Comments on: Overburdened Mothers http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:40:53 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3747 Deb L Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:53:52 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3747 *g* warn me before you come, so I can at least sweep the floor. ;) *g* warn me before you come, so I can at least sweep the floor. ;)

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3727 Cottontimer Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:24:50 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3727 <b>Kristina</b>: Crumbs! AHhhhhh!!! I've got so many on the floor at any given time. *head explodes* As for chores, Anxious Parents discusses it at length. Yet another parenting headache to look forward to. :P <b>Rosie</b>: But they had to do everything for you. You're a pr0ncess after all!! <b>Deb L</b>: hehe I'll be by later to check. <b>Lisa</b>: I hear ya. Mine grew up with domestic helpers. And still lives with one - me!! As for washing clothes, I used to wash mine after every wearing but not anymore. It's the ironing the kills me afterwards! Kristina: Crumbs! AHhhhhh!!! I’ve got so many on the floor at any given time. *head explodes*

As for chores, Anxious Parents discusses it at length. Yet another parenting headache to look forward to. :P

Rosie: But they had to do everything for you. You’re a pr0ncess after all!!

Deb L: hehe I’ll be by later to check.

Lisa: I hear ya. Mine grew up with domestic helpers. And still lives with one – me!!

As for washing clothes, I used to wash mine after every wearing but not anymore. It’s the ironing the kills me afterwards!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3670 Lisa Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3670 I think this is absolutely correct (although I'm actually pretty good at letting M do things for herself: she already - often- takes her plate from table to sink and puts on her own shoes): I swear my MIL did me no favours by not allowing her children to lift a finger! I read something - somewhere - recently that rang a bell: before washing machines were standard, people washed clothes when they were dirty and even often just removed spots or hung them out to freshen up. I don't know about you but I just wash clothes because they've been worn a few times, not because they really need it. I think this is absolutely correct (although I’m actually pretty good at letting M do things for herself: she already – often- takes her plate from table to sink and puts on her own shoes): I swear my MIL did me no favours by not allowing her children to lift a finger!
I read something – somewhere – recently that rang a bell: before washing machines were standard, people washed clothes when they were dirty and even often just removed spots or hung them out to freshen up. I don’t know about you but I just wash clothes because they’ve been worn a few times, not because they really need it.

]]> By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3669 Deb L Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:03:45 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3669 "elevated standards of cleanliness" ... so, does this mean my standards are in line with early America? *g* “elevated standards of cleanliness” …

so, does this mean my standards are in line with early America? *g*

]]> By: Rosie http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3667 Rosie Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:21:42 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3667 I think that this is very sound advice. It's difficult for me to comment, as I don't have any children of my own, but Mummy and Daddy went on doing things for us far too long - the end result is not that we are dependent so much as lazy (I live in such a mess!). I think that this is very sound advice. It’s difficult for me to comment, as I don’t have any children of my own, but Mummy and Daddy went on doing things for us far too long – the end result is not that we are dependent so much as lazy (I live in such a mess!).

]]> By: Kristina http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3666 Kristina Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:45:46 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/07/17/overburdened-mothers/#comment-3666 We've got Charlie taking our the garbage now...... he is nine. Being Charlie, he tends not (I think) to see this as a chore, esp. since we overdo the praise. I still have to wipe up his crumbs (or he'll eat them from the floor; so it goes). And I prefer a good old-fashioned dishcloth with soap and water to clean----works fine and well. We’ve got Charlie taking our the garbage now…… he is nine. Being Charlie, he tends not (I think) to see this as a chore, esp. since we overdo the praise.

I still have to wipe up his crumbs (or he’ll eat them from the floor; so it goes). And I prefer a good old-fashioned dishcloth with soap and water to clean—-works fine and well.

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