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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you are pretty overwhelmed right now. I’d take a weekend to just focus on you and your spouse taking turns tackling specific decluttering jobs while the other one watches the kids and keeps them in a different room from the one where the spouse is working. Once that stuff is done, maybe schedule a different weekend to finish the painting job.

I have found that it really helps to have the toys organized. I got some of those cube organizers and labeled some boxes with pictures of trains, cars, superheroes, etc so the kids know what goes where. The toys are mainly in the living room and the basement. We organized the living room toys first, and when they cleaned up I enforced putting things in the right box for a while til they got it. A few moths later, we did something similar with the basement toys.  It really helps because it cuts down on dumping out every toy in the house to find the one transformer they are looking for. So at the end of the day there’s less mess to deal with and it’s less intimidating for them to clean up.

Also, for having the younger kids clean up, I find it helps to give specific tasks - Larla, pick up all the superhero toys.  Larlo, put away all the vehicles.  Great, you finished, that, now do the trains.  It makes it more manageable for them to help out. [/quote]

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