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?

I gave 4 kids, do 2 loads a day. It never ends.

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.

We do the same & agree. What are people washing 2-3 times a day?

At least one load a day, often two or three at the weekend. Two DS. Both very sporty. Football kits, swimming kits plus I think they just roll in mud at school. Plus myself and DH bike to work daily, add in dogs and horses......it's chaos. I much prefer dry warm summer!!

Every day and if I don't I end up with days of 3-4 loads , still have the odd day of two loads and we only have one child!

2 adults & 1 3yo. I probably do 6 loads a week.

Towels get washed after a few days with tea towels and pyjama bottoms the same, so it's not like I'm obsessive, I washed the bed linen last night and realised it was nearly two weeks ago I did it last. I don't know how people do so few loads, do you just bung everything in and not separate whites etc? That's the only way a bigger drum would make the difference for me.

At this time of year, one load almost every day. I don’t have a tumble drier so one load is the limit - that’s all that fits on the heated airer. In summer, when it’s hot, I can leave it a few days and then blitz through a few loads as they dry on the line.

2 adults, one 4yo here, plus one dog, so there are muddy dog walking clothes, grubby preschool clothes, endless pants, and gym and running kit too. Plus sofa throws, bedding, towels, all of that. And every time I start to see the bottom of the two(!) laundry hampers, some bugger puts something else in 😑

No DC here, but we do have a dog and two cats.

I do about six loads a week - colours, whites, DH's work stuff (needs to go on a hot wash), towels, bedding and sofa blankets/throws.

Family of 5, and I do at least 2 loads a day. Not Inc bedding.

My and DH have a 1 year old. I work 3 days a week. I do laundry the 4 days I'm not working. Sometimes it gets a bit on top of me though!

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

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

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.

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

It's never ending!

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!

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

2 adults and 3 DC here.

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.

1 or 2 a day

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.

I do average three loads a day. Family of five

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

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.

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.

One load a day for 3 adults

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)