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2 loads for DS4
1 load for the boys (2 teen boys and hubby)
1 load for the girls (me and daughter)
1 for towels
1 for bedding

3-4 a week. 2 adults and 1 toddler.
2 mixed loads.
1 whites every 10 days or so
1 of either towels or bedding.

Around 10 probably for 5 of us. 6 regular washes, another 2-3 quick washes that DD does to wash uniform or something she's forgotten to put in the wash, and 2ish of other stuff - bedding etc.

err lots.. minimum 1 per day sometimes 3 or 4. There are only 3 or us but DS is an extremely mud loving child so uniforms, coats and waterproofs always need washing. We have horses so we always have muddy clothes. I also wash the bedding once per week. I use the 15 minute wash quite often too to refresh my work trousers, or get rid of knees in skinny's.

Usually 5/6 washes a week. Me, dh and (very messy) toddler ds.

There me, dp and ds and I must do about 6/7 loads . My ds is only a baby and enjoys vomiting on most things especially me, so I'll end up going through a couple of changes of clothes a day as well as my son.
Dp just dumps stuff on the floor and I just bung it in the wash, sometimes I'm not even sure he's worn it
Change the beds every week and use clean towels every day so it all adds up. Can't stand the thought of dirty towels and sheets.

2 adults and 2 DCs including DS who plays football 2-3 x weekly.
Washing machine seems to be on constantly
All beds changed Mondays - 3 loads
Towels 3-4 x weekly (think dirty footballer)
Uniforms x 2 weekly
General clothes 4-5 x weekly
I love a day when l can get it out on the washing line to dry.

I usually do 2 white washes (school shirts plus all our towels & most of our bedding is white), 2 dark washes and a coloured wash. There's definitely more in the summer with beach/swimming towels & costumes plus generally more outdoor play not to mention the dreaded cricket whites.

Minimum of 7 loads each week, at least 1 wash each day.

I do at least 2 loads most days so upwards of 14 a week. There are 2 adults, 3 boys and a dog here.

I do from 3-4 loads a day just to keep up with my large family, the basket is never empty and my washing machine is almost always on to provide my home of 7 people with a constant supply of clean clothes.

Then it's all tumbled and thrown in a heap until it makes it to their cupboards
We don't iron in this house, the tumbler takes away all that needless hard work!

There's 3 in our family. Dh, me and our 14 month old. We use the washing machine every other day.

2 adults plus dog - I wash every other day. So clothes, then towels, bed linen, back to clothes again, then dog bedding and his towels.
I only use powder, never liquid or fabric softener, but I do like a capful of Zoflora added.

I'm trying to reconcile this this thread with the 30 pairs of pyjamas thread - presumably not the same people posting

I do on average a wash a day, so 7 per week (a bit more in summer), and it's not quite enough (and that's with wearing clothes more than once where possible). I line dry where possible (it is possible ten months of the year down south).

Family of 4 - feels like I never stop washing and the piles don't get any smaller either!

We only have a small machine 6kg - in our rented house at the moments so at least 2 washes a day with maybe 3 on a Saturday. I would say easily 15 a week and seldom get round to doing as the bedding as much as I'd like to.

The washing machine is used more now than when my son was a baby!
1 load towels
1 load bedding
1 load whites
1 load dark
2 loads mixed coloured- mostly grey
1 load dirty sport wear

Plus each load gets extra rinse at least twice

Too many! There are 2 adults and 2 kids (the oldest is 3) in our household and I still do around 6 washes a week!

My husband works outside so he wears eleventy million t-shirts a day this time of year , that combined with a crazy 3 year old and a weaning baby means I only see the bottom of our wash basket for minutes before its loaded up again!

2 adults, 2 pre-teens.

I tend to wash 2 days a week doing
1 dark
1 whites
1 jumpers
1 sheets/towels
each time.

So altogether about 8 washes a week.

two loads a day plus extra at weekends

Myself, DH, DS (5) and DS (2) at home and do about 5 loads of washing a week- usually one light load and 4 mixed/darks

around 4

2 loads per day either 1 white or 1 dark plus a sports kit load. Weekend is approximately 3 per day, towels, bedding, more sports kit and general clothes. There may also be a wool wash once per week. Sounds a lot but there is 5 of us and kids do some sort of sports everyday.

5 of us, a wash most days!

4 a week for me, husband and 11 month old son.

10kg washing machine and I do 3 washes a week -- could definitely do more. So much!!