Mrs

[Keanie Bean]

Snowy, 3 year olds are great for carring piles of clothes upstairs, just dont stack em up too high

 

Sarah.x

[Christian]

I always pair up the socks when I hang them up to dry.

 

Got home form work yesterday to a note saying 'Welcome home, I have done the dark wash and a white wash for you' FOR ME???????

 

The white was was still in the machine and the dark wash that I hung up was in a pile on the bed. All the socks together, so I had to spend another 10 minutes sorting them AGAIN!

 

If his socks go in the linen basket inside out, they get washed inside out and put away that way too. Life is too short!

 

Can you buy a child to help with housework or can anyone loan me one??

[Lesley]

Sounds like you've already got one Christian

[Egluntyne]

Got home form work yesterday to a note saying 'Welcome home, I have done the dark wash and a white wash for you' FOR ME???????

 

Him Indoors does the "for you" routine.

 

I've emptied the bin FOR YOU.

 

I've put the milk bottles out FOR YOU.

 

I've put the dishwasher on FOR YOU.

 

:? :? :?

 

He does it as a wind up now, as my responses in the past are not for repeating on a family forum.

[ajm200]

My toddler helps to empty the dishwasher. I just have to be quick to take things off him as he holds them in the air and says ta. If I don't take them immediately he lets go.... ok with cutlery but I've lost one or two plates and bowls

 

He'll also empty the washing machine into a basket for me but I have to grab the basket as soon as he is finished or he will then empty the basket onto the floor or back into the dirty laundry

[Valkyrie]

Ahh good times, good times. I remember turning round after washing up to see my son had got into the cereal cupboard and emptied a packet of Readybrek all over his head and all over the floor!

Another "washins" help time had him running in crying "STUCK, STUCK" - he only had my bra on - round his neck, legs, arms! It took ages to untangle him. When he was a few years older he introduced his cousins to the delights of mother in laws washing basket. Oh the bloomers they found and proudly displayed like Superman (she was really cross, worse when we all laughed)!

[Lesley]

- poor Granny

 

Ready Brek - bet that was difficult to clear up

[Valkyrie]

Luckily it didn't get wet. I worship the inventor of the vacuum cleaner!

[Ziggy]

My toddler helps to empty the dishwasher. I just have to be quick to take things off him as he holds them in the air and says ta. If I don't take them immediately he lets go.... ok with cutlery but I've lost one or two plates and bowls

 

He'll also empty the washing machine into a basket for me but I have to grab the basket as soon as he is finished or he will then empty the basket onto the floor or back into the dirty laundry

 

My littlest one does exactly the same... stands there by dishwasher, takes stuff out and holds them out with a 'taank youuuuu'

 

The ones when little ones get tangled in lingerie always makes me laugh... my girls have all done it too... maybe that should be a picture moment to use as blackmail when they are grown up and bring their girlfriend/boyfriend home... especially if the toddler lingerie model is a boy...

[Tessa the Duchess]

Love these kids 'helping' stories It's too long ago for me to remember my own kids 'helping' but my 2 year old grandson loves to 'help' One day last year he was helping me unpeg washing from the line, his job was to take the dry item and put it in the washing basket, it was a while before I realised he was, in fact, dropping the clean laundry into the garden pond His latest love is flushing the toilet.....after he had dropped a brand new toilet roll down it took me quite a while with me Marigolds on to fish that lot out

 

Tessa

[chickencam]

This thread is so liberating

 

It is so good to know that I am not alone in part done jobs and a house scattered with good intentions.

 

I employ my children as much as I can but there are time when it is just easier and quicker to do it myself.

 

I am lucky to have a daughter old enough to be sent out to post letters,buy milk etc and sometimes even feed chickens and empty poo tray

 

This forum definately doesn't help in time management but it is a bit of light relief

[Lesley]

Re littlies helping with dishwasher - make sure you always put all cutlery end down - whatever the D/W instructions tell you.......

[bronze]

ds1 (5 tomorrow) tidies the toys for some reason ds2 just wont tidy up. Instead he and dd (20 mths) help me with the dishwasher. I go ahead (its in the utility)and take out anything that breakable and put it on the side. they then empty the rest and carry it through. Ds2 puts some things away (the things at floor level) and he rescues things off his sister and puts them on the side. While they're doing that I put away all the breakable stuff.

Training DH is a completely different matter

[Deb Dav]

My youngest wants to know when the kitchen is going to be exended so we can fit 'one of those machines that does all the washing up'.

 

Bless him - at the mo we have a roster as to who and on which day does the washing up. Thursdays is good because we all help

 

Both boys abide by the roster and there are no arguments. Also in our house Sunday morning is tidy up morning of their bedrooms - again both boys dust and vacuum them even wothout me nagging.

 

BUt then they are now 10 and 14 - different story when they were younger

 

But it is getting harder to get the housework all done now that it is lighter in the evenings and hopefully getting warmer soon - got veggie patch to create and then sit and watch the girls

[Valkyrie]

Inset day yesterday - daughter had friend to sleepover Thursday night. Went out and came back to find both in the kitchen, mixing bowls everywhere, as was flour, sugar and butter which also was dripping down the microwave. I went O oh! Then disappeared in the greenhouse. To be fair washing up was done. OH washed it all up again this morning - because I refused!

[BarbaraJ]

Nothing ever seems to get finished here, especially since getting the chickens, though the garden is tidier than its ever been this time of year . I hate housework, i know i should like something but i don't lol its the repetive part i hate, you iron next day theres more, same with washing, cleaning etc etc...

my kids are 21,18 and 17 and are still all at home but they all do their own washing, ironing well youngest daughter does, the other 2 dont bother!

I have to shut their bedroom doors so i can't see them . Only thing is i don't allow food in their rooms.

They are pretty good for helping out when they are around if asked, rarely do things wthout though!

[Tiggy]

I've been poppng out between showers to plant peas & beans & spinach & clean out eglu, my 4 girls have been happily scratching around next to me, separated from my veg garden by omlet netting, my house needs all sorts of leaning done but it can wait until more important things out here are done, then again OH is baking some bread & it smells lovely, so housework will havae to wait until after the national, or tomorrow