Laundry - help i'm sinking

[QueenFeastAtChristmas]

I had it down to a fine art of 2 loads a day and put away IYSWIM till DC3 came along now I feel i'm drowing. Please has anyone got any tips on keeping the amount of washing down and getting it done?

I have stopped washing absolutely everything after being worn only once. I was really bad, especially ds' jeans, they really didn't need washed after only a couple of hours wear. That has helped cut down the washing immensely.

I also invested in a pulley clothes airer, hang a load before I go to bed at night and its dry in the morning (in a really warm cupboard though).

Also I have started putting stuff directly into the washing machine rather that in the basket, ie in morning its darks straight in the machine, whites in the basket then other way round in the evening.

HTH

ooh thats a good idea - every night I have a load off my childrens backs! Sadly they are almost never clean enough to use again so straight in the washer from now on.
Have a drier so thats not too bad thankfully (although it is complaining from overuse )

I don't have that much washing as it's just me and DS but I am rubbish at remembering to do it so it builds up anyway - what I find helps is sorting as I go so having 3 laundry baskets (one light, one dark, one "difficult" ie things that need to be washed hot like dishcloths and things that need to be washed on delicates and new things which I think might be more likely to run than other things)

And not washing stuff after one wear - I will only wash stuff if it's visibly dirty or has begun to smell a bit stale, although with a baby of weaning/crawling age I have been known to think "that's not dirty enough to bother washing" and if an item of baby clothing is simply wet (ie dribble, leaky nappy) I will hang it up and let it dry rather than washing - they look clean when dry and will only get dribbled on again anyway. If I think something has been weed or dribbled on a few times or it's starting to look grubby then I do wash that too.