Quick Busy Mom Cleaning Hacks That Will Transform Your Home

Hey, mamas! We know how overwhelming it can be raising kids and keeping your home clean at the same time – especially if you’re a busy mom with limited time to spare! These busy mom cleaning hacks are guaranteed to help make your life easier.

This post has something for every busy mom looking to stay on top of their cleaning routine without taking away from precious family time.

These tips are designed specifically with busy moms in mind. Let’s dive right in and explore these genius hacks!

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How Do Busy Moms Clean Their House With Kids

If you are a busy mom and you are reading this, you are probably feeling the biggest challenge is keeping your house clean with kids. You can spend hours getting it perfect and then the little mess makers are right behind you making it a mess again.

So what do you do?

Whether you are a busy mom, working mom, or stay at home mom, these busy mom cleaning hacks are just what you need to keep you house clean, even with kids!

Think Functionally

Make sure you have all of the needed cleaning supplies in the right places. It can be so frustrating and add extra time to your cleaning when what you need is not where it should be.

Keep cleaning supplies where you use them (even if that means buying duplicate of), rather than in a single location.

Less Dirt In Means Less To Clean

Have kids and guests remove their shoes prior to coming inside. Have a shoe rack or basket so your kids know exactly where their shoes and boots should go prior to coming inside.

Keep all sports gear and outdoor gear in the garage, shed or outside.

Make sure your kids take their clothes off in the garage or outside prior to coming in if they are filled with dirt, mud, chalk or paint.

Put a basket in the garage or outside by the door to put dirty clothes and sports uniforms in so they don’t get brought inside.

use a drop area as a busy mom cleaning hack. store backpacks, jackets, sweatshirt in a drop area

Have A Designated Drop Area

Kids need to know exactly where their stuff should go. Have a drop area for backpacks, coats, sweatshirts, shoes and lunches for after school. In the garage or right by the door entry is always a good place for a drop area. It doesn’t need to be fancy, command hooks on the wall make for perfect coat and backpack hangers.

Sports gear, sports uniforms, cleats all need a designated drop area so they just don’t get thrown somewhere for you to manage later. Less stuff, clothes, sports gear on the floor, less for you to have to clean and pick up.

Have a designated area for homework, school papers, art, water bottles, and lunches. Everything that is coming home in their backpack needs to have a designated place otherwise kids will just drop it anywhere they feel is a good spot.

Have a designated area for devices (iPads, Nintendo switch, phones), charging cords, and mail. Every day these items are used and often can get left all over the house or on the kitchen counter if you don’t have a designated place “home” for these items.

Use Time Saving & Helpful Products

As a busy mom, buying time saving products is one of my favorite cleaning hacks. There is no shame in spending a little extra money to save yourself hours of time, especially as a busy mom.

Buy multi-functional products. Instead of buying several different cleaners for the kitchen and bathrooms, buy one all-purpose cleaner that can be used in several different areas.

Here are some great Genius Mom Hack Cleaning Products:

Make use of multi-purpose cleaners – pick one product that can be used on multiple surfaces around the home, such as counters, floors, and bathroom fixtures.

A Robot vacuum is one of my favorite cleaning products. I use mine daily and it is worth its money in gold.

These Clorox wipes are bleach free and can clean multiple surfaces. Great for dusting, wiping down counters and cleaning faucets, all with one wipe. Hide Clorox wipes behind all of the toilets for a quick and easy bathroom clean.

Baby wipes are a must have!

Baby wipes can single handedly clean your entire house. Store baby wipes in drawers all over your house to help save time by quickly grabbing a wipe to clean counters, faucets, sticky hands, toys, faux plants, dirty hand-printed walls and much more.

Plus, safe for the whole family. Give your toddler or older child a baby wipe and ask them to clean the walls, baseboards, bathroom counters.

Don’t forget to have them in the car too and your snack bag!

Baby wipes are the #1 Genius Mom Hack!

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Always have a bottle of Folex on hand for tough stains on your carpet like red wine, ketchup, and finger nail polish. This stuff is game changing when it comes to quickly cleaning a stain out of your carpet. Hands down the best and a must have with young kids.

For quick and easy dusting use Endust.

Get Rid Of The Clutter

I’m not advocating a minimalistic lifestyle, but I will say the less stuff you have, the easier it will be to keep your house cleaned.

You probably hear this all the time, but it is so true. If you don’t purge or throw away anything, you are constantly wasting time moving the same stuff around your house from one place to the other.

The more kids you have the more stuff they bring in to your home. It can get out of control quick.

Start by Investing in good storage solutions – declutter by investing in boxes, baskets, and shelves that can store all your items in a neat and orderly fashion.

This will help make it easier to keep your house cleaned once it is organized. The bins do not need to be pretty or expensive. Having a clean and organized home will make you feel better then a fancy pretty container.

Use The Laundry Basket Pick Up Method

Declutter from one end of the house to the other using the laundry basket pick up method. As you go from room to room, put away everything that actually belongs in that room and HAS A HOME (home = container, bin, or drawer), and put everything else into a laundry basket, and keep going.

Don’t over think it, don’t try to spend too much time in each room.

Have A Routine or Schedule

Create easy-to-follow cleaning schedules – set aside a few minutes each day or week to clean up so that you don’t feel overwhelmed when it comes to tidying up.

Get the worst part over first. If there is a particular area you hate cleaning, get it done first. Have several pick up time throughout the day of quick sprint cleaning, verses trying to schedule a long 2 hour cleaning time.

Do a quick daily bathroom wipe down.

Never leave a room empty handed. Anytime I am in my home I am constantly grabbing and picking things up off the floor or counters that don’t belong and putting them away.

Do similar cleaning items all at once. Clean all the floors on one day at the same time, clean all windows and mirrors at once, do all of the dusting at the same time. Do all of the deep cleaning tasks on one day.

Focusing on one item guarantees one item will get done each time, rather than bouncing around your house feeling like you didn’t get anything done.

Do one load of laundry and dishes each day.

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Set A Timer

Cleaning can feel easier if you set a time to how long you will clean for. What you get done in that specified time is great.

If kids are home, call for “all hands on deck”. And everyone, kids included, go through the house and pick it up.

For stay-at-home moms, this is great for “transition” times throughout the day.

When transitioning from inside play to outside play, first set timer and do a quick pick up of the house.

If leaving the house for a play date or an errand, set the timer and do a quick pick up of the house.

Prior to starting dinner, set the timer and do a quick pick up of the house.

Make it fun. Kids love timers and making things a competition. Use strategies like “let’s see who can pick up the most blocks in 2 minutes. Ready, set go!”

Don’t Go To Bed with A Dirty House

Don’t start your next day with yesterday’s mess. Before going to bed have an evening routine, that includes picking up your house, starting a load of dishes and wiping down the counters.

Get The Kids Involved

Teach kids to help out around the house. A simple task of putting their dishes directly in to the dishwasher and not the sink or counter can help a ton. It doesn’t have to be huge cleaning items, a little can go a long way.

Mom cleaning hack is to have kids help — mums who organise FB group

Toy Jail – Have a house rule. Teach your kids if they leave their toys on the floor when they are done playing with them, and you pick them up, they will go to “toy jail”.

This is a brilliant concept, I’ve used it for years. I love the concept of the kids having to help with chores to earn back the toy they lost.

Multi-Task Is A Great Busy Mom Cleaning Hack

Clean the bathroom while giving your kids a bath.

Clean the kitchen while waiting for the rice to cook.

Do the dishes while chatting with your kids as they eat their afternoon snack.

DIY Busy Mom Cleaning Hacks:

Use these DIY cleaning hacks to save money and keep your house clean.

Kitchen DIY Cleaning Hacks

As busy moms we spend a lot of time in the kitchen so use these cleaning hacks so you can spend less time in your kitchen.

Clean a stained cooke sheet with Baking Soda and Peroxide

Cover cookie sheets with aluminum foil for quick and easy cleanup after baking

Clean stainless steel with damp Magic Erasers

Make a paste of baking soda and white vinegar to scrub down the sink

Hide appliances in your pantry to keep your counters clear of clutter

Use containers to organize the pantry, they don’t have to be expensive

Wash dishes and wipe down counters while dinner is cooking

Spending less time in the kitchen means you have more time to do other things. The whole house feels cleaner when the kitchen is clean.

Busy Mom DIY Cleaning Hacks For The Home

Use a butter knife covered with a damp cloth to clean dust from vents

Mix hydrogen peroxide with warm water and dish soap to clean up carpet stains

Use a vacuum cleaner on hardwood floors so you can skip sweeping

Slip an old pillow case over ceiling fan blades to pick up dust

Use a squeegee to remove pet hair from upholstery.

Use a dustpan to scoop up tiny toys like Legos and Barbie accessories.

Hydrogen peroxide is an awesome multi-purpose fluid. It can also be used to clean mirrors, windows, and toilets.

Use toothpaste, a damp cloth, and elbow grease to remove permanent marker from hardwood floors.

Laundry Busy Mom DIY Cleaning Hacks

Switch to dryer balls to speed up drying time and skip the fabric softener

Add white vinegar to your washing machine and run it on the hot cycle to clean and sanitize it

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Bathroom DIY Hacks

Soak your shower head in vinegar to get rid of hard water stains (use a Ziploc bag and a rubber band if your shower head isn’t detachable)

Use the cut side of a lemon to remove hard water stains from bathroom fixtures.

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Keeping Your House Clean Is Important

There are countless of studies that show keeping a house clean is important for you mental well being. But it’s not all just about appearances, having your home feel organized and tidy will relieve stress.

Just remember that no home is perfect, especially with kids. You want your home to look and feel comfortable and lived in. Do what works for you and don’t fall trap to the comparison game.

Final thought, a home that smells amazing is just as important as a home that looks clean. Use aroma therapy products, candles, or plug in fragrance to add an extra homey feel to your home for you and your guests.

Busy Mom Cleaning Hacks Recap

I hope these busy mom cleaning hacks gave you just the motivation you needed to take back your home and keep it clean. It is worth having a clean home. For your mental health, stress relief and to have more time for you!

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