To clean or not to clean... That is definitely the question right now. Or maybe it's, When and where do I fit in time to clean AND be the best Mom I can be??
Finding the balance between being a great hands on, fully involved parent and having a clean house is H-A-R-D! I know some folks whose homes are spotless, who are also crazy because they can't find the middle road between cleaning and spending time with their kiddos. I also know a few folks whose homes have gone to you know where in a hand basket, BUT spend every waking moment with their children.
So, who do I agree with? Well, both. I think they are both somewhat insanely right and wrong. Am I judging either of them? Absolutely not. If you haven't already noticed, I am too trying to find this balance!
A single girlfriend, with no children, and I were talking the other day about this very topic. She, as I do, agreed, that being a Mom is much more important than having a perfectly clean home. BUT, being a good mom does also involve some cleanliness around the house, for reasons of which are very obvious.
My new motto is, "A couple of chores a day, then spend the rest of the time with your kids to play"!
Wherever you can squeeze them (the chores, not the kiddos) whatever works for you, is what you should do.
At the end of the day, OR, as a matter of fact, looking back at the end of your life... Are you really going to say to yourself, "Should I have cleaned my house more"? I don't think so! If anything, it will be, "I should have spent more time with my kiddos".
For now, I think I'll leave the playroom the way it is :-)
Tata,
Mama
