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

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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?

Two adults two kids secondary school age.

Average one wash every day.

2 loads a day here too - (family of 4) however I have a baby so sometimes it can be a quick wash for a poo explosion.

Hang on, if two adults and two children stripped off and put their clothes in the machine all at the same time, at this time of the year when you're all wearing jumpers, long sleeves, long trousers/tights etc, then does that make a full load?

What about adding a towel or two, a tea towel or two, a sheet and a duvet cover? Simple maths says you're not going to get down to less than a load a day.

If your OH can't see that then it's time they took on the job of doing the laundry themselves.

So 14 loads

1 bedding
2 hand towels/ tea towels (from kitchen and toilets x2)
1 Bath towels
2 whites
3 lights
3 darks
1 muslins & bibs

I do it roughly by bedroom. There is a laundry basket in each room. When there's a full load in one it gets washed. So dh and I probably generate 1 and a half loads per week. Dd1 has all her school uniform washed every week and the rest of her stuff goes in with the half a load from dh and me to make a full load. Toddler dts share a room and create at least one basket of washing a week, sometimes more. Between us all we generate an extra load of whites once a week. Plus towels, 4 x bedding and extra things like the big door mat, the cat's blanket which are done as and when needed.

Same as you, 2 adults, 2 children and I do a load a day. More if need be. White wash once a week.
If it was left to my partner, it would just build up and up!

Average a load a day. Often more and if I don't for a couple of days (usually when it's crap drying weather) I have to do 2-3 loads a day for a couple of days to catch up.

Young DC, active lifestyle (mud), DH has outdoor job with big overalls he has to wash at home- and can't tumble dry because they shrink then don't fit.

Trying to streamline clothes ownership so there is less to put away!

I have my own business in the beauty industry so usually 2/3 loads a day - my washing machine is hardcore! One wash for family per day and them more of towels etc for business

Multiple times a day! I need a bigger washing machine. There's only 4 of us but with towels, bedding etc it just seems to never end.

We do a load everyday, sometimes two when changing bed sheets etc. I find a shorter setting helps me feel mentally a bit better about it! Do you have a tumble dryer? And don't bother ironing if you can, those would also help it feel less of a chore

1 or sometimes 2 a day. And we hv a large load. 3 people.

I have 2 king size bed linen sets every week which take 3 washes as they dont fit otherwisr and at least one wash a day on top of that. When it's cold and the clothes ate all bulky it's a lot more liafs as everything is so big. DS is 17 and 6'2" so all his clothes are gigantic, DD is a toddler so everything she goes near is filthy!

Family of 3 here, I do laundry 3x a week, including bedding.

2 adults, two tweens. I used to have a laundry rota of:
Whites
Darks
Lights
Delicates/handwash
Towels
Brights
Another load of darks most weeks.

I hate doing laundry, so we changed and now everyone washes their own clothes and coloured bedclothes, and I do the towels and everyone's whites in addition to my own stuff.

Probably a load a day on average. We try and avoid unnecessary washing e.g. if it's not actually dirty or smelly it will get used again. I knew some people wash towels every day but are there really people who wash jeans and jumpers after every use?

I seem to end up washing jeans/jumpers after one use or lots of wears - because the rules are that if you can get the clean on today clothes past the first wear they seem to live a charmed life but the clean on today jumper/jeans are an absolute magnet for food, sticky fingers and mud.

Im always amazed how much washing people do on these threads. Once a day is alot for a family of four

2 adults, 2 DC here. It's bloody never ending and we wear jeans, jumpers, school skirts/pinafores etc more than once! If everything got washed after one wear it'd be carnage. DC1 wears sports kit every day which always needs done. Thankfully I work part time so have time for doing the 10 loads a week.

2 adults and 2 young children in our house, I do a load of washing pretty much most days. I’d rather stay on top of it than waiting for the basket to fill up.

Every day. Sometimes twice. 2 adults and 2 children. Husband thinks I'm obsessed with washing... He says I LOOK for dirty washing... Yeah cos I love it so much

2adults, 2 young children. Average about 1 wash a day. We do use reusable wipes and wash T towels, kitchen cloth and hand towels every day, which get thrown in with the clothes washes. Bedding only done every couple of weeks, but we go swimming every week which again adds another load or so as I like to wash the towels as they get trailed along the filthy floor in the changing room etc.

Daily here. Theres always something, on the days I dont need to do normal clothes, I'll need to change the beds or towels. (I only do those once a week)

My children are messy things.

Family of 4, we do 4/5 loads a week. We have a huge drum though, strongly recommend that.

I think people make work for themselves though. Washing pjs after one wear is just wasteful.

At least two loads daily. I do my best to stretch wearing things. (Pyjamas last a couple of days, same as towels) but there's 4 kids and myself, one of the kids is a toddler who prefers to wear her food and seems to become filthy five minutes after she's dressed for the day and the pre teen is a muddy football playing lad so my washing machine always seems to be on the go 😊

Not often enough - we should probably be doing a load a day but just not organised enough. I'm just back to work from mat leave and DP is a new SAHP so we're still finding our feet. Agree not to let it build up!