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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recommend Cheryl Mendelson's classic "Home Comforts" a lot
 Basically, at night the house is "done" by picking up clutter, putting it back, washing dishes, cleaning counters, taking out garbage etc. Ideally you wake up to a clean house every morning but mostly this happens by having a schedule ie days for certain things. You are doing something  each day
(Like grocery shopping, deep cleaning etc) or hiring out but the point is there is REGULARITY, on both a weekly and daily basis. This helps us most. You are proactively tending to the house, not allowing chores to build up. Decluttering helps but is not deep cleaning. Decide what you need to do daily and then within reason, try to do it. Then most of the time, you live in a clean environment. [/quote]

This is good advice!

OP, sounds like you are already doing great, and kids under 4 is HARD. Just getting kids that age to pick up toys and out dishes in the sink is huge. Throw in some bed making and you're already ahead of the game.

My kids are 9 and 11 and in addition to misc daily chores, we do a weekly clean where I emphasize the sort of less-obvious (to kids) hygiene-related and tidying jobs to them -- bathroom trashes get emptied; toilet roll roll holder gets checked for adequate backup rolls; all hand towels and pillowcases are swapped out weekly; couch pillows straightened, fridge shelves get wiped down; etc. I find that teaching that these little side items are critical to a happy and clean house helps -- meaning, I want them to see, weekly, that it's more than vacuuming and toilet bowl scrubbing. [/quote]

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