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@quedee - Put kids to bed in the clothes they are wearing the next day for school - Seconding the daily dishes and laundry. It takes SO much less time, somehow, than when it builds up - Cleaning lady twice a month - Getting into the slow cooker now but when I have used it, the evening goes so...

My husband works so much at his extremely stressful job, including weekends, that it’s usually just me and the kids (6,4,2 and baby on the way). Not exaggerating when I say he has 0 household duties besides putting his dinner plate in the sink and he might spend a few hours with us every other...

@proverbs3v5 Honestly it would be a game changer with that large of a family. I would definitely suggest outsourcing the dishwashing to the 8yo

@nanalove We are planning on that exact spacing although I started at 28. Mine are 4 2 and 5mo. How do you like the slightly longer gap from 3 to 4? Does the baby get left out or no?

@proverbs3v5 Omg I can’t imagine doing that many dishes by hand, you are a saint. Paper plates all the way. I wish I could be more helpful on no-dishwasher strategies

@proverbs3v5 You can do this. One thing that really helps is doing laundry and dishes every single day. Put laundry in washer in the evening on delay start and switch to dryer in am so you can fold after work. And time yourself. I was shocked that it only takes 10-12 min to fold and put away a...

@proverbs3v5 I have “only” 3 kids 6,4,2 but I have bedtime and morning down to a science and I do it all on my own so this might help. Dinner is a crockpot meal thrown in the am. So after work we just eat right away. You can make the 8&4yo cleanup after their own dinner. On lucky nights I can...