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

[PeeAche2]

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.

[CatLadyDrinksGin]

@MrsMingech

Your washing machine drum is too small.

Mines 9kg but a superking bedding set fills it so that’s one load. 1x king and 2x double for the kids is another 2 loads. All the towels for 5 is at least 2 loads. Tea towels and cleaning cloths is a load. So that’s 6 before clothes, swimming kit, sports kit etc. Like I say, HOW do people do 4/5 loads per week with adult size kids? You can’t make 6ft teens sleep in a single bed. Using bedding and towels for more than a week is grim as is re wearing school shirts. I can’t make it any less than 15 loads a week.

[Crustyjugglers]

2-3 a week. One toddler, two adults, dog, cat, horse. Arbitrary washing is so bad for the environment!

[whitewashing]

@EileenGC

Me neither. Nor have I washed my dressing gown, ever. It goes on top of clothes - do people also wash their coats weekly? Scrub down the sofas regularly?

You’ve never, ever spilled anything on your dressing gown?

[cliffdiver]

Me, DH and 2 primary DDs

1 loads of kid's clothes

1 load of whites

1 load of my clothes

1 load of bedding & towels

Plus whatever DH does, probably 2 loads

So, 5/6 loads per week.

[Amoozbooze]

@PorkPieForStarters

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...

Me too! I'm shocked by these! I can't imagine separating underwear, teatowels, adult darks, toddler darks, bedding. I am a lone parent with a toddler and do one or two washes a week. I only wash things that are dirty, otherwise hang it up and wear it again! I swim regularly too, take the towel out and let it dry and use it again. I usually wash tshirts if I've worn it all day but jeans and trousers when they are dirty. Everything goes in together! Pants, tea towels, clothes the lot! I'm more careful with new clothes that the dye might run. I have never caught an infection off my clothes nor a stomach ache from washing knickers with teatowels 😂 separating colours definitely makes sense if you have enough but a lot of these habits are making a lot more work for n reason.

[Comedycook]

Knickers with tea towels..😱

[TheyCallMeMaman]

I don't humiliate anyone who wets or sicks the bed.
I do about three washes per day. We use cloth nappies and cloth wipes.

[familyissues12345]

Probably 7 or 8 a week. Less during school hols as no uniform or sports kit etc

[Svara]

@CatLadyDrinksGin

Mines 9kg but a superking bedding set fills it so that’s one load. 1x king and 2x double for the kids is another 2 loads. All the towels for 5 is at least 2 loads. Tea towels and cleaning cloths is a load. So that’s 6 before clothes, swimming kit, sports kit etc. Like I say, HOW do people do 4/5 loads per week with adult size kids? You can’t make 6ft teens sleep in a single bed. Using bedding and towels for more than a week is grim as is re wearing school shirts. I can’t make it any less than 15 loads a week.

Smaller beds? Teens under 6ft? My 5ft 9 teen is perfectly happy in a single and it's not like he sleeps straight on his back so plenty of room. I don't change bedding weekly as we sleep in pyjamas so it's not grim at all. One bath towel each, in with the clothes wash. Average less than two washes for two people.

[movingon2022]

I have three kids and a full time job and cook dinner from scratch every day. This is what I do on a weekly bases:

1. Clean house- Fridays (once a week)
2. Laundry- Fridays (usually 5-6 loads)
3. Grocery shopping- Saturdays

[LibrariesGiveUsPower]

2-3 a day. Bed wetter and two physical mucky jobs. It’s a lot of work.

[MissChanandlerBong80]

I’m not entirely sure but I’d say 6-7 a week? Two adults, toddler, baby and dog. Use cloth wipes. Sheets and towels changed weekly.

I thought that was a lot of washing until I read this thread!

[QueenCamilla]

3 a week.
Me and DS.

[MissChanandlerBong80]

@Notdoingthis

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.

If you can only fit one set of kids bedding in your machine it must be tiny! We do all the bedding in the house in one wash.

[Lovemusic33]

Me and 2 teens, maybe 4 washes a week, sometimes 5 or 6 if changing bedding.

[Borris]

2 to 3 a week. 1 adult and 1 child (and 1 dog who takes a load)

[1000yellowdaisies]

I do at least one wash per day during the week. I do more at the weekend when I strip the beds/ do towels and bathmats etc. At the weekend i also usually do a wash of other miscellaneous bits like soft toys and cushions from the kids rooms etc..
If i made a concerted effort i could probably do less, but honestly i like doing laundry. I like how clean laundry smells and how my house smells clean with it.

This thread has made me feel good actually as i am always getting told from visitors in a disapproving way how my machine is always on and how my bills 'must be astronomical' 🙄

[ssd]

I'm in Scotland. If its a dry sunny day, ALL DAY, the washing machine is on as much as is humanly possible.

[FlyingPandas]

@cliffdiver

Me, DH and 2 primary DDs

1 loads of kid's clothes

1 load of whites

1 load of my clothes

1 load of bedding & towels

Plus whatever DH does, probably 2 loads

So, 5/6 loads per week.

See this is the kind of mad MN logic I don't understand.

"One load of bedding and towels."

For a family of four? Per week? Assuming you and DH share a double and your primary DC have a single bed each, and you are changing towels and bedding every week, are you seriously saying that you can fit
one double duvet cover
one double bed sheet
two single duvet covers
two single bed sheets
four pillowcases
four bathtowels
plus handtowels

into ONE washload? You must have the world's biggest washing machine!

I do three lots of cycles for the bedding alone:
DH and I a kingsize (one cycle)
Eldest DS (17yo) a small double (one cycle)
Younger two DSes a single each (both in together on one cycle).

5 lots of towels plus handtowels and bathmats are another two cycles.
Guinea fleeces are another two cycles (cage is too big to be able to fit all fleeces into one cycle).

So that's seven cycles before I've even got onto normal clothes, sports kits and so on.

I can easily do an average of 2 loads per day with five in the house plus the pets!

[ssd]

I mean, the sun came out here about 4pm and i did 2 washings quick style.

Needs must and all that. The only thing i noticed about the ops first post was the cavalier way she had the balls to hang out her washing in the morning AND GO TO WORK 😳

She must have nerves of steel. And not be Scottish.

[Catcrazy83]

6
darks, light and wool/hand wash on Saturday
pets/cleaning rags Sunday
beds once in the week & towels once in the week, depending on weather. Refuse to do anymore. Worse chore. It anyone needs stuff sooner they have to sort it

[Jellycatspyjamas]

I do 4/5 loads a week. One for each of the kids, a light and a dark for DH and I and one of towels and bedding. Depending on the kind of week the kids washing does one load between then or I’ll not need a lights wash.

We have a 10kg drum which holds loads and enough sets of uniform to do one washing a week, I refuse to do multiple washes in a day.

[IncyWincyGrownUp]

At least one per day. Two children in school uniform, one adult in work uniform, and me. There’s towels, bedding, and one dedicated white wash.

Thank fuck the weather is supporting line drying right now.

[TheKeatingFive]

Knickers with tea towels.😱

what do you think will happen? 😂

[TheKeatingFive]

In answer to the question. 4/5 a week. Family of 4. I absolutely could not be arsed with lots of different kinds of washes though.