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?

[Babynamechangerr]

Average once a day but usually do two loads (one white, one dark) every other day. 12kg machine. 2 adults 3 dc, including baby (so I wash my clothes Alot more often to avoid smelling of stale milk.

[Timeforachangeofusername99]

2 adults 2 kids, one load a day plus an extra couple a week for bedding and towels. Sometimes I skip a day but then have to catch up and it's easier to do a load a day than run out of drying space if I have to do multiple loads.

[MoonlightMistletoe]

Every other day I have three children however on the weekend I will do bedding, towels etc and a white wash.

[cokehoke]

What are people washing though if doing 3 loads a day?

Like a previous poster I feel dirty too but is because I have loads of clothes, sheets, uniform etc.

I would never wash & tumble dry my jeans after 1 wear (unless dirty) as it destroys them.

[lpchill]

I feel like I don't wash enough from all these comments

2 adults 1 three year old. Dog and cat. In summer every other day in winter 5 times a week- weekdays (as I have a heated airer and dehumidifier and have to ensure the stuff is dry before the next load is on so smaller but more often loads)

Bedding gets washed once a fortnight but one week is adult bedding following week is the three year olds. Towels weekly. 3 year old has fresh clothes daily. One thing that did help was reducing the number of clothes we had. Seems to have made a big impact in our washing amount

[inwood]

Two adults two kids and I probably do 7-8 loads a week but I do it all on a Friday when I'm at home. Definitely don't want to be doing it every day.

[MsAwesomeDragon]

We're a family of 3 and probably do 3-4 loads a week. My child is probably tidier than yours though and can make the same uniform last through a couple of days at least. And I have a scruffy dh who will wear the same jeans for weeks if I let him.

I do think some people wash too often. But if your children get dirty then you have to wash their clothes. So if that means a load of washing a day then so be it.

[KimchiLaLa]

One load a week, two adults and a toddler.

DH wears a white shirt to work mon-thurs, so he has five shirts to cover him.

We have extra sleeping bags in case toddler leaks through nappy at night.

Change PJ's once a week for me, every few days for him, and toddler every few days too. Again, we have extras.

[Marriedtoapenguin]

7-8 loads a week. Smaller machine. Heated airer (godsend).

[zafferana]

at least 8 loads

[zafferana]

I do at least loads per week (family of four - 2 adults and 2 DC).

3 x bedding
1 x towels
2 x colours
1-2 x whites
1-3 x muddy kit (in rugby season)

[Snog]

One load a day for 3 adults

[TheElfFellOffTheShelf]

2 adults and 2 children. We do a load a day but sometimes have a day or two off. Our washing basket is rarely empty. We don't have a tumble dryer so have to put clothes on the airer and the radiators and we use a spin dryer to reduce drying time. We don't launder all clothes on their first wear either - most things we wear 2 or 3 times between washes unless they're smelly or visibly dirty.

[IndecentFeminist]

Every other day here. 3 kids, two in school and one toddler in nursery. Even then not always full loads. Wash tea towels and cloths (don't use kitchen roll so have a lot of them) at the same time. Do a bedding wash once a week, and towels as well. One white wash at the weekend for kids shirts.

So I guess that does actually average out at one per day, but clothes wise definitely not.

[Mammyloveswine]

All the fecking time...still can never find any socks or matching bloody pjs

[Legomadx2]

I do average three loads a day. Family of five

[TheTinselrati]

One adult 2 children. I tend to let it build up and do it all at once - 3 or 4 large loads, hang on heated drier (in winter), turn on dehumidifier and put away next day.

In summer I switch and do a load every couple of days and line dry.

[Tinytimoteo]

1 or 2 a day

[hiredandsqueak]

Me, adult ds and teen dd here and I put on a wash every day and sometimes more than one when I'm stripping beds, washing throws and cushion covers as I'm doing today.

[EmilyStar]

I generally need to do at least one wash a day to keep on top of the laundry.

2 adults and 3 DC here.

[Megan2018]

Me, DH and newborn in cloth nappies. We have about 11 loads a week, 2 loads most days.
We have big towels and 2 Superking beds so they take up 3 loads, then we use ecloths instead of cleaning products so there is a load for that. I also have a horse and have a weekly load of truly filthy riding clothes that get washed on their own.
Nappies get washed 3-4 times a week too.
It is a lot!

[HavelockVetinari]

personality 2 adults, 1 toddler - I do a load at least every day

It's never ending!

[KittenVsXmastree]

My entire wardrobe fitted in a 23kg suitcase and a tesco bag for life in September when we moved. I have since bought a number of jumpers!
My 2 kids wardrobes fitted in one 23kg suitcase between them. They have since been bought several sets of uniform each, plus jumpers.
If anything I need to do a wash 3/4 full just because we need a certain item, so wash more often because we dont have a vast number of clothes.

[busybarbara]

I do wonder if we all had less clothes and washed them less frequently would we have lots more spare time.

You'd be able to wash less often if you had more clothes not less

[rhowton]

I do roughly 65 million loads a day....