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?

Family of 4. 2 DC aged 2 and 5
Four loads per week on average.

Three loads a week. Three of us - me, dh and toddler. Even two full outfits and pjs per person per day to wash would only give me enough for that - then towels and bedding. I understand uniforms but what else do peoole wash so much?!

Loads......it'll go down one day.

I’ve got 3 DCs and a DH who works a physical job.
I do at least one load everyday, sometimes 2. But like you, I do a full load white wash once a week, and bedding and towels once a week too. It’s a rare occasion that the washer and dryer are off at the same time

Amanduh my household is the same size as yours and I could probably get away with the same, but on my 9kg machine the only suitable program for the full weight takes something like 3 hours whereas I can do smaller loads on a much shorter eco setting, plus it’s easier to get a smaller load dry. I’m a bit fussy about separating loads too although could maybe improve on that after reading the thread.

Oh and DC3 is in cloth nappies, so I do a nappy wash 2-3 times a week as well, depending on how poopy she’s been

Wash a week for family of 4. It’s a never ending cycle. 6am pegged out/hung on airer before day begins. 6pm all folded and put away (no ironing) and next load on to be pegged out at 6am.
Its boring but at least we have washing machines/tumble driers after all.

About 10 loads a week.
2 adults + 3 children (1 with additional needs and 2 who need to learn you can wear clothes more than once)
I bloody hate laundry. The faffarama of putting it all away...aieee.

I think maybe what some people count as a load is not filling their machine to capacity but sometimes washing smaller loads more frequently for convenience.

2 adults 3 kids & I’m in a routine where I do 1 load every single week day ( got a 10kg machine so big loads) and I do bedcovers & towels at weekends. My DH is ace at other cleaning and cooking but “can’t understand” why I have to do so much washing.

He actually has a degree in maths so I have no idea how he cannot count up the number of pants, socks and shirts we get through per week... never mind all the sports kits and other stuff!

I used to have the machine on every day, sometimes twice in a day. Better than saving things up.

Washing pyjamas and sheets everyday is excessive and makes me wonder what your idea of dirty is. I wouldn’t hesitate to send DN into school with a second day white shirt that looked a tad grey under the collar provided it didn’t smell and looked clean on the outside. Perhaps you need to take some of your DP’s criticism on board and critically look at the necessity of all the household chores you do.

OP
If you put pjs worn once straight into the laundry bin and presumably towels and clothes, then Im not surprised you wash so much .
Pjs alone for a family of 4 is 28 pairs washed per week 😱
Pjs are worn 3-4 days here ,towels hung on the towel rail after use and washed weekly.
Bedlinen -I use a top and bottom sheet and just wash those with pillow cases weekly.
Duvet is then only changed monthly .
Mind you we all bath/shower before bed.
Beds are folded back and windows open to air daily.

I do 2 big loads a week.

One load a day, but I need to do two.

Roughly a load per day, but I'm not dedicated enough to put a load in per day so end up 'catching up'.
Per week:
2 darks
1 lights
1 bedding
1 towels
1/2 nappies/wipes

Family of 3 - one being a toddler who is impossible to keep clean

I leave mine all week and then do about 6 loads on a Friday evening / Saturday morning.

All.the.bloody.time..........

For 2 adults and 2 DC (primary school age) I do 4 to 5 loads a week. There's always at least 2 loads colours, 1 whites and 1 sheets. I really don't understand how others have so much! DS is covered in mud most days, both DCs swim twice a week and play football twice a week and I run 5 times a week and we still seem to have a lot less laundry than some others families. Not being goady, just wondering if I have low standards

These sorts of threads make me worry about the environment more..So many people doing needless washing of barely worn or unsoiled clothing/bedding/towels

6 of us so usually 2 loads every day plus bedding / towels etc.
It is endless

There's 7 of us. Eldest DC 16 , youngest 3 months.I do one wash everyday besides Wednesday. That's one day my laundry basket is empty.

I'm still #teamscuzz for life. If it doesn't look or smell dirty, it's getting used again.

I do one load every other day. I have a 3 year old and an 8 month old in cloth nappies. Can't be doing with the hassle or environmental impact of constant washing.

I do 8 or 9 a week over 2 or 3 days when I'm not at work. 2 adults, a teenager and a filthy toddler in the family. DP doesn't touch the laundry, it's the one chore that is mine and I don't actually mind doing!

When my boys were school age I did 2 loads a day before work and 3/4 on a Saturday .

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland - I feel the same way...