There are 4 kids and 2 adults in our house and I'm doing at least 6 loads a day...
Just interested in what everyone else does, cause I think mine is excessive.
I do 2 lots of towels, swimming and shower (the kids use a new towel with every swim and shower *sigh*), 2 loads of dark clothes, 1 load of whites and 1 load of baby clothes. Every couple of days I will have a few delicates to go through and the sheets as well.
I just can't keep up anymore and seem to be drowning in dirty laundry.
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!
hmm.. i probably average 2 loads a day. Which means 3 or 4 some days, none on another hehe. That includes nappies. All our clothes are washed together. Towels are re-used. Sheets aren't changed as often as they should be :blush:
I do try and do at least one load a day to try and keep on top of it.
First thing I'd do in your situation is lock up the clean towels and only replace the dirty ones every few days! Make sure there's enough towel rails to allow the towels to dry between uses (this is why DH insists on having the heated towel rail on.. else he'd probably use loads of towels too)
Last edited by Liz; January 4th, 2009 at 08:25 PM.
Depends what else I'm doing. When I'm at home on weekends (I work Mon-Fri) I try to get at least 3 loads done. While I was on holidays I think I was doing about 4-6 loads a day.
...and winter can mean more loads too... more clothes more washing. Oh and illness... nothing like a bout of gastro to turn your house into a Chinese laundry within minutes!!!
Yep, that's the key Jodie... gotta have a good sized machine if you have kids... I'm already looking forward to upgrading to an 8kg one! What size is yours?
OMG I'm scared if this is what I'm in for, I would never keep up!! lol.
I only need to was once a week with the two of us at the moment!! lol. I wouldn't fill the washing machine up otherwise!
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How many loads of washing do you do a day?
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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