Woah! I just took me nearly 3 hours...

[Aunty Em]

... to clean out Katie's bedroom!

It never ceases to amaze me how it only takes that kid seconds to make a mess and me hours to clean it up! The places she finds to hide her rubbish are mind-boggling... down the back of units I have difficulty moving, in between books in the bookcase, etc... even with a bin in the room!

Oh well it smells much sweeter now and we can see the floor so I'll just go and rest my aching back...

 

[PT]

I used to go into my kids rooms and clean. I don't anymore, it's too scary.

 

[Aunty Em]

If I didn't do it at least once a month I'd never be able to get in there...

 

[IDLEchild]

Why doesn't she clean it up herself...unless she is too young.

If she isn't..don't clean it for her..you're only conditioning in her a positive reinforcement.

 

[Aunty Em]

She's 13 but she has Down's Syndrome and a serious heart condition, so she might get it done by next century if I left her to do it all by herself.

 

[IDLEchild]

Oh..sorry...i should not have commented without knowing the whole situation...forgive my newbie jackassness

 

[Aunty Em]

No problem.

 

[IDLEchild]

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i'm 17 and can't keep a clean room.
my mom threatens to come clean it up, for me.
(that means she will throw everything away)

 

[Aunty Em]

Yep, that's right!

 

[IDLEchild]

Clean up or else

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

precisely.

then again, she's been threatening that for the past, like, 5 years.

 

[Shadowfax]

kinda takes away the fear, doesn't it?

 

[Aunty Em]

precisely.

then again, she's been threatening that for the past, like, 5 years.

Just be thankful I'm not your mum, I wouldn't wait that long... 6 months at best... then I'd fumigate!

 

[Luis G]

kinda takes away the fear, doesn't it?