u/Embarrassed_Oil3988

Hello friends,

In the depths of PPD and i am really struggling to maintain a clean-ish house. I am already a messy person in general but being 4 months postpartum and struggling to get us into a routine I just feel so overwhelmed. I am moving this weekend to a much smaller space and plan to have a large yard sale for 2-3 weekends in a row (I have way too much stuff) and whatever doesn't go in the yardsale will be going to goodwill. My goal is for everything to have a place and if everything's in its designated place for things to not be super cluttered. My house isn't that dirty, mainly just messy (no rotting food, no trash all over floor, no big spills never cleaned up, feet dont get black walking around barefoot, etc.) Honestly a majority of the mess is CLOTHES and things I just sit down instead of put away because they don't have a set "home" but admittedly i dont actually clean as much as I should and am wanting to know your daily/weekly cleaning routines. I am moving into a very small 2br 1.5bath apartment. I want to do a better job keeping things tidy and cleaner as my kiddo will be on the move soon. I just don't know where to start. I work a full and part time job both an hour away, so my time home is currently very limited. I just want a realistic cleaning routine that I can actually stick to that doesn't make me feel worse than I already do. Should I stick with just doing one room per day? But then how do you keep it tidy the remainder of the week? The kitchen has to be cleaned daily which is a struggle but i will have a dishwasher which should help!!. I am getting rid of alot of furniture so there won't be as many surfaces to sit things on which I'm hoping will help and am downsizing on ALOT of clothes as my new closet is 1/4 of the size of my current one so I'm hoping that will help as well. I just want my kid to grow up in a clean space. I grew up with a hoarder that literally never cleaned and it was disgusting (to give you an idea we had paths through the house because there were boxes everywhere full of stuff, "cleaning" for company was shoving dirty dishes in the microwave or oven and throwing mess into an unoccupied room and shutting the door, at one point we had a horrendous flea infestation and simultaneously had an entire room full of 2 dogs exretement and a bathtub full of cat excretement that my parent refused to clean until we moved out...) I'm just trying to do better for my daughter than I had growing up but i dont know where to start. Please give me all the low spoons cleaning advice you can. Thank you!

Sibling names that vibe with Violet?