With a newborn in the house, I'm finding I need to do an additional load of washing daily to keep up with her needs. That's her clothes, about 2/3 cloth nappy use (the other 1/3 we are still using disposables, though the number of those we use is decreasing), and all of the many things she dirties in a day, like bunny rugs, sleeping bag, zillions of burp cloths, etc. I just don't like her to be wearing, sleeping in or on something that has been thrown up on, even if it's only a little bit, it's right by her face where she can smell it. And I certainly change her out of anything that gets pooey straight away.

I am slightly staggered by the sheer amount of washing and I feel bad for using that amount of water (I'm in Melbourne, so drought is ever-present). My loads are about 2/3 full, mostly, sometimes fuller. But if I don't wash that often I don't see how I'll get things to dry in time, without using the dryer almost daily too, and that would be even worse.

How much washing did or do you do for your baby? Does it get better or worse from here?