??

Seriously, I keep up with trying to keep things picked up and put away and I try to clean up after myself as I go but I don't get any major cleaning done on a regular basis. I don't like it that way but I just don't have the energy. The only laundry on a schedule is diapers since I cd.

Being almost 42 with a high energy 1yr old, I just don't have the stamina I had in my 20s or 30s. My house isn't going to win any awards for cleanliness anytime soon. But at least I know my daughter is getting me 100 percent. And I'm ok with that.

angelsnight · January 2015

Guennie said:
What is this cleaning you speak of??

Seriously, I keep up with trying to keep things picked up and put away and I try to clean up after myself as I go but I don't get any major cleaning done on a regular basis. I don't like it that way but I just don't have the energy. The only laundry on a schedule is diapers since I cd.

Being almost 42 with a high energy 1yr old, I just don't have the stamina I had in my 20s or 30s. My house isn't going to win any awards for cleanliness anytime soon. But at least I know my daughter is getting me 100 percent. And I'm ok with that.

I am sure my schedule will go to hell once my LO becomes mobile.

bridetobe9132013 · January 2015

I just got an app where I can check off what chores I do. I am going to try it out and see if It will help me stay clean and organized.

Keeptruckin · January 2015

Oh yeah, cleaning is much easier when your kid is in school like mine lol! When she was younger I just got through the day lol! Dishes and laundry were all I did with DH and I tag teaming the bathrooms maybe three times a month or so. Don't stress when you have younger kids.

bf43005 · January 2015

Everyday I do laundry and dishes. Laundry seems to be easier for me with one load or two a day. At night I set up the washer on a timer to start the next morning. Switch to the dryer and then let it sit till the night. Once LO is in bed I fold and put away and set up the next load.

I set up my weeks by rooms.
Monday: Master bedroom and bath
Tuesday: Nursery and office
Wednesday: Living room
Thursday: Kitchen
Friday: Main bathroom

I don't have a large house so this works for me right now. I'm new to SAH and DS is only three months so we will see if I can keep it up or not.

tee18 · January 2015

Can I join you guys here? Do you do intros??

Anyway, I got a roomba once lo became mobile. It was the only way I could somewhat manage the floors between lo and 2 cats and a dog.

I wish I could stick to a schedule! If I run the roomba, keep the dishes up, and get a load of laundry done I consider it a win.

Expecting #2 in 2 weeks so I've talked dh into cat duty HA

I'm also thankful my dh has a big aversion to toys everywhere so he keeps those tidy at night.

NewMrsMacC · January 2015

I love the idea of setting up the schedule by rooms. I've never tried that, but am thinking I might like to try it...

girlymama79 · January 2015

I do everything on Friday. The rest of the time is just normal dishes and picking up.

SurpriseAt39 · January 2015

Cleaning schedule?
Nope.
Floors on the main level get swept 3 times a day (after each meal the kids have).
Dirty dishes go into the dishwasher when they are dirty.
Toilets, tubs and sinks get scrubbed when they've started staining.
Carpets get vacuumed when the hair over-runs them. Lol.
Dusting happens when we move something on a shelf to notice.
Laundry happens during 'cheap rate' times (after 7pm weekdays or anytime on the weekend) unless it's an emergency (pee the bed, puke, blood stains).

Toys get picked up when it's super dangerous or we have company coming.

If anyone wants to come clean my house on a schedule, let me know so I can give you my address.

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manders803 · January 2015

This is helpful to see. I'm in the middle of moving etc so things are crazy. I am also newly sah. Hopeful to find a rhythm when we land. Lol.

mandymack · January 2015

@tee18 you aren't obligated to do an intro, just jump into posts that interest you. Welcome!

Samuelismomma · January 2015

No schedule , maybe I need one? Lol have almost 3 year old and newborn. There isn't much cleaning going on! Picking up when I can and trying not to live in pj's everyday...haha

caybeh · January 2015

Yeah, no set schedule.

I do laundry 2-3 times a week, but have been doing it more now that I'm potty training.

I clean as needed, or as I have time for. I have an almost 3 year old and a 6 month old.

xkatiexkaboomx · January 2015

I'm following for inspiration lol. I currently have no schedule and work piles up FAST.

coffee89 · January 2015

A schedule? nope.

If it needs picking up, it gets picked up when we get a chance. The vacuum gets run once a week or as needed for big messes, no obsessive detailing even with a crawler. Laundry gets done when it piles up enough, or someone runs out of something, whichever comes first. Normally 4 loads a week plus diapers, and occasionally bedding and carriers. Laundry gets put away 1-2 times a week, if I'm lucky.

"deep cleaning" is done when people come over, 1-2 times a month. This includes getting all the pacifiers and toys out from their hiding spots, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning off our "drop off zones" which is a living room chair and a table in another room, and closing the bedroom door because I don't have time for that crap.

heathertoni5 · January 2015

I wish I could stick to a schedule! I am ftm to 2 month old. I am pretty good about keeping the kitchen clean and laundry done, other than that I have a hard time peeing without lo attached to the boob! Hopefully soon he will take longer than 30 min naps during the day! Ladies who actually keep the house clean, pat yourself on the back!

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