To not understand how people have an evening.

I kindly suggest op that there is more faffing going on than you realise and that you don’t encourage your dc to get involved enough. Fair enough re homework but I am sure they have a few mins in the evening to make their lunches, set/clear the table, load unload the dishwasher and fold any laundry. Just doing that would barely take them 20mins in total.

We have 4 kids under 6 and we have everything done by 9pm and no later. And that’s 4 kids to bed. Dinner, lunch prep, laundry, dishwasher, cup of tea made, bathing and getting 4 kids to bed and hoovering downstairs and lighting a fire. Unless you aRe going at stuff really slowly or you get home very late I can’t see how anything you mentioned is taking so long

Plus any sports kits that have been worn (DD1 had a netball match today, DD2 is currently at football training and DS had Forest School this morning and that stuff got absolutely ditched!)

Dinner sounds quite late. We are normally all done by 1830 and that's even the days when I don't get home til nearly 1800. Then it's clearing up and then bedtime starts at 1900.
I don't do a huge amount of washing but then we aren't a clean towels every day family. Normally only do about 3/4 loads per week.

We do a wash load a day as a family of 4 and we have an 11kg machine! I take the blame for it as I have a thing about only wearing a pair of pyjamas once before washing and now the kids do the same out of habit. And the rest of their clothes definitely need washed every day. Then just stuff like towels, clothes, bedding once a week, the dog bed, I work out pretty much every day so exercise clothes in there daily, coats and puddle suits at this time of year, etc.

Sorry! I am very mindful of the environment the rest of the time, honest! And I do use the eco cycle and a heat pump dryer!

Agree
What happens is people just go round scooping up things to make a load, instead of checking and hanging .

So you have 4 people in the house. That's four tops, two to four bottoms, four pairs of underwear and socks. That's not a full load. I am sure you could get away with doing it once every three days.

Sorry if I wrote it wrong - I get dressed before 7am, in the shower after the kids are in bed (9pm). No way am I putting that top on the next day when ive been busy and on my feet all day. To me, thats basic standards. Yes I would rewear a jumper thats been over the top and clean but tshirts are washed after one wear same as underwear (ofcourse!).

Ah I see.

Nah I'd weer it if it wasn't smelly or dirty.

If I roast then I will do 2 chickens , extra pots , yorkshire, box for next day.
2nd Roast becomes a curry and a stir fry
Thats Mon, Tues, weds
Thursday is swimming so egg on toast, beans on toast and a pudding, crumbles from the freezer
Friday fish and chips

If no roast
Prep one sausage and one chicken traybake , cover in foil bung in fridge.

If I make bolognese, curry,meatballs shepherds pie,mash then I do enough for extra.
Freeze

Just pull out what I need.

Its not magic, I just cook double

You don't wear a top from morning til night? That's genuinely bonkers.

I think she meant she wouldn’t wear it again without washing it if she’d already worn it from morning until night.
I’m with her to be honest!

You don't wear a top from morning til night? That's genuinely bonkers.

I wash tops daily and definately the most organised person I know. I guess this thread highlights we all have different standards (and thats ok) but I wouldn’t wear a top ive worn from early morning till late at night even with a daily shower. Neither would my DH or kids (jumpers/hoodies will try and get a couple of wears if clean).

I just couldn’t create seven loads a week if I tried. Family of four. I’m baffled. I do two loads every Saturday I have an 11 kg machine so it does fit a lot, but like I said, I couldn’t create seven loads if I tried. 😂

I know!
Pp should just get a bigger machine
Can't bear laundry constantly being done, hung everywhere etc
Then people put piles of it around the house and moan the house is messy
Unless you need to wear something just do it at the weekend , I wash Friday night and ghang up , finish and put away Sat am usually before the others are up .

When are you batch cooking? That doesn’t just magically happen. Time is being used at a whole other time to do that unless you are buying it in.

Swimwear can go on a rinse and spin, don't hand-wash. Does your machine not have a delicates cycle?

Don't wash tops daily, unnecessary washing. Same with weekly sheets, no need. That'll cut your loads down.

I don't think you're a naturally efficient person OP. You left jobs for the evening when you'd been home all day, that's crazy!

I do at least 7 full loads a week plus anything that needs handwashing seperately (which isn’t as often but swimwear etc).

So much easier keeping on top of it and total waste of a sunny day not getting it out. Probably used the tumble dryer for 5 mins a day in the last week to finish things off.

(Already planning sunny day out Saturday and not tied to the house doing laundry)😅

We clean up/ put on the dishwasher/ do washing etc but we also let some things slide. E.g. bigger dishes that need soaking and we accept that we may need to do some bits the next day. Although we get up early too, so lunches get done in the morning before we go.
We work as a team, get the kids involved and we send them to bed at a reasonable time (tween and teen) and they read in bed before sleep so we have a bit of time to watch tv or read etc.

7 loads!! 😭

We got home at 16:55. Dd12 was already home a half hour.
we came in a ds10 emptied his lunchbox and put it in the sink, he then went upstairs and got into his pyjamas and chilled in his room for a little bit.
I started to make dinner and DD12 sat with me while I cooked chatting about the day things that had gone on in school. She gave me a form to sign etc.
I emptied the dishwasher whilst waiting for the pasta and garlic bread.
I have no idea what DP did in that time 😂
We had meatballs with marinara sauce, pasta, and garlic bread. Dinner was ready for. 17:45. We sat and ate and chatted.
once dinner was eaten, DP cleaned up the table put everything in the dishwasher, turned the dishwasher on and wiped down the kitchen.
DP has gone upstairs to do a workout
DS he’s having his hour on his PlayStation
DD is having a shower.
I have my arse firmly situated on the couch.

Look at your lists /time tables & really see what you can condense or re jig.
i do a lot of hot pot /tray bakes if I cook it’s a short recipe. Don’t have a dishwasher so after eating at 5pm wash up, dry & putting away straight after eating, leave kitchen clean. Up for DC bath, then they play while I’m in bath, then sit down about 7ish together, bedtime to go up is 8 we read or play for abit. Then I get downstairs again for 9pm hr of tv to myself then bed. I do washing in the mornings leave drying till nxt day -repeat. Hoovering is as & when have 2 dogs so seems like all the time. I always tidy / put away as I go so mess doesn’t really pile up