@Harmony- thank you! We’re very excited to become a family of seven. And yep, the question of whether to move is tricky. All houses have problems. At least we know what we’re working with on this one!

I know it’s been quite a while, but I wanted to say CONGRATS on soon becoming a family of seven – just like us!

We’re also facing the issue of having to move in the near future, as little ones keep growing and needing more space. We’re still “just looking” at the moment. The last few years have definitely been focused on survival, which is why my blog has been seriously neglected and I don’t comment very much . . . but I’m still here reading and listening to your podcast

Anyways, just wanted to say hi and congrats 🙂

@Sunny This is what I have for now. We’ll see how it goes and tweak it for future years. Of note we live in the Northeast and thus have 4 seasons. Also, many of these things I would do without it being on the list, but if it is on the list I don’t have to give it much thought.

Jan: Christmas decorations, Linens
Feb: Bathrooms, Laundry room
Mar: Kitchen, storage room
Apr: Seasonal clothing switch for me and kids, winter wear/accessories
May: playroom, kids rooms and kids books
Jun: kitchen desk (ie office supplies etc.), photograph and toss or store kids’ art from school
Jul: stairs to basement (weird catchall space in our house), cars
Aug: Game cabinet, mail cubbies
Sept: Seasonal clothing switch, pool bag
Oct: Backyard (and winterize), kitchen
Nov: Playroom, kids’ rooms and kids’ books
Dec: NOTHING!

@Gillian, I would love to see your decluttering schedule!

I second the Snoo. And you can re-sell. Everyone wants one. I have heard they have a rental program but we bought ours on the black Friday sale last year.

We used it religiously and it was amazing for the first 6 months. We traveled a lot for having a wee one and there was a different when we did not have the Snoo or when my mom would try to just swaddle and not use the Snoo, so I vote yes! I know you have said your kiddos are great sleepers- especially the glow in the dark skeleton!

Good luck making your housing decision! We just bought a house after looking for 2+ years. We were looking in a very specific area of Minneapolis and had very specific requirements so it took a long time. But we were pretty happy where we were so we were able to be patient. I hated the house hunting process, though. It’s so much work and the cost of buying/selling a house is NOT CHEAP. Man the transaction costs really add up, especially on your sale! So I am hoping we are happy in the new house until we retire and downsize. We are moving next month but are starting to move things over to declutter our house before it goes on the market next week.