How would you tackle this laundry backlog?!!

[periperisaucemama]

For 3 days per week I am at home looking after young DC being 100% mum (weekend and Friday).

For 4 days a week I'm working from home whilst DC are at nursery.

Like a lot of women I feel like I'm always spinning plates and juggling various responsibilities and tasks. I do majority of housework as I'm home more, and I always seem to have overflowing laundry baskets, and baskets of clean clothes to put away.

So with the above schedule, would you:

A) only do laundry on the 4 wfh days, and not do any on Fri-Sun (family time).

B) do all laundry on the 3 "mum" days (Friday, Sat & Sun) and rope in family to help out. Leave the 4 wfh days clear for work only.

C) spread it out across the week / everyday / most days

D) something else - a magic organised system I'm missing...

To the pp who is washing their mistress protectors every week and wonders why she can't get all her linens in one wash! Errrmmmmm......

My worst habit was doing washing then forgetting about it and discovering it creased and smelly in the machine the next day. The best thing I discovered was the delayed start button on the machine, so I can set it to finish when I finish work/get home. It's been a game changer!

I just do it all on a Saturday. Can fit two loads in my tumble dryer, so can manage up to four loads in a day if needed. Normally just two though.

If you're working from home, what stops you putting the washing machine on?

Pretty simple solution. 😗

I forgot to add / explain that it's a crappy washer/dryer rather than separate tumble (we are renting). Plus no outside space, and a teeny kitchen / home so no space for airers etc. hence why it's nice to have a couple of days without laundry everywhere at the weekend!

I ask my husband this daily…

Totally agree with this.
I have a laundry day, wash, dry put away.
I think daily washing becomes self fulfilling, in that everything gets washed as its easier than checking it, sponging or hanging to air.
Can't bear washing hanging everywhere all the time,looks so messy.
In summer it goes on early and out on the line.
In winter onto large 2 heated airers in the spare room.
Tumble to finish.

Towels once a week, hung on the huge heated towel rail in between.
Bedlinen once a week in summer, every fortnight in winter, evening bathers so we go to bed clean and its aired in the morning, duvet pulled back and windows wide open.
I have 9kg drum washer and a 9 kg heat pump dryer.

Thanks for the comprehensive tips! @LoveMyHome you sound amazingly organised! Thanks for sharing all of this.