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So, how many loads of washing DO you do in a week, MN??

208 replies

PeeAche2 · 11/05/2022 14:29

Inspired by the poor MNer that is doing 4 loads a day... tell me your laundry schedule.

Mine is very straightforward:

2 children and a cloth nappy baby
1 load per day - put in before bed on an eco cycle and hung out the next morning before work.

If I am ill, drunk or forgetful, my schedule falls behind by 1 day and I give zero shits. "Because I do not exist to do your laundry."

If someone pisses the bed, I am willing to do an extra load. But I will be vocal about it.

OP posts:
CornedBeef451 · 11/05/2022 16:44

I think I do about 3 or 4 a week for me and two DCs but then DH does his own laundry and he seems to do 1 a week. Surprisingly he seems to require fewer clean clothes now he washes it himself.

pointythings · 11/05/2022 16:45

1-2 a week, but it's just me in the house. Obviously it's more if the kids are home from uni, but they do their own.

GrouchyKiwi · 11/05/2022 16:56

Somewhere between 5 and 10 depending on the weather, children's dedication to the mud kitchen, and my level of care about the state of the beds.

2 adults, 3 home-educated children who believe Dirt Is Good, one large fluffy dog.

Thethuthinang · 11/05/2022 17:07

2 adults 1 teen. I do about 6 loads a week of adult/household laundry and 1-2 loads of teen sports uniform laundry. Teen does his own regular laundry but not very often.

BlackInk · 11/05/2022 17:08

2 adults, 2 pre-teen children and usually about 6 washes a week.
We don't wash towels, bedding or pyjamas at the rate lots on here think necessary though!

PorkPieForStarters · 11/05/2022 17:10

Wow, this is eye-opening!

Single adult here and I tend to do 2-3 washes per month, inc. bedding/towels. All colours go in together, my only limit is how much will fit in the machine.

I don't have a tumble dryer and hate having washing hanging about the place when I can't hang outside to dry quickly, so I compensate by having multiples of items. I've got a loads of undies, multiple pairs of the same trousers/tops and quite a paired back wardrobe in general which helps, and I try to only wash things if they're actually dirty. Which reminds me, I need to buy some more trainer socks...

ChuckMater · 11/05/2022 17:14

2 adults, 2 dc (Preschool and baby so no uniform yet)

Atleast 1 load a day mon - fri, sometimes 2 a day
Try to avoid washing at weekends
Plus towel wash and bedding washes

user1471538283 · 11/05/2022 17:20

I do laundry most days usually two loads but more if I change the beds. It is never ending. When we move I'm buying a bigger capacity washer.

Comedycook · 11/05/2022 17:20

Single adult here and I tend to do 2-3 washes per month

Wow...when I lived alone I still had so much washing! I'd have run out of clothes if I had only done two washes a month!

Zemw · 11/05/2022 17:22

2 loads a week of clothes
1 load every 2 weeks of towels
2 load every 2 of bedding

PorkPieForStarters · 11/05/2022 17:25

@Comedycook

Yeah I used to do more then realised I could get by without. This thread is making me think I should possibly do more though!

housemaus · 11/05/2022 17:30

Two adults, no kids.

Maybe 3? A couple for clothes and then one of bedding or towels.

avocadotofu · 11/05/2022 17:34

We do about 10 for our family of three - our toddler wears a lot of clothes and makes gets very messy very quickly.

Notdoingthis · 11/05/2022 17:39

Well the double bed is 1
Kids bed 1
Cats bedding 1
Towels 1
So how do people only do 4 or 5 a week?
I do 10 at least. 2 adults and 3 primary aged dc.

lioncitygirl · 11/05/2022 17:40

2 adults, 2 kids. 3 wash loads a week.

Ninananna · 11/05/2022 17:40

I always sort my laundry into whites, coloureds and darks. Do a load every day, sometimes two loads. Can't get head around terry nappies being laundered with clothing. I always washed these separately on the hottest wash. Just me and DH now and all clothes are changed every day.

ImplementingTheDennisSystem · 11/05/2022 17:43

It's me and DH in our household.
I do 2 loads a week.
One coloured, one white.
When our bedding needs washing (not weekly), I jam it into the white load!

MrsMingech · 11/05/2022 17:48

Family of 5.

We have a large drum and I do about 5 per week.

MrsMingech · 11/05/2022 17:49

Notdoingthis · 11/05/2022 17:39

Well the double bed is 1
Kids bed 1
Cats bedding 1
Towels 1
So how do people only do 4 or 5 a week?
I do 10 at least. 2 adults and 3 primary aged dc.

Your washing machine drum is too small.

MaryShelley1818 · 11/05/2022 17:55

2 adults, 4yr old and 1yr old.
2-3 loads per week, only wash at a weekend.

Me and DH mostly wfh and kids clothes are tiny!

Svara · 11/05/2022 17:59

Comedycook · 11/05/2022 17:20

Single adult here and I tend to do 2-3 washes per month

Wow...when I lived alone I still had so much washing! I'd have run out of clothes if I had only done two washes a month!

If I was on my own I think I could possibly do a clothes plus whatever else fit in wash every 10 days. Would require more careful putting aside clothing I want to wear on certain days and wearing less favorite clothes. I'd have to buy more summer t-shirts.

Yerroblemom1923 · 11/05/2022 18:04

2 adults, 1 school age child - 2-3 loads per week. We don't have a dryer so tend to base our washes on the weather so we can get it out on the line.

CheapFoodShits · 11/05/2022 18:08

I reckon between 5-7. Just me and DS. And the cat, but she tends to wear the same thing every day.

Svara · 11/05/2022 18:09

MrsMingech · 11/05/2022 17:49

Your washing machine drum is too small.

Mine's only 7kg and I can fit other stuff in with my double bedding. Cat foster carer I'm guessing?

Comedycook · 11/05/2022 18:18

I have a big machine...10kg I think.

Sometimes the laundry will be the right amount for one load but it will be a mix of colours, darks and whites so I have to do three separate ones.