10 Miserable Everyday Chores All Parents Hate

Chores are a part of adult life for everyone and obviously, they are not meant to be fun. Although I will cop to a sick pleasure when I see all the junk my Dyson picks up, I will say that I do not enjoy cleaning for the most part. When I had my kids, I came to realize that in addition to what I already do, there are chores all parents hate that childless people don’t have to deal with. They are soul-crushing, miserable chores that suck the life out of you and make you want to fast-forward time to the point where your kids aren’t making messes every five minutes. Yes, our kids are adorable and these years are precious but I dare you to say that while doing any of the below:

1. Cleaning The Diaper Genie

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The Diaper Genie was not in our house for very long because I quickly realized that it caused more trouble than it was worth. After six months, it gave off a funk that no amount of disinfecting could prevent and on top of that, I was so over scraping shit off the side of it when an especially mushy diaper splatted out during the “push down” process. Vomit.

2. Wiping Pee Off The Toilet Seat

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Why, God? Why did you make little boys physically unable to avoid peeing on the toilet seat? This is now a daily chore for me as my son cannot seem to stop the dribbling and spraying.

3. Scrubbing The Highchair 

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Trying to get the petrified peas and dried on yogurt out of those crevices is pretty much futile. Yet, I did it daily anyway.

4. Sweeping/Vacuuming

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Kids spill stuff. Like, a lot. Trying to keep the floors from looking like they belong in a frat house is a constant effort.

5. Tiny Laundry Duty

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Adult arms do not fit nicely through the arms and legs of kid’s clothes. I hate trying to turn them all right-side in. Oh, and as a parent, the laundry never ends. The piles have sex and reproduce overnight, like bunnies. It’s science.

6. Cleaning Bottles

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A dishwasher obviously fixes this issue but when our daughter was a baby, we didn’t have one. And of course, I stupidly got her into Dr. Brown’s bottles so we had that annoying little inner tube to clean along with everything else. Even with a dishwasher, trying to keep track of nipples, tops and bottles is so annoying.

7. Putting Toys Away

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Every day. Every single day. Mine clean up their own now and have for a while but back in the day, I felt like all I did was shuffle around on my knees putting toys into bins. Sad trombone.

8. Vacuuming The Car

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Cheerios, french fries, sand from the beach, discarded gum- there is always junk on the floor of my car. Sure, I could say “no eating in the car” but we all know that’s not going to happen.

9. Cleaning Up After A Diaper Blow-Out

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Whether it’s getting poop out of the baby’s hair or scraping it off of an outfit you like too much to throw away, cleaning up after a blow-out just fucking sucks. There is no way around it.

10. Dealing With Curdled Milk Sippies

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I’m a terrible and wasteful person so I would simply toss them out when I found them under the couch or on the floor of the car. Cleaning them out is just too disgusting.

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