How Do You Keep Your House Clean?

[MomBoss]

In the morning i make sure the carpet is vacuumed and the toys are picked up. In the afternoon idc what the parents see because ive had 6 kids here all day, the parents need to expect a mess.
The weekend is when i do deep cleaning.

[Play Care]

You did feel judged? See that's what I'm worried about. I mean, I do not do dishes until after the kids leave, alot of the picking up the kids will do as far as toys right before they leave, but during the day they're everywhere. I may have my paperwork sitting on the couch. My daughter may have a school book somewhere. I mean if they want to bop in and do surprise visits, that's fine, but they have to understand that we have alot of kids and the idea isn't to have a spotless house it's to be interacting with the kids.

Truly, it could have just been a me issue though.

[flying_babyb]

Anyone use those old school sweepers? the ones that dont require electricity? My DCK love taking turns "vacuuming" there not so great at it, but they do ok!

[ColorfulSunburst]

I teach kids to eat without making a mess and clean up after themselves. If I see a lot of toys on the floor I just stop all kids activities and ask them to clean up EVERYTHING. when it is done they start playing again. the kids know they MUST clean up before to take some other toy.
Yes, it takes time to teach them, but during the teaching time, we have almost no mess as I constantly encourage them to clean up. After some period of time, it just becomes to be a good habit.

yesterday I gave to kids pineapple. No one took it by fingers. They asked me for forks. They do not like to get their hands sticky. Every Friday they get pancakes with syrup. No sticky hands, no sticky furniture, no sticky walls. My kids know how to eat without making a mess. It saves me a lot of time.