One of the hardest things for me as a person has always been keeping my house/apartment (hell - my bedroom when I was a teenager) clean. I'm a slob. And for the most part I've always been comfortable with it. Colin is also a slob - although slightly less comfortable with it (he gets embarrassed and frustrated by it - though never changes his ways). To be honest though, I'm definitely a bigger slob. And again - I've never really cared.
However - we now have a 7month old baby who is starting to crawl. So being a slob - not such a comfortable thing anymore. I get frustrated with myself because I can't/don't keep my house clean and that is not a good thing for my baby. I have lots of friends who say its so easy and that I just have to set my mind to it. But they're all neat freaks. No offense meant! I don't have a clue how to break a habit that I've had all my life.
It's not like I grew up in a dirty house - my parents are neat and organized and keep things clean. And its not like I never cleaned before. Every couple of months we would buckle down and scrub the house from top to bottom.
I don't even mind cleaning - though its not on my list of favorite ways to spend the weekend.
I think the biggest problem is the clutter. I don't put stuff away. Ever. And when we added the baby we tripled the clutter in an already crowded and tiny apartment.
So now I have to figure out how to change this part of my life because I want my daughter to grow up in a house that is not a cluttered mess.
Grrrgh.
On a happier note - Cassidy made her first forward motion crawling yesterday. We're still mostly scooting backward - but its a start!
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