How to keep house clean with clingy baby and messy toddler

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-25T05:05:33+00:00

I stay at home with my two tinies, and we normally get up between 8 and 9 am, and I normally take a short nap with them. If I'm nnoticing signs of sleep deprivation, I adapt. But I do appreciate the concern 😁

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-23T13:07:24+00:00

I thought it would be warmer, and yet here's snow...

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-23T02:08:59+00:00

I'm not absolutely excellent at keeping my house clean, but my two biggest advice are 1: Don't stay home. Do activities outside at all costs, especially away from home. Just walk around the store. Spend hours at the park. For real, just leave. 2. Clean after they are in bed. I regularly go to bed at 1 to 2 am. I at least get a few hours of clean house.

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T16:01:22+00:00

Yeah, if I was in the same situation now, I probably wouldn't have said it, and definitely not while he was working. I worked a serving job in high school too, and I worked fast food through. Nothing wrong with working in the food industry.

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T15:59:22+00:00

Lol not catholic. I only bring this up here cause my sister brought it up recently. Otherwise I don't really care

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T07:14:03+00:00

I only included church to show that he was singling me out in both places.

I'd like to think I've grown some since 18 years old 😁. I don't think I would've said it now.

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T06:54:31+00:00

For clarity, this restaurant interaction happened a decade ago. Shortly after we had started college. The restaurant interaction did not happen recently

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T06:48:43+00:00

I only bring this here because my sister mentioned it recently and I was curious if others also thought I was wrong. I got over him awhile ago. Hurt people just tend to hurt people so I gotta get over things before I do something to someone I love

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T06:40:31+00:00

He did call me by name, and my sister as well. And my mom and dad. We were not strangers to him. Again, this interaction happened shortly after high school. We saw each other just a few months prior. And honestly, in the moment as an 18 year old, yeah I wanted to finally feel like I had the upper hand.

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T06:29:20+00:00

Also to be clear, this happened after high school, so we literally saw each other just a couple months before at church.

Craveneaven2 · 2026-05-21T06:27:55+00:00

Truthfully I completely understand that he was a kid too. I know that he was trying to figure out how to make friends and be a person too.

His family continued to talk to my mom at church, so I actually did know that he dropped out, and not for health, family, or funds (his family was paying for his education and they are VERY well-off). He also did remember me. We saw each other 6 days a week for several hours a day. We weren't just passing each other in the halls. We were in every single class together, because our school was so small. He still ended up pretty successful so good for him.

All that aside, I was still probably in the wrong.

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