To ask how often you do laundry (those with children particularly)

[AG29]

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?

[AlpacaGoodnight]

Usually 2 loads a day

[itchybitzy]

Family of 3 - DS is 3yrs old. I do a 3-4 loads a week at the weekend only. Usually a dark load, light load, towels or bedding and another mixed top up load to get ready for work!

[georgialondon]

Sounds normal to me!

[Gillian1980]

Pre-children we’d do 2 loads at the weekend and that was it.

Now we have 2 children - a 4 year old and a 6 month old - and I need to do a load every day. Or if I’m not able to then it builds up and I end up doing non-stop laundry all weekend.

A 10kg machine and a tumble dryer so it’s not a struggle really. Kids clothes are never clean enough to wear for more than a day. Husband does lots of sports. I probably have less laundry than anyone else in the house!!

[Perid0t]

I do washing once a week. It takes 2 days to do it all but it means it’s all washed, dried and put away over 48 hourS

Can’t stand doing it daily, it feels never ending. And I never have an ‘end’ so I just have a pile or clean washing sitting there waiting to be put away and it drives me crazy. This way it’s hidden in the dirty hampers.

[Wait4nothing]

At least a wash a day. Load before bed, timer to be finished first thing, move to tumble so it’s done by mid morning and then fold either during youngest nap (if not a work day) or during eldests bath/story if oh reads it at bedtime (on work days).
Have 2 laundry baskets - Lights and darks - throw in a colour catcher If I’m worried.
Wear pjs a few days - if they have had a few wears let the kids wear for breakfast so they Dd not get clothes dirty. Kids re-wear jumpers but nothing else (pre-school and messy) - I rewear jeans, cardigans pjs.
It’s never ending!

[Justgorgeous]

Wash every day
Towels, bath mats, dressings gowns, bedding weekly.

Family 5 with 2 rugby players !

[autumnnightsaredrawingin]

2 adults and 2 school age DC. At least a load at day. Sometimes it work etc is full on I don’t, but then it builds up. Sometimes, like this weekend, I have a blitz and do about 4 loads over both days and empty both washing baskets. That feels good!

[Shesellsseashellsontheseashore]

Same, at least one wash a day. 2 if I can face the drying, sorting and ironing. Also family of 4 with 2 children.

[mountainofdreams]

Two adults and one child in nursery. I do at least one load a day. Usually eight or nine loads on a week.

[gigi556]

2 adults. 1 toddler. Usually one load a day!

[mindutopia]

2 adults, 2 children and we do a full load probably 5 days a week. But I don’t really wash anything separately. No whites, no delicates, everything is chucked in together (our school shirts are wisely blue!). The only separates I do are bedding and towels and those don’t get done all that often frankly. Dh does his own though and have no idea how often!

[ipswichwitch]

We average one load a day here - family of 4, DS1 plays football 3x a week;DS2 has asd and he’s always messy, but then wants to get changed as soon as he sees the mess. We are pretty outdoorsy so go through a lot of clothes.

[zdjg]

At least 1 wash a day but tbh I don't understand where it all comes from?!
We have a sickness bug in the house atm and feel like I'm washing constantly! 😣

[Lolwhat]

2/3 6kg washes a day for a family of 5

[Megan2018]

If my baby didn’t vomit on me so often I’d definitely do less. Yesterday was an all time low-2pairs jeans and 3 tops. She manages to miss both bib and muslin and get it all on me

[Catrescue1971]

My mistake (see below). 4 done today!

[Glitteryone]

1 adult & 2 kids here

I do 1-2 loads per day, everyday.

[Catrescue1971]

2 lots a day at the mo but school has just finished and son back from uni. It calms down to 1 a day term time (6 in family and my work means I change clothes daily).

[ClinkyMonkey]

I could do a wash a day easily, but I have no tumble dryer so nothing would be dry before the next wash needed hung up. I just try to get a bit more wear out of things in winter, whereas in summer everything gets dried outside, so it all gets chucked in more frequently. Items like cardigans and jumpers, for example, can be worn more than once if you wear something underneath. My eldest can get a couple of days out of his uniform as he comes home looking pristine. I change his white polo shirt every day though. Younger son comes home looking like he's used his jumper as a handy plate and trousers caked in muck, so his gets changed every day!

[Natsku]

Usually a load a day (about once every 2 weeks or so there's not enough clothes for a load one day) - family of 4.

[DoIhavetobejolly]

Same as you, every day.

If I'm not doing clothes it's towels, bedding etc. I couldn't possibly keep up if I didn't do a load a day.

[fedup21]

doesn’t help we wear PJs to bed and throw them in the wash basket in the morning.

I wouldn’t wash pyjamas after one wear! Is it things like that your DH is saying is unnecessary?

[Phoebesgift]

Do a load every day. 2 kids one with SN. I draw the line at washing clothes on Christmas day though.

[Bonniegirl435]

We have a 9kg machine and do 2 washes a day every couple of wks my as*le daughter will turn up with a few black bags full aswell so the machine if going for a whole saturday. We have 5 kids.