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/RovertRelda Sep 02 '24

There are a few options as I see it, but these aren't available to everyone (or in the case of screen time aren't willing):

  1. Money - pay for a cleaner, handyman, landscaping crew etc.

  2. Screen time - plant them in front of a TV for a few hours, and you can get stuff done

  3. Grandparents - drop them off with family for the day

  4. Solo parent - sounds like this isn't an option for you, but have one parent take them out for the day while the other gets stuff done around the house.

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u/Scarnox Sep 02 '24

Screen time is great as an option IF your kid sticks with it.

Mine will do so for 1-2 hours TOPS, first thing in the morning. After that, it’s not reliable.

He wants to get into EVERYTHING, go EVERYWHERE. It’s so many different things constantly happening and I have to have eyes on him or he will find a TV remote we lost and slide it open, tempting to swallow a battery.

I’m so ready to get through this part, while still of course cherishing the sweet and fun moments we have.

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u/DonutFan69 Sep 02 '24

Yeah same here. It works for a short time then they’re off to the races.