...is mostly for myself and the few people I have given the address to, but if you happen to be reading this, and you're a perfectionist neat freak who also exercises, and a mother, how do you find the time for everything?
I have a 2 story house, which I love and hate at the same time. I despise walking laundry and other stuff up and down the stairs, and I feel like it is next to impossible to keep my upstairs clean. It's hard to clean downstairs with an almost 2 month old baby to entertain and cuddle, so the upstairs gets so trashed and it stresses me out. Also, I would love to find time to work out and hopefully lose the 800 pounds I've gained.
That's all I have to say I guess...time for bed!
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I feel your pain. I am still struggling with this ...just about daily!
ReplyDeleteMy secret...I have a timer on my washer and I use it just about everyday. I set it to start washing at about 3 am so it is ready for me around 6 am and then I switch loads over.
Exercising...what is that? I have absolutely no time for this. I try to walk on the treadmill or do the Wii Fit and Addison just does not let me. Then, by the time I put her down at 8:30 I am way to tired to hop on.
I clean in stages. Kitchen one day, living room the next, bedroom the next. It's the only way I can tackle it. Wait until she is a little older and had toys everywhere. It totally stresses me out to see toys EVERYWHERE! She literally scatters her blocks all over the living room. I try not to sweat the small stuff. Cleaning will be there when you have time.
When I stayed home, I also tried to set my alarm for at least an hour or two before she was supposed to wake up. That way...I would have some quiet time to get cleaning, laundry or even take a shower when she was awake. If I had to do something when she was awake, I put her on her play pad or in her bouncer close to me so I could keep an eye on her. I'm not sure how Leah is, but Addison was pretty content being her in her bouncer with the vibration turned on.
Ummm, Im pretty sure that I've given up on everything. I used to go to aerobics. ha! Not anymore. Cleaning? Barely. Enough to make it presentable, but even thats a stretch. When I start to stress about it I remind myself that my babies are only little for so long, and that there will always be laundry. Who cares if I don't get it done today or even this week? It's not like its going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteAnd dont worry, the baby weight will come off eventually. It took me a good 10 months to lose all of mine.