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I believe I broke through the £300 barrier today – that’s the approximate value of Lego I have hoovered up.
In days gone by I would bend down and pick them up, but then I discovered that ‘accidentally’ hoovering them up was easier. I also realised I was fighting a losing battle, as for every 1 piece I picked up my kids would drop 6 more.
I draw the line at figures (complete figures only, heads still go up the tube) and pieces in excess of 10cm, but everything else is fair game.
They get everywhere. I guarantee that if you look under any parent’s sofa it will look like a Lego-battleground; heads, wheels, arms, blocks, lights, tools, legs, those pointy corner bits – they’re all under there. I recommend the narrow attachment for this. Another tip – if you can’t quite reach them all under there, and you have a rug – drop it at one side of the sofa and the resulting breeze will blow the parts towards you – as well as all the dust-bunnies.
The kids might not be happy, but at least when I go for a pee at 4 a.m I don’t wake the house up with my cries of anguish after stepping on Lisa Simpson’s Lego-head.
Cost-effective? No.
Easier life? Oh yes.
Mr Mum: The 'joy' of a stay-at-home dad 
And it just may be that your children will finally get the hint and pick up their own toys!
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Oh, one can but dream!
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When I was a kid, the most frightening statement in the world was when my Mum said, “If you don’t clean that room, I will do it for you.” She used a trash bag and simply swept everything into it. Homework, doll clothes, toys, it all went.
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I have been tempted many a time to do this. I went to a ‘be a better parent’ course when I lived in the UK, and one of the men there said that this is a method he employed. The teacher thought he meant that he just threatened to do this, till he told her that no, he did not just threaten, he went through with it. Teacher thought his methods were a bit extreme. I didn’t, I mentally filed it away for a later date. I have threatened to employ it but haven’t yet needed to, but am fully prepared to if need be!
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Believe me, you don’t have to do it often before most kids (including me!) get the hint. After you cleaning the room once or twice, THEN you can get away with just a threat.
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🙂
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