u/InvestigatorScared53

Im a sahm to 3 boys 5 and under, my husband works around 9-10 hours a day with commuting. He helps where he can like doing dishes before leaving for work, tidying up on his days off, etc,. But I feel like im drowning in cleaning.

We recently moved into a just under 1800sq ft home to accommodate our family out in the woods, which means way more dirt than i ever could've imagined. On top of my kids making toy messes and fighting to clean up, food crumbs everywhere from them eating, never ending laundry which has only gotten worse from them getting muddy outside, cooking 3 meals a day plus snacks, my two older kids (5 and 3) fighting every single time I try and clean, and my baby (1) becoming more mobile, and being totally exhausted by the end of the day, i barely have anytime to clean let alone do basic self care. I will take the time after dinner is over to shower while my husband takes care of them all.

I have no "village" outside of my husband. When we were all crammed into our tiny 900ish sq ft apartment, my own mother compared our place to a horder house and talked shit behind my back to my brother saying stuff like "her kids are going to be embarrassed to invite anyone over when they're older". Never once has ever offered to come over and help clean and watch the kids while I clean. Everyone would just rather make comments about tired I look or they dont know how i do it all rather than just offering help. I lost faith in everyone and have become very resentful to everyone around me after going through the worst postpartum after my 2nd and no one came around.

Getting off track here. I guess with my ranting about how overwhelming trying to keep up with cleaning is, I need advice on what works to make it not feel so overwhelming? Im not expecting to keep my house spotless with 3 boys. Ive tried making a daily, weekly monthly cleaning list, but ive never been able to keep up with it. I havent been able to find a easy routine that doesnt feel like a lot.

Am I alone in constantly feeling over my head with cleaning or are we all out here just trying our dang best with messy floors? 😅

Hi everyone! My 3rd baby is about to be 1, I haven't had to do formula since my first baby so I dont remember how the weaning process goes. I remember slowly mixing whole milk into the formula, but do I do that with all the bottles? (Hes still on 3 bottles a day as well as 3 meals and a couple snacks in the afternoon.)

He had weight issues in the beginning which caused him to have to be on fortified formula and slowly decreased back to regular, so im worried about cutting bottles altogether (this will be discussed with his pediatrician at his 12 month). So im looking for good snack recommendations to help keep him full to help replace formula on top of the whole milk.

For breakfast he usually has peanut butter toast or homemade mini muffins with some fruit followed by his bottle, then for lunch he has homemade sweet potato nuggets with fruit and yogurt followed by a bottle, after his nap ill give him a pouch and maybe a couple little baby cookies or something but this is where I struggle what to give him for a good snack, and for dinner he has whatever I make that night, then a couple hours later he has his night time bottle!