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How to clean the children’s bedroom and keep it tidy

Cleaning the children’s room is a laborious but necessary task. Here are some tips that will help you keep your room clean and tidy without stress.

Cleaning every room in the house is very important, but keeping the children’s bedroom clean and tidy is a constant battle for parents, especially if there is a newborn or small children in the house.

The most common scenario is to find toys scattered everywhere , but it is also common to find baby hygiene supplies out of place, to see food crumbs on the floors, to discover felt-tip pen stains on the walls.

How to clean the children’s bedroom and keep it tidy without stress?

Unfortunately today there are many working mothers who leave home early so the time available is what it is, and it is difficult to keep up with everything.
For this reason, it is normal for mothers to seek advice or methods for cleaning the children’s bedroom and keeping it tidy. Let’s see some of them.

1. Create a routine and get the kids involved

Mentally habits weigh less than extraordinary actions, so establishing schedules and a routine helps a lot not only to clean the bedroom but also to make less mess and keep it tidy.
Furthermore, where possible it would be good to involve children in this routine, assigning them small tasks based on their age. Just teach some rules on cleaning the bedroom such as: take off your shoes before entering, collect and put away the toys in the baskets, don’t leave your clothes around.

2. Don’t concentrate cleaning tasks all at once

Most parents concentrate cleaning on one or two days of the week such as Saturday or Sunday, including the bedroom. Even if this is understandable due to work, it can however put a lot of pressure and make you put a lot of effort.
Better to dose cleaning a few at a time but every day. Just spend five to ten minutes fixing it in the morning or evening. This will help keep your child’s bedroom clean and be stress-free on the weekend.

3. Keep things organized

Find a place for everything. Even if you are yet to give birth, make a plan for organizing things in the baby’s room. For example you can :

This will avoid clutter and misplaced items. If necessary, tell family members about your plan and ask them to help you manage it. Even to children if they are old enough to do so.

4. Take advantage of empty moments to tidy up

Yes, put this way it may seem a contradiction, but you can really do many things while doing others of little importance .
For example, we can dust the room while we talk on the phone, we can fold our clothes while we watch TV. During a commercial break of your favorite show you can vacuum the room or put the toys back in the bins.

5. Reduce the number of decorative elements

If possible, try to minimize the number of decorative items you have in your bedroom. Keeping surfaces as free from objects as possible, as well as avoiding minor accidents for children, creates less dirt and mess.
This will save you time in cleaning the room and will help you a lot to keep the children’s room tidy.

6. Get rid of things that no longer work or are not being used

One of the best ways to keep your kids’ room tidy is to get rid of what they no longer use. It is therefore a good thing to go through the wardrobe and get rid of clothes and shoes that no longer fit. Same thing for toys, school papers, and anything else your child no longer needs. This will make it easier to clean and keep the room tidy.

7. Use a baby carrier to keep your baby with you

One of the impediments to carrying out the cleaning of the bedroom on a daily basis is precisely the children who always want to be close to us.
Carrying the baby with us in the pouch or sling, the little one will feel pampered and safe in our company. With him nearby we will be able to dust, put away the linen, arrange the cot.

8. Be careful with the products you use

When there is a child at home, using the right products is very important. We usually like to use super sanitizing, super perfumed, super powerful detergents, but how many of these chemical products are actually indispensable? And what do they contain? Are they harmful to the baby and the environment?
One of the most effective natural methods for cleaning and sanitizing toys, floors, carpets and surfaces in the children’s room is steam Not everyone likes this method, but those who have tried it say that with steam you clean and sanitize quickly in an eco-friendly way and with big savings on products.

To keep the baby’s room clean and sanitized and to ensure their good health, natural products can also be used instead of chemical ones . For example, vinegar, bicarbonate, citric acid, essential oils can be useful for cleaning the bedroom.

9. Protect the walls

One preventive thing to do and which will save a lot of time later, is to safeguard the walls of the bedroom.
Painting the walls with washable paints or covering the walls with children’s washable wallpaper can be a good idea. In fact, in the case of stains and “rock paintings” that children usually do on the walls, you will only need a wipe with a sponge (not a cloth that can fade or leave fluff) soaked in warm water and liquid soap.

10. Air the bedroom every day

According to a recent study, children’s bedrooms are the most “polluted” rooms in the house. The reasons are due to the fact that children, especially in this particular period, are closed for many hours in their room where gases, particles, biological waste material and water vapor inevitably concentrate.
This, combined with the fact of living in a closed environment with little light, is certainly not healthy for the health of children, especially if there are also animals in the house.
To avoid these problems, it would be good to air the bedroom as much as possible, not only while cleaning, but also at other times of the day.
This way you can reduce the humidity and keep a cooler environment, very important for the accumulation of mites.

In light of all these simple tips, however, there is no need to fret if you can’t keep the children’s room always perfect and tidy . Know that few succeed.
So relax when you see a little confusion and consider that this is normal when there is a child in the house. Very normal if there are two.

 

Dr Kathryn Barlow

Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.

Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.

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