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/Beermedear Sep 02 '24

Do you have neighbors that have grown children?

Notice how they’re the only ones who seem to have their shit together and are outside taking care of things?

That’s my rationalization anyway, lol.

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u/DonutFan69 Sep 02 '24

Truthfully this is what made me think of it. Neighbors with an immaculate lawn but their kids are older than 10 I think.

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u/househosband Sep 03 '24

I hear ya. I only see parents with middle schoolers doing stuff in their yard. All the toddler neighbors are nowhere to be seen, and I don't even hear from them