AIBU?
To ask how often you do laundry (those with children particularly)
AG29 · 21/12/2019 17:18
It’s never ending. At least a full load every day. Sometimes more. Also do a white wash On a Friday for school shirts, towel wash, bedding etc etc.
Family of 4, 2 children with additional needs.
OH thinks my laundry habits are obsessive but what am I meant to do? Leave the wash basket piled up? Let Dc wear dirty clothes. OH how’s through his Fair share of clothes each day too.
Doing a load a day means I keep on top of it somewhat.
DC have additional needs who are incredibly messy. DS regularly comes home from school covered in mud and his lunch all down his uniform so needs a fresh set every day.
It’s exhausting but surely not out of the ordinary when you have children?
BeBraveAndBeKind · 21/12/2019 17:21
Every day too in a house with two adults and two teenagers. We moved house last year and the kitchen has a fitted 6kg washing machine whereas we had a 9kg in the previous house. I hate it and can't wait for it to pack up so I can buy one that actually fits a decent amount of clothes.
megletthesecond · 21/12/2019 17:24
Me and 2 tween dc's.
2 or 3 smaller loads a day.
I have to keep on top of PE and gym / running kit. Don't like leaving all my work clothes and school uniform to the weekend either. Far easier to keep on top of it. I like to line dry too so rush more through the machine if it's nice.
sandragreen · 21/12/2019 17:24
When my DC were little I probably did about 5 loads a week including bedding and towels, but they didn't have additional needs 
It sounds about right OP. I do think I managed better once I worked out how to set the timer so the machine finished around the time I came downstairs in the morning, especially in the summer when I could put it all on the line before going to work.
If OH is moaning let him do his own washing.....
YahooGmail · 21/12/2019 17:24
I do think about it sometimes- all the time we spend washing, hanging, ironing, folding, putting away, buying clothes, outgrowing clothes, giving them to charity, buying more. I do wonder if we all had less clothes and washed them less frequently would we have lots more spare time.
It's just 2 of us and a toddler, and one more on the way. I probably do a load every few days. There's always a clothes horse up though
melissasummerfield · 21/12/2019 17:25
2 adults, 3 dc, spend half my life in the utility room 
At least one wash a day, probably averages about 10 loads a week.
I am one of those oddballs ( according to mn) who only wears pjs once, and dc wear a full clean set of uniform everyday 
Wash bedding once a week too 
kemosabeimalive · 21/12/2019 17:26
I’m at least a load a day too. My two boys both have ASD and this seems to be an element for us. DS1 has underdeveloped motor skills and tends to spill when eating then finds the stains upsetting so will change immediately when it happens. He also still has wee accidents both in the day and less often at night which really makes the laundry add up.
Expressedways · 21/12/2019 17:28
We don’t do laundry everyday but will sometimes do a couple of loads one after the other. I reckon we do about 6 loads a week- darks, colours, whites, our sheets, DDs sheets, towels. Doing more than a full load a day sounds like a lot though and like you possibly need more clothes.
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