How do I get my house clean today with a newborn and toddler?

I can't get anything done. My baby is always hungry and my toddler gets into everything and is VERY busy. When I clean he makes messes faster than I can clean up. HELP! Need to get my whole home clean this morning, laundry, dishes, mop, vacume, and pull weeds!

dishes go in dishwasher (if you have one.) I use this everyday even if it isn't full. This buys me time to get other stuff done. Start laundry, you can do this with a toddler around. Let them jump in dirty clothes piles or help put laundry in baskets… once the cycle starts you've got 30 minutes. Sit down and read a book, give your children your undivided attention for at least 20 minutes.

Then you'll be able to switch laundry. As for vaccum, do this during snack/lunch time. Give baby cheerios and toddler some of his favorite and get started but make sure you can keep an eye on them both.

as for mopping… this requires naptime.

You really can get it all done.

I have 3 toddlers (2 1/2 year old twins and a 16 month old little boy) I don't have any housecleaning help (other than someone to mow the lawn) and I'm responsible for it all. It all has to do with prioritizing time. I'm not saying it doesn't exhaust me or that I don't sometimes resent being the only one to do this but it can get done.

And yes, the messes get started faster than they get cleaned up. I have started rewarding them (I jump up and down and cheer their name when they put their stuff away). I also make them put their stuff away before bed and reward them with a tablespoon full of mini m&m's (they think it is the best ever!) While it has to be supervised to the highest degree, someday it won't.

Also as a tip: invest in some rubbermaid containers that they have to ask you to play with what is inside. This helps to control one mess before another gets started. This was hugely successful in my house.,

Best wishes to you.

Would you like to know the remedy for an excruciating headache?

An aspirin or one beer
Some garlic to keep the eyes clear
Take deep breathes and let it out slow
Know in your mind that you are alright
and you might want to clean up your house and wash the walls, detail your car and make sure that you don't have any stubborn stains on your garments. Oh by the way be careful who you pose for when taking a picture (that's to make sure your head don't start spinning) just so you don't look like you're spacing out.
Years of research.

Some one has done some research is always a good thing. Would you like to know some more?
Pl try cold water bath and observe, if pain increases use warm.
If you have cough/cold body hot water bath will help.
Pl try simple acupressure given below for immediate relief.
If it fails you will have to go for Acupuncture.

There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for RA, OA, Back ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.

Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes.
None of them can be treated with medicine.
Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.

Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.

Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.

Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods, SMOKING and alcohole.

Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there.

But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.

If it is acute pl search a painful point (with round tipped pen/jimmy) 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

For forehead/eye pain the points are in front of nails on the finger tips or 3-7 mm below.

It may disappear naturally too.

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can anyone help me look for some rationales for these certain black folk remedies? i cant seem to find any!!?

SPANISH MOSS (Also referred to as Crape-moss and Old man’s beard)

When boiled, the concoction is used to bathe swellings and also relieve pains
associated with rheumatism
Boiled (when green) - drink the “tea” for easy delivery at childbirth
Increases the flow of mother’s milk
Assists in promoting the delivery of the “afterbirth”
Taken twice daily to “clean out” after giving birth
When green, can be put in shoes to lower blood pressure
When crushed, apply to hemorrhoids
When tied around the neck, it relieves sprained neck
VITAMIN E OIL

Apply twice a day for herpes to encourage the healing process
Avoid eating peanuts during this time since they work against the natural healing
in the body
CAYENNE PEPPER

Mix some cayenne pepper with aloe juice and rub over sore muscles or arthritic
joints
Also good for bee stings
ALOE VERA

Aids the healing of burns and sores
Can also be taken internally for stomach disorders
BAKING SODA

For acid stomach, make a drink of ½ teaspoon baking soda and a few drops
of lemon juice in ½ cup warm water
LEECHES

Many rheumatism specifics are found in Negro “leechcraft”
Leeches are used in many modern orthopedic facilities today to keep the
circulation in injured limbs and digits from gumming up during the healing process
BLACK DOG

Grease stewed from a black dog is a helpful cure for rheumatism, though some
say it should be put on in the dark of the moon to be most effective
RATTLESNAKE SKIN

A snake skin, especially the skin of a rattlesnake, dried and tied around the
wrist or leg is good for rheumatism
Worn around the waist, it will prolong life
The flexibility of the snake may have been the quality which first suggested its
use to cure stiffness
BUZZARD FEATHERS

For rheumatism, asthma, and “jerking fits” (epilepsy), two wing feathers of a
buzzard are effective if burned under the nose and the smoke inhaled
SILVER DIME

A coin, especially a (silver) dime, worn about the neck or ankle will surely stop
rheumatism
GARLIC

Used to regulate blood pressure and relieve cramps
Crush one clove of garlic in a glass of hot milk and drink quickly
EELSKIN

Tie the hair up with eelskin to make it grow
Wear it around the head to cure headache
If worn about the wrist, it will relieve pain there
Rubbing the part of an aching back with an eelskin is an effective relief
WOODLICE

Sew “live woodlice” into a pouch and hang around baby’s neck to relieve pain and
fever associated with “teething”
When the woodlice die, the teeth come through
Currently used in the rural south
The “woodlouse” is the Porcellio scaber
Not to be confused with white ants or termites

Chicken-pox
Go into the chicken house and let the chickens fly over you, or simply push the
patient backward into the henhouse.

Chills and Fever
Cut a notch in a piece of wood for every chill you have had, blow on it, and throw
it into a running stream where you never expect to pass again. Go home without
looking back, and you will have no more chills.

Typhoid
Typhoid fever may be cured by taking a bath in steeped peach leaves, while a
young black chicken is split open and applied bloody and hot to the chest.

Backache
Let a child who has never seen his father or the seventh daughter of anyone walk
across your back.

Toothache
Pick an aching tooth with a splinter (from the north side of a pine tree that has been
struck by lightning) and throw the sliver into running water.

Hiccoughs
May be cured by holding your breath and taking nine swallows of water. Nine grains
of pepper for nine mornings or nine shots held in the mouth are equally effective.

Sore Throat
Tie the sock that you have worn all day around your throat with the sole of the sock
turned towards your skin. Some believe that salt or warm ashes should be put into the
stocking and some insist upon using a dark stocking.

Earache
Take the head off a wood beetle and drop the one drop of blood that comes out into the aching ear. For similar results, get some hair from a young girl and place it in your ear.

Cayenne pepper causes heat which increases circulation in the area that it is applied. This can cause the sore muscles to feel better due to either the increased circulation alone, or the removal of lactic acid (one of the causes of sore muscles). This would be much like any hot/cold cream that is available over the counter for arthritis. It may even help your body to release natural endorphins.

How much will it cost to insure my house cleaning business?

How much will it cost to insure and bond my house cleaning business? I have been running it solo for the last 6 months so I didn't to get bonded or anything, but I will be hiring 2-3 employees within the next month. How much can I expect the insurance and the bond to cost? And, for extra credit, what is the best type of insurance to get? I run it out of my home, if that makes a difference.

For insurance, you should shop your local insurance agents. Remember, insurance is there to protect you for property loss or against any liability claims.

For a bond, you are looking for a Janitorial Bond. It is a form of a fidelity bond and very similar to insurance. It protects your clients in the event an employee is arrested and convicted for stealing from them. You will not be expected to cover the loss. In fact, many clients will want to know that you are bonded before doing business with you.

The rates are based upon the number of employees and the amount of coverage. They range from a $5000 bond with less than 5 employees at $100 to a $100,000 with 25 employees less than $800.

These are instant issue bonds are are readily available on the internet. You can run a Google search for Janitorial Bond and find a site that has on line submissions. One of those sites processing on line applications is www.southcoastsurety.com.

You can get more information on this bond and a link to the application at http://www.southcoastsurety.com/fidelity-bonds.htm