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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t fully drop the rope but you can do WAY less than you’re doing, especially at your HHI.

Start with:

-Rinse for laundry. They pick up and drop off, easy. 
-Buy a bunch of disposable plates, bowls, and cutlery, and eat out of that for a while. 
-Bring your standards way down. If you’ve got a house cleaner, stop doing any of it. Sheets and towels can be washed monthly. Little kids can be bathed weekly. 
-Tell the kids every night when they go to bed that there are toys left out, you’re throwing one away, and mean it. 
-Start getting takeout for dinner (delivered) 4 days a week or so, and so insanely simple meals the other days (scrambled eggs on a bagel. Spaghetti with jar sauce. Chicken nuggets. Cereal). Include a side of fruit and an easy veggie (baby carrots, bagged salad, those steam in a bags of mixed veggies) and you’re done.

You’ve gotta find yourself some bandwidth so you can see clearly and then you can figure out longer term solutions.[/quote]

Wtf wash sheets monthly and bathe kids only weekly? These suggestions are neglectful.

Op you can’t drop the rope. Parent your kids. Hire help. Get it together. [/quote]

Any kid over 4 can bathe themselves.  Seriously, if you are still bathing kids over 4, you are neglecting your duties as a parent to teach them proper hygiene.  I just tell mine - go up, shower, brush teeth, and start reading.  I'll tuck you in in a half an hour.  That's all I do.  [/quote]

Same. My 5 year old can shower, dry off, put on PJs and brush teeth. She dawdles but can do it all herself. The 9 year old can wash her hair now. Not great but passable. A bath with mom hanging out with them is a treat that we do once a week. [/quote]

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