I never had mildew before I had baby
But then again, there are lots of things I never had before I had a baby (uneven boobs, for example) and I guess new things come with the territory.
It’s been about 1072 degrees here this month, and I am trying REALLY hard to stay on top of the laundry… but failing apparently. 1072 degrees + an abundance of wet spit-up baby things = mildew.
There are some people who won’t even understand the title of this post. They don’t know what it’s like to …
Becoming a mommy (or daddy) comes with all kinds of new cleaning challenges.
You’ll find yourself googling heaps of things you never worried about before (not least of all how to get poop out of the carpet).
(Yes, poop.) (Carpet.)
If you are a mom who is trying to stick to a budget, or simply a wise woman who knows …
Are you feeling completely overwhelmed by the thought of cleaning? The good news is that it really does get easier …
I spent the last few months asking (screaming?) HOW can I keep my house clean with a baby and a toddler?! HOW?!
I have 2 under 2, and I know I’m not the only one who’s felt like trying to keep a house clean with a baby / toddler / multiple small people under foot is totally impossible.
Growing up, it was common to walk into the bathroom or kitchen and smell bleach. It was such a common household product that I was shown how to “safely” use it when I was in sixth grade to clean the bathroom.
Thankfully, when we know better, we do better and that will not be the case when it comes to teaching my children how to clean, they will know how to properly use non-toxic household cleaners.
It’s not something I personally LIKE to think about because it feels like something I have so little control over. In fact, I’m almost of the opinion that we can’t avoid harmful chemicals in household products… because they are in almost everything we use on a daily basis. It could actually be panic inducing, if a person over thinks it.
If you have a kid, you’ll need to know this at some point.
Apparently when I was a year old I scribbled all over my dad’s new brand new lazy-boy with a ball point pen. Fortunately, ink is pretty easy to remove if you know how. (My parents still had that chair, and it was ink-less, until I was about 16.)
It might seem contradictory that I can claim love for “lazy-girl” cleaning hacks, and still state that I am living on purpose. But I think “living on purpose” can mean that we accept that we can’t do it all. So we choose to do the absolute best that we can, and we prioritize.