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Kids messy room, help!
Answered 4 years ago
Please give me your best tips for cleaning and maintaining your kids bedroom.
Two of my girls share a room, one is a total pig (i mean that lovingly! Ha!) the other is a clean queen, aged 7 and 4.
I cant get on top of it and when i do, i dont seem to be able to maintain it for long.
My eldest daughter has her own room and is also naturally neat, its always clean and ive never had to crack the whip with her, she just cleans it and always has.
Any tips will be gratefully received :)
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4 years ago
Perhaps they have too many things in there?
My 11 year old is a disgusting pig. Even when hw cleaned the room under threat of death (jokes)it was still filthy. One day while he was at school we just packed up half his clothes and half his good toys that were less loved and took it to a charity shop. Now it's easier for him to keep clean 😊😊 although he's still disgusting yuck leaving plates and dirty jocks under the bed argh
My 11 year old is a disgusting pig. Even when hw cleaned the room under threat of death (jokes)it was still filthy. One day while he was at school we just packed up half his clothes and half his good toys that were less loved and took it to a charity shop. Now it's easier for him to keep clean 😊😊 although he's still disgusting yuck leaving plates and dirty jocks under the bed argh
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4 years ago
I keep toys out of the bedroom. Bedrooms are for sleeping and dressing. No playing in bedrooms.
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4 years ago
Not everyone has a playroom or rumpus room or whatever. Where else could you keep them? We only have a lounge room.
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4 years ago
I don’t have a play room either. They’re just kept in the lounge room. If there’s too many to store in the lounge room I do a cull or rotate them so they’re not all out at once.
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4 years ago
My 7yo got overwhelmed with 'tidy your room' she needed more specific instructions and labels for drawers containers etc to know where everything goes. So each drawer is labelled tshirts tracksuit pants etc, toys are in labelled ikea tubs, and school stuff has a specific place. I think having too much stuff is also an issue, its harder to tidy if there is too much. But I imagine its harder to cull when they share a room.
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4 years ago
Get rid of the children the room will stay clean
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4 years ago
This is my favourite answer 😂
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4 years ago
My kids DS7 & DD4 know when I say 'tidy it or it goes in the bin', I mean it.
Also, when they want something - tv/park/treat etc. It'll only happen once rooms are clean & ALL toys put away.
Also, when they want something - tv/park/treat etc. It'll only happen once rooms are clean & ALL toys put away.
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4 years ago
OP here, thanks for your comment, my 7 year old isnt materialistic at all, ive done the bin thing but she dosnt care, do you think i should just go with this and get rid of everything she has (except for the 5 things she actually uses) ? I think its harder for me throwing away the stuff ive bought, which can then be used by my 4 year old. Interested in your opinion as i am sick of the mess in their room
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4 years ago
Put it in a big crate for later.
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4 years ago
I recently lost it with my 2 girls (5 and 3) and after 4 hours of asking, begging, pleading, bribing and threatening they still refused to clean it. So I bagged up everything and chucked it on the back of hubby's ute and told them he was taking it to the tip. He took it all to our storage shed. They were left with their stuffed toys and their clothes that they could make a mess with. 3 weeks I refused to give in to their pleas for toys. After I felt they had learnt their lesson I got hubby to go get them and put them back in their rooms and told them that if I ever have to ask them more than once again they will lose them again. It's been a little over a month and I still just say "go and clean your room" and if they don't I just say " Ok, I'll clean it then" and they run 😂
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4 years ago
Containers. Stackable containers or in my case, I actually have crates under my daughter's bed. Out of sight. Out of mind 😂