Helping...

[dixiepeach]

Why do you need to be a smartass. So you think because I put clean sheets on bed everyother day am dirty or an obsessive person. Well am not. So you change sheets once a week. Good for you. You don't see me saying to you thats to long and are you a dirty person.

Every other day does seem obsessive to me. I just don't have THAT much free time on my hands. Maybe you work construction and don't shower every day. Then you might need to change more often. Whatever floats your boat.

 

[dixiepeach]

OK now I feel bad! I really do let my daughter help when she can. Like mixing food before I cook it or helping sweep (she loves to sweep). But I really do not want my kids touching cleaners especially bleach at such young ages.

My son literally wanted to take a bath in bleach water! Yes I understand he is too young to know better but the smell alone is enough that I do not want my kids in there.

Yes my original post was a bit of a complaint but there was also humor in it.

I saw the humor in your post. Of course you don't want your children in bleach water. Your humor went way over the head of others on this thread who I bet don't even have children.

 

[Queenofdenile1]

If I had children, I would make them do chores. Obviously not as 2 year olds but by the time they hit 3 or so, I'd have them be able to pick up their own things. I would want mine to know how to do things and not be left dumbfounded of not knowing later in life.

 

[shopgirl]

Every other day does seem obsessive to me. I just don't have THAT much free time on my hands. Maybe you work construction and don't shower every day. Then you might need to change more often. Whatever floats your boat.

You are a real idiot. You don't even know wtf you are talking about.

 

[RareBreed]

Welcome to the world of dirty housedom! I stopped cleaning on the weekends all together when I had kids and they got mobile. I wait til they are at school then clean. It's the only time I can get ANYTHING done!

I either clean while the oldest is in school or after both kids go to bed.

 

[barncat]

At probably around 6 years old, mom pulled a kitchen chair up to the sink and put me on it and said , :heres how you wash dishes, have fun. So little ones can do chores.

My 2 year old carefully takes items out of the dishwasher and sets them on the counter for us when we are unloading it. Not a lot of help really, but she tries her hardest. She is also responsible for stuffing the laundry into the dryer and putting the socks, undies, and cleaning towels away once they are folded and clean. Any little bit to encourage her to want to help I'm willing to let her due.

 

[poster]

Be careful what you wish for.

My mom used to call me "The Laziest White Girl in America". I was more than willing to go do something and not help my mom with cleaninig.

Let'm help while they will. It won't last long.

I gave my daughter her own bucket and rag and made her feel it was the most important job in the world to dust the window sills, tv fronts and the baseboard trim. I didn't have to do it for at least a year and she was just so pleased with herself. I can barely get her to put her toys away now.

Oh - and one day she asked me how to wash clothes
she was doing the laundry (supervised) for about 6 months, won't do it now though.

 

[barncat]

Let'm help while they will. It won't last long.

I gave my daughter her own bucket and rag and made her feel it was the most important job in the world to dust the window sills, tv fronts and the baseboard trim. I didn't have to do it for at least a year and she was just so pleased with herself. I can barely get her to put her toys away now.

I have the same sentiments about the helping. Her willingness to help is not going to last long so I might as well enjoy it while I can, here soon her and I will be arguing about chores.

Good idea on the window sills and baseboard trim, I think I have a new job for the little one to start working on this evening. Thanks!!!

My little one is persistent about putting her toys away, except for the play kitchen mess and I think that is just too overwhelming of a mess for a 2 year old, heck it takes me 30 minutes to organize that crap. This clean up mentality comes from day care where they sing the clean up song as they put all the toys away and she loves it.

 

[poster]

I have the same sentiments about the helping. Her willingness to help is not going to last long so I might as well enjoy it while I can, here soon her and I will be arguing about chores.

Good idea on the window sills and baseboard trim, I think I have a new job for the little one to start working on this evening. Thanks!!!

My little one is persistent about putting her toys away, except for the play kitchen mess and I think that is just too overwhelming of a mess for a 2 year old, heck it takes me 30 minutes to organize that crap. This clean up mentality comes from day care where they sing the clean up song as they put all the toys away and she loves it.

I gave up trying to keep it organized. I got a plastic bin with a lid and it all goes in that and stays next to the kitchen.