Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010

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csh wrote: »

Shortcut or top tip number 1- ONLY DO THINGS ONCE A DAY!

Bottles- I leave these unrinsed and unwashed at the far side of the sink out of the way then I wash all 6 once a day, in the morning. Its the first thing I do in the day.
Wash, rinse and straight into the steraliser with all 6.
I boil the kettle while the stealiser does its thing. While the kettle cools I unload the dishwasher which I always run at night before bed. I load up a load of washing and thats the washing done. I do at least one load a day.
I make up 6 bottles with water and formula SO SHOOT ME!! then I cool in a sink of water then into the fridge and thats that done for the day.

So thats all bottles, dishes and washing sorted in under 20 mins.:cool:

I then sort DD out with breakfast, feed the dog and get baby up, fed and dressed.

I'm up at 7.30am every morning so I'm usually organised with the basics done for half 8/9 am

I hoover the LR, and hall once a day, and the rest of the house every 2 days. I dust every 2 days cos its a dusty house.The kitchen is given a quick clean every night and a good clean once a week. The bathroom is done 3 times a week and the kitchen and hall floors washed twice a week.

The washing comes straight out the TD and gets folded and put upstairs there and then so it doesn't pile up in the kitchen. I rarely iron:eek:

I never go to bed and leave an untidy kitchen, I always do the dishwasher and clean down the bunkers before bed so I can start from fresh in the am.

I never go up or down the stairs empty handed!

I have a basket where clean clothes go in the babys room until I have time to put away so they are tidy.

The baby chums me round in his bouncy chair while I shower, tidy, cook and anything else I may need to do.

I find if I can get all the wee bits done I have plenty of time for everything else like paperwork, gardening clearouts and such like.
I go to M & T once a week, baby massage and baby clinic once a week. I also try to get out the house for a bit every day with the pram when weather permits!

Great Post! :T

Iheart2poundcoins

elle_gee wrote: »

Hi all..

Today's list is:-
1. Washing up and tidy kitchen
2. Washing, drying and putting away clothes
3. Tackle bathroom
4. Tackle bedroom and "gentle encourage" OH to put his clothes away :rolleyes:
5. Write thankyou cards

No.5 Write thank you cards. You know that's something I do but no one ever does them for me! So not going to bother anymore


I should do a to do list - I did make out a rota but so far it has been half hearted attempts, I am thinking it will take 6 months to get the hanfg of it properly!
Tomorrow/today I will give the bathroom a good going over.

Iheart2poundcoins

blue~skies wrote: »

oooooo can I join in? I'm new to the site...pregnant with my first and want to get organised before becoming a SAHM in June!

Tell me something lovely ladies.....how do some of you never iron? Am I missing something? All our stuff is so creased I don't see how we could get away with it! xxxx

Jogging pants and t shirts, for you and the baby :rotfl: (wish I was kidding haha!)

I ironed everything before she was born, thought I would keep it up too! I think I have maybe ironed a couple of dresses in 6 months and that's it! You just buy stuff that needs a shake or you pretend creases and crinkles are ''in'' :beer:

Curious_George_2

Iheart2poundcoins wrote: »

My hv told me to only make them up at 70 Degrees to kill any bugs but i am hoping she'll start dropping some bottles soon as she is ''supposed'' to be on 21 oz come 7 months according to the tin and she is on over 35oz and 4 x 1/2 a jar a day - so making up only 3 bottles will be easy peasy (if I ever get there!)

if your happy doing it that way then thats great, but just 2 short years ago the advice was to do it my way (9 years ago when i had DD the advice was to make up the bottles with the milk and store them ready in the fridge... people would have you believe your abusing your child if you did that now :rolleyes:)

the rules change every 5 minutes and the HVs have to keep up with it all and chastise you for doing anything different, i used to listen to what mine said then pick through the nonsense!

for instance... when pregnant with DD i practically lived on ham sandwiches (i was always a little queasy) and when pregnant with my DS i was VERY sick... but ham sandwiches seemed to stay down,
well about halfway through my pregnancy the "rules" changed and packaged ham was added to the ever growing list of things you shouldnt eat...because of the minutest chance of listeria :rolleyes:

oh and as for what your baby is drinking opposed to what the box says,
remember...your bubba hasnt read the box! she wants what she wants... and thats fine!
its hard enough being a mum without trying to colour inside the lines all the time

holliegarson

Good Morning to everyone - snowing here - so pretty!

Ok - today's jobs -

Get out recipe and ingredients, dishes needed for tonights supper
Load of washing on
Sweep and mop kitchen and utility room floor
Swish round bathrooms
Two bags for charity from my drawers and wardrobe - am dreading doing this but baby steps!!
Two more thank you letters
Get homework box for this term sorted - I did this last term and it really worked for us. I have a small wicker basket on the kitchen table in with a named cheapo notebook for each of them, pencils, rubber etc so spelling and times table practice can be done easily without turning house upside down for a bit of paper and a pencil. I also got reading books out as soon as they came home and put them in the basket - that way they knew if books were in basket reading still had to be done and I could see at a glance if it had been - then straight back into book bag once it was done and signed. Works for my yr3 ds also so he always knows where to find the weekly homwork Sounds a bit tedious I know but anything to lighten the homework burden!

I have also implemented no television before school and am relieved to say this morning went like a dream. I also laid out shoes, coat, book bag etc by the door and uniform on his bedroom chair and it seemed to work well.

Anyway - enought from me - house looks like a building site - time for a couple of hrs tidying whilst dd rests!

I x

SugarSpun

My list for today is fairly simple:

4 work things (1 done, one half done, one needs someone else to do something first, one looked at and put off till the end)

Home:
Call SLC
Make sure couriers get off ok
Tidy desk area
Tidy living room a bit
Clear stuff off dining room table
Tidy Husband's birthday present stash in wardrobe
Organise shoes a bit

Back to work

Edit: Three work things done, and the last one a quarter done. I'm getting there so quickly!!

ragz_2

Thanks to Flylady I have a plan today while kids are at Preschool. Today is bedroom and I am actually excavating a large box that hasn't been unpacked since April! Think I'll be freecycling stuff later, if I make it out alive!

MIL threatened to visit this morning but no sign of her, she did say she'd call first. I really should go out and get some shopping (OH run out of crisps for his packed lunches!) but it's so yucky out there!

Really shuold find time for a bath, only got 2 hours though so wil see how cleaning goes. Maybe just wash awful hair...

Off for my Flylday HHC...

I_want_a_baby

Thanks Ragz for posting your meatball and hamburger recipe - just what i needed!

Bubby

:hello:

Can I join,

I need to be organised this year, I have one in school and one in pre-school for mornings and found myself running around like a headless chicken last year and forgetting homework etc etc:o

This year I am NOT going to be the mum running their kids into school at the last minute in uniform on a non uniform day:o:o
When I put my mind to it I am super organised.....its just getting my a**e in gear!

These are my jobs today:

1) Book 2 more holidays for this year
2) Hoover
3) Clear washing (3 baskets:o)
4) Sort out medicine box

billybobberyl

Week 1/52 - Theme - Food Shopping

1. Do you do your food shop in-store or online & why?
mostly instore but occasionally online, we are same distance from mr a mr m and mr t so depends what we need where we go!
2. How often do you do the food shopping?
once a week/ fortnight depends really
3. What is your food shopping budget (if you have one) and what/who does that cater for?
£85 a week 2 adults 1 little one and 1 cat, includes nappies toiletries cat stuff etc but want to cut it down

4. Do you find your budget is sufficient?
Think its too high and still go over it, aim to get to £70 this year
5. Do you keep a price book? (if yes please describe it)
no but am trying to figure out what it is and do one
6. Do you regulary use coupons/store 'points' cards?
yes tesco, sains for petrol, morrisons miles also, boots too, MIL has nectar card and uses it when filling up work van so get loads!!
7. If you use coupons/cards how do you organise them?
cards in purse and on keys, coupons in handbag if i think we will use them
8. Name 3 items of the 'value' range you would recommend to anyone.
pasta all own brands are good, pasta sauce asda for bout 50p is good!, washing tablets,
9. Name 3 items you must have at brand level
branston beans but only on offer, kellogs cornflakes for OH, nappies for LO but only cos he refuses to wear any unless they have bob the builder on! desperately potty training as they are pricey!
10. What one thing do you most struggle with/annoys you the most/you would like to do better when it comes to the food shop.
impulse buying and not doing or sticking to a list, would like to set budget at £70, menu plan, and if any left get offers to fill up stores but never do it.

Please feel free to add any top tips...
Having lots of jobs to do with a busy energetic 2.5 year old is hard so i have started to designate easy chores for him to do, he feels important at having jobs and it means we dont have to do it all. He is in charge of recycling, he sorts all stuff into right bins/ boxes and gets really cross if we put a can in the bottles! and he loves to stand at the door on every other thursday and see his hard work crashing into the lorry!!

not a top tip but a thing im starting today, have a huge list of all things need doing in house and is very overwhelming. Have set myself a goal of do 3 then get 10 minutes for me, on here, watch something, play with LO etc, he is busy with all new xmas toys so am making the most of it. that said i better get on to 3 more!!


...and let me know if you have any ideas for topics/ways to improve this!