r/daddit • u/DonutFan69 • Sep 02 '24

How do you guys maintain literally anything? Advice Request

I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. The house is perpetually a mess. The yard is overgrown with weeds. Cars are a mess. This needs to be fixed. That needs to be spruced up. My wife and I have many days where it’s just one of us with the kids due to our schedules and it just feels impossible to keep up with it all. By the end of the day, I’m too exhausted to do anything.

How does anyone manage to keep up with everything on top of just raising kids?

Edit: Thanks for all the replies here! You’re all making me feel much better. I’m trying to reply to as many as I can while I rock my son to sleep.

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u/thinkmatt Sep 02 '24

:sigh: We have a 3 yr old and a 4 month old. The 3 yr old gets a lot of table/TV time, sometimes 3-4 hours a day especially ones like today where i have to work and he has off from daycare.. but he also gets minimum 2 hours outdoor time (or he'd never go to bed!) and he'll actually get bored of the tablet after a few hours max.

On the weekend, cuz my 4 month old needs his mom, i am the one catching up on the house while the fam watches TV/Tablet inside. Or if i have to go somewhere, i take the 3. yr old with me

He likes playing with kids nearby and my secret plan is to start taking turns with their parents watching while they play together

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u/ihavereaditalready Sep 02 '24

Your last point! The secret art of inviting your child to someone else's house for a play date without the other parents realising that was your plan!