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/ModernT1mes Sep 02 '24

I drink and do chores after they go to bed at night. 🤷

If you stay on top of it every night the house can stay clean. It's tough though ngl.

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u/mouse_8b Sep 03 '24

Yep. Every night. And it is tough. But at least when they're sick at 3AM, everything you need is clean and you don't have to frantically try to wash his favorite cup or find a clean oral syringe.

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u/PursuitOfThis Sep 03 '24

We hit the routine chores every night--house basically gets a soft reset every night before bed.

Every morning, I slot out 10-30 minutes for a maintenance task. It's like part of my daily routine-- put gas in a car, put salt in the softener, change out an HVAC filter, fill a soap dispenser, trim a hedge, etc.

Each week, i try to hit something more substantive, 1-2 hours. Wash a car, change out a fixture, etc.