Deep cleaning a grotty house

pigpen

You won't be getting anything done for the foreseeable.. the baby comes first and will make sure of it!

Get a team in to do a deep clean.. you have been unwell a while and no one could possibly expect you to keep on top of everything.. your house is probably nothing compared to some they see!!! Once done you will be happier and more comfortable and able to keep on top of it.

I would LOVE someone to come in my house, throw everything out and make it clean and tidy.. I think I'd need to rent a warehouse for room to spread out the stuff to organise!

allybee101

Pigpen - that sounds like an excellent idea- when you find someone who does that please send them my way!

trailingspouse

Hey!!

It's the OP who is worried about this - just trying to help!

DigForVictory

Anyone who judges the state of your house when you are alive & well & cradling a healthy child has their priorities adrift. (Nothing worries the health visitors more than an immaculate house.)

It is much less emotionally tricky to pay strangers to clean (they may or may not judge, but if you never meet them, what of it?) while you take baby on tour.

Or you can point visiting relatives at the cleaning gear & plead. (You may then find Great Aunt Esme scrubs deeper than you do & that all visits by here thereafter are tricky as her white glove is coming up grey whilst yours was fine!)

Whatever you decide to do, make that glorious baby your jewel, shining in whatever setting!

ArtDecoGirly

Don't worry too much about the house, enjoy your baby!

Besides, it's been proven that babies brought up around a few germs have much less risk of allergies and asthma than babies brought up in a sterile environment. See, it's GOOD for the baby

kboss2010

ArtDecoGirly wrote: »

Don't worry too much about the house, enjoy your baby!

Besides, it's been proven that babies brought up around a few germs have much less risk of allergies and asthma than babies brought up in a sterile environment. See, it's GOOD for the baby

I second that! My OH was brought up in a sterile environment and he's allergic to loads of foods, has bad eczema flare-ups all the time from all kinds of cleaning products and soapy things and has asthma!

Although I would make the distinction between 'lived in' and downright grimy. My grandparents lived in a grimy, run-down, damp, smoke-filled house and it wreaked havoc on my cousin's health when she lived with them.

I would say, if you feel it's dirty enough to make you or your baby ill, get someone in to do a one-off deep clean. It'll put your mind at ease.

gayle1

get a cleaner in get quotes though although my friend suffers from depression and laziness i often send her too the shops and cleanse her kitchen for her

CH27

I had this pinned up in my kitchen.

I hope my child looks back on today
And sees a mother who had time to play.
There will be years for cleaning and cooking,
But children grow up when you’re not looking.
Tomorrow I’ll do all the chores you can mention
But today, my baby needs time and attention.
So settle down cobwebs; dust go to sleep,
I’m cuddling my baby, and babies don’t keep.

WantToBeSE

As a cleaning agency, we get sent out to many properties like this. Honestly, don't be embarrassed. We don't judge, we just get on with our job.

VfM4meplse

I have no fondness for dusting, life is just too short (it's up there with stuffing mushrooms!). With a baby there is the added danger of stirring up all the dust particles - best not to liberate anything you wouldn't want your little one to breathe in. So put dusting to the back of your mind.

It's just a theory, I have never had a baby btw.