15 shirts a week

[theonlygirl]

DS2 starts big school in September, meaning there will be 15 shirts in the laundry each week. DH 5, DS1 5, DS2 5.
no issue washing and drying them but it will be a cold day in hell before I stand ironing their shirts. I don't use a tumbledryer so they all definitely need ironing.

Option 1 - make them iron their own.
Option 2 - drycleaners

Curious to know what others do

The answer rather depends on whether big school means primary or secondary...

This is madness!! Why on earth would you wash dry and iron 15 shirts every week when you're going to be wearing none of them?! WTF you're not the laundry!

He's not reception aged. OP says he's starting "big school" which suggests secondary school and therefore around age 11.

In my house, dh and ds1 iron their own shirts, ds2 has non iron ones that he hangs up to dry on hangers as soon as they're washed.
I don't iron anything if I can help it. I have a fab hand held steamer that I use in anything I have that's a bit crumpled.

Are you kidding??? Secondary school children's shirts stink and primary school shirts get so filthy in a day.

Another vote for m&s non iron shirts - I also just used to put them on a hanger to dry. If they have to wear a blazer you don’t really see most of the shirt anway.

Iron their own. Have non-iron shirts if possible. Could DH work from home some days, he's not being forced into the office by a 'Peter' type boss?

Assuming starting secondary then non iron shirts and the offer of a lesson in how to iron a shirt should they want to.

I thought he was reception aged?

Get your DH to iron them or them to all iron their own, it’s only once a week. Assuming you mean secondary school and not primary, ‘big school’ I usually hear as being primary as it’s a big deal from nursery. Dry cleaners for school shirts because nobody can be arsed ironing once a week seems OTT, but if you can afford it then whatever!

They’re probably all old enough to make all their own packed lunches, get their breakfast, keep the house clean too!

What of it?
What’s with this passing of chores onto young kids (and 11 is young) because a parents can’t be arsed to do it?!

This happens a lot on here! FFs just be a parent and do reasonable things for your kids.

10 a week here in terms of school shirts. I neither iron nor tumble dry!

What’s a Peter type boss? I’m not being awkward I’ve just literally never heard this phrase before.

I can never get away with no ironing, wether I tumble dry, shake them etc.

Shirts look so much nicer when they're ironed.

I bought a steam generator iron which wizzes through them all.

I iron once a week and do it upstairs in peace whilst watching Netflix.

My children’s shirts were usually covered by the school sweatshirt in all but the summer months. They certainly didn’t smell and if they were unmarked with dirt I can’t see why they would need washing? Complete waste of resources. I’m afraid we are going to have to relearn a lot of wasteful habits. If a garment isn’t dirty or stained it can be reworn.

She said Big School. So child is 11

Dirty or stale/smelly that should say.

4 DC here, 5.5 year age gap. I buy a selection of shirts as DC1 wears the right age, DC2 wears smaller, DC3 wears bigger, DC4 doesn't care, all change their minds about which size they want anyway. All boys shirts, not all DC are boys. I wash them, put them on a hanger to dry, then I hang them up in the hallway, they decide which ones they want. Any rogue ones left in the hall I assign to a random child's wardrobe and then have a week of "I can't find any shirts I like" until they are all back into circulation.

Any shirts that look like they would be ironed if I had any standards are advised to be worn under a jumper. Mainly from Asda because they are cheap and less creasy than M&S non-iron. Job done.

Seeing as you don’t wear any shirts I think you can be ruled out. If as you say your husband is already ironing 5 shirts a week can’t he just do the kids at the same time?

but my sons have non iron shirts so we don’t iron them. After 10 mins with their body warmth they look fine.

4 DC here, 5.5 year age gap. I buy a selection of shirts as DC1 wears the right age, DC2 wears smaller, DC3 wears bigger, DC4 doesn't care, all change their minds about which size they want anyway. All boys shirts, not all DC are boys. I wash them, put them on a hanger to dry, then I hang them up in the hallway, they decide which ones they want. Any rogue ones left in the hall I assign to a random child's wardrobe and then have a week of "I can't find any shirts I like" until they are all back into circulation.

Any shirts that look like they would be ironed if I had any standards are advised to be worn under a jumper. Mainly from Asda because they are cheap and less creasy than M&S non-iron. Job done.

I love making packed lunches. Hate ironing. Fashion needs to move on. Pandemic dressing ftw.

Wash and hang up to dry on hangers, they dry fast and creases will fall out. Buy no crease, better still. Have DH iron them - best option

OP, just out of interest, how do you get 15 shirts dry when the weather’s bad?

If you feel the need to iron them, it would cost just as much to bung the lot of them in the tunnel dryer whilst they’re a bit damp to finish the drying off, then fold them whilst still warm. They won’t need ironing.
If your DH wants perfectly ironed shirts, leave him to it!

Ooh a big school meaning divide!

To me its primary to explain to a young child that they go from home or nursery to 'big school' in young children language.

It looks like others use it for secondary presumably because its bigger for bigger children?

Agree! Dh and ds have no iron shirts. I put them on the hanger and honestly in 10 -15min I can iron the front of 10shirts. It just looks so much neater, especially the collars.