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Hi Shelli, I did Charlotte's last week - took me 3 days and yours sounds worse, so good luck pmsl !! Why not tell her you saw a mouse run into her room, so had to empty it out to find where it went?! or tell her that you had Kim and Aggie round to do it - all blame to be attached to them!! or you can threaten her with them if she lets it get that bad again. Maz. XX

You can do one of 2 things: 1) If she gets pocket money(sorry how old is she? did you say?) make sure she earns it. I would suggest she spends some time a week ie saturday, cleaning her room. Children have to learn how to keep things tidy and their own space is one of them, if you don't teach them, they'll be like it when they're older too. 2) it's her space and if she wants to live like that, you could turn a blind eye. My step-daughter's room is always a mess. We have to give her a kick up the wossit once a week to tidy up. She's 19........so I reckon we've no hope with her. Her Dad has said she can p-off if she doesn't get her act together............er me, I'll just stick the kettle on.....& keep out..

Im just taking a break from doing Alex's room. Hes away in the Isle of Wight until Sat, so I have thrown his bed out (new one comes t'mor) empied all his wardrobe, draws etc and put new lino down. Curtains are now washed and hanged back up, windows are clean and Steve is juat sanding down the top of his desk ready to varnish. When he gets back I will have to put a stop to him eating in his bedroom........lol Mind your back Shelli lifting all that rubbish.

I know how you feel. My girls are aged nearly 7, and 18 months. They share, and the carpet ends up full of bits of jigsaw, felt pens with no lids, broken crayons, screwed up paper, odd socks....I could go on. I've started making eldest tidy it twice a week, and giving her pocket money on Fridays as a reward. Sons bedroom is tiny, so its hard to keep it tidy. 9 years ago I had a 5 bedroom house, cleaner and aupair (and a very unhappy relationship with my ex!!) I've come down a peg or three now, but have a wonderful marriage.

i sign my own to everytime i go for a pint with the lads... if looks could kill...

lol Shelli... I do this on a regular basis with daughters room!!! I go on the feeling that if she then moans that something has been thrown out, then she should keep it tidy herself and therefore keep hold of things she wants!!! Mind you after doing it about 4 times in the past year, it has stayed pretty tidy (for her) since I last did it in June!!! Clare x

Good luck Shelli! I did exactly the same with my daughter's bedroom a couple of months ago while she was on holiday in Spain. I chucked out 14 binbags full of rubbish, two organs and a chair! lol. We then decorated while we had a chance. She's back now and the floor is just about as bad again!

You are brave. I decided long ago that it was their mess and I wasn't going to stress over it. It doesn't help the mess but it helped me. The worst thing I found in my son's room was a half eaten tin of something grey/green and furry. The label was the only thing that could identify that it had once been rice pudding. The cabin bed had too many places to put things, which were later forgotten when more junk piled on top. Son is very clean and particular now, so I wish you luck that this is just a phase for your daughter. Gwyn

Hi Shelli, your house, your rules. Your daughter is old enough to keep her own room tidy. My niece who is 14 is a bit the same, 5 minutes after she has tidied her room it is back where to it was. Don't know what the answere is though. Good luck anyway. Rosalind

Dianna Too late already in bin shed, but it was just rubbish, like bits of paper and broken crayons etc

oooh god luck!! Put the bags in the loft and tell her you've thrown them at the tip!! Then when you give them back she will like you!! ;o)

Lol....Oh Dear. I would have done the same tho.....P'haps a few body gaurds on her return should see you ok...lol Good luck :o)xx

good luck Shelli, you should charge her so much an hour! Ann Glos

Jean have found two half made ones!!!

Funny enough I did take seom cos her Nan refuses to believe ehr little darling would let her room get in such a rotten state!! I wanted proof.

She makes a wonderful dream catcher though :)))

Daughter has gone to ranger camp from yesterday until Saturday. Her bedroom is a pig sty and totally disgusting. Can't see the floor all sorts of stuff everywhere really awful. It's got so bad she can't even shut her door any more. Past threats etc have fallen on deaf ears, and we've had SO many battles over it I've simply given up. So on Saturday I warned her while she was away I was going to do it. She told me I wasn't to even enter her room So I started at 9am this morning took break at 11.30 to make some calls and do lunch for the boys. SO far have had three ful black bags even tho I have only cleared a space about metre square. Just going back to do another couple of hours, gonna be a long long job. Wish me luck when she comes home tho LOL

Oooopppps just signed my own.