We have 5 and I can normally do a load a day, but it would be 2 x half loads. with clothes and towels.
We also have clean towels for every shower/bath that happens can't stand to hang them up and reuse later.
I don't seperate my darks and whites though, they all just get thrown in together. If i buy something new where I think the colour may run then i do a seperate handwash first. We don't really where a lot of "light" colours anyway, having 4 boys in the house
How big is your machine, we have a 7.5kg. Upgraded from a 5kg when we had Ashton.
I don't think the next baby will add too much to the washing except in nappies, I can see another 2 loads of nappies a week when he goes into the MCN's.
Wow, is this what I'm in for? I don't have enough washing to even come close to doing one load a day - okay baby's not here yet...but this thread has scared me! Towels for the shower don't need to be washed after one use! You are sparkling clean when you use them!! I wash mine after 3 showers.
Most times I struggle to fill the machine and feel bad putting on a load coz of the water wastage!
Jeepers.. i dont do nearly as much as you all.
I wash every 2-3 days.. sometimes even longer. Just depends when im home. I just try to get a full load each time to save water and electricity. But on those days that usually just consists of whites and baby clothes.. darks.. colours. I'll then do sheets & towels maybe every 1-2 weeks.
With 1 adult, and 2 kiddies, I think I average about 1 load per day. (though I usually let it build up, and then do 3 or 4 in one day, or as needed).
I'm another that doesn't wash towels after each use, and should probably wash sheets more often LOL.
i tend to do two a day, one of clothes (i just dump in all our clothes from the previous day) and usually one of tea towels/floor towels/hankies and facewashers - this one is not an overly large load, but i do try to do it everyday, so that i dont get an overflowing basket.
i cringe at the thought of washing towels after each use you're clean when you come out of the shower, then hang them up to dry... i change ours once a week, usually thursday, then i change all our bedding on saturday/sunday
I'd say I do about 1 load a day on average but sometimes that means 3 loads in one day.
We have two adults and one toddler.
I'm with you Hollye - I reuse towels because you're clean when you dry yourself so in theory they're just wet, not dirty. When DSD lived with us she was a bugger for getting a new towel for each shower so I ended up giving her two towels and hiding the rest in my wardrobe.
But yep, I don't wash sheets, doona covers nearly as much as I should.
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I don't have enough washing to even come close to doing one load a day - okay baby's not here yet...but this thread has scared me! Towels for the shower don't need to be washed after one use! You are sparkling clean when you use them!! I wash mine after 3 showers. 
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