Thought for the day

A family friend, sort of an adopted auntie, came and visited me at home yesterday, and when she arrived I apologised for how messy my house is (no really - it's a bomb site!).

Her response was so lovely. She said, "Now don't be silly. When your son grows up, do you want him to remember that you always had a tidy house, or that you sat on the floor and played with him?"


So true, but I'd never thought of it in that light

LOL Debs!!

Thats a gorgeous response and such a good way to look at it. Its a shame not more people are like that (with their kind comments and not their snarky remarks).

I'd keep her!

Ah I love that comment...
So true...!

very very true

"A clean house is the sign of a wasted life"

soooo true.

lol I once offended mum cos i bought her a fridge magnet that said "boring women have immaculate houses"
lol

ShellandBella wrote: My plunket nurse said the same sort of thing...she said if the house is messy, she knows Mum is spending quality time with bubs; if its immaculate she starts to wonder if something else is going on with Mum...

lol, I hate having a messy house so I was always tidying mine while DD slept..but as her sleeps were shorter, my house became messier, and now she doesn't sleep during the day so you can imagine how mesy it is now
(and the fact that she can make the mess too!)

I like it! What a lovely Aunty. My MW always said things along the same line. As long as baby is being cared for that's all that matters!

i had a big cleaning frenzy the last couple of days, the entire kitchen,the bathroom, toilet, my room and caitlyns room.....but i bet they'll be messy in a week or so .

Thats such a nice thing for her to say, there are a lot of people i know that could do with hearing that, life is too short to worry about an unmade bed...