Comments on: Easing Into a Laundry Routine: A Guest Post http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html On the Road to Joyful Motherhood Fri, 25 May 2012 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-52584 Katie Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:26:14 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-52584 <a href="#comment-12392" rel="nofollow">@Paula</a>, That is exactly what I do. One load each morning, a second every other day for my little guy's diapers. My teen does her own as needed. @Paula, That is exactly what I do. One load each morning, a second every other day for my little guy’s diapers. My teen does her own as needed.

]]> By: Claire http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-52583 Claire Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:02:11 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-52583 Wach of us have our own way of making it work. These are wonderful ideas. We do about 2-3 loads a day ,if I can get to it, for our family of 8. My boys use their shirts as napkins so they don't last long. It drives me crazy. So the laundry piles up. I also have one child who doesn't like to fold his PJ's & put them away for the next night. He just tosses them in the dirty pile. UGH! Wach of us have our own way of making it work. These are wonderful ideas. We do about 2-3 loads a day ,if I can get to it, for our family of 8. My boys use their shirts as napkins so they don’t last long. It drives me crazy. So the laundry piles up. I also have one child who doesn’t like to fold his PJ’s & put them away for the next night. He just tosses them in the dirty pile. UGH!

]]> By: Karen C. http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-52582 Karen C. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:56:49 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-52582 We just streamlined the laundry a bit by getting rid of hampers in my children's rooms. I have 3 kids (10, 7, and 3). We are also blessed to have a 2nd floor laundry room. The children are responsible for sorting their dirty clothes in the laundry room every night. With one central pile (well, 3 actually -darks, lights and brights) I can easily see which load is needing my attention. My husband and I sort into a divided hamper in our room and I will add our clothes in when I am running laundry. I do not have "set" days, but in my schedule, I tend to do laundry on Tuesdays and Thursdays...and then a little bit here and there. When clothes come out of the dryer they get folded and sorted into piles by recepient. Socks go into a bin - the "sock graveyard" to get dealt with later on. Often times my 10 year old will ask to watch TV in my room (because her brothers are watching something she doesn't like downstairs) and the "price" to do that is to deal with the "sock graveyard" - matching and sorting. My 10 year old is responsible for putting away her own clothes. My sticking point with my routine is getting the clothes back in the closets of my 3 and 7 year olds. There have been plenty of times that we pick clothes from the clean piles on the counter of the laundry room. Not ideal, but since it is upstairs, not the worst either. Sheets and towels get washed every other Tuesday when the house is cleaned. Other towels (swimming towels, kitchen towels, washcloths, etc.) get their own spot on the laundry room floor and I will throw those in when I get a substantial pile at night before going to bed. I don't like washing clothes every day, so there are some weeks that the piles do get a bit high and I may end up washing 3 loads in a day, but usually I do 1-2 loads two times a week. We just streamlined the laundry a bit by getting rid of hampers in my children’s rooms. I have 3 kids (10, 7, and 3). We are also blessed to have a 2nd floor laundry room. The children are responsible for sorting their dirty clothes in the laundry room every night. With one central pile (well, 3 actually -darks, lights and brights) I can easily see which load is needing my attention. My husband and I sort into a divided hamper in our room and I will add our clothes in when I am running laundry. I do not have “set” days, but in my schedule, I tend to do laundry on Tuesdays and Thursdays…and then a little bit here and there. When clothes come out of the dryer they get folded and sorted into piles by recepient. Socks go into a bin – the “sock graveyard” to get dealt with later on. Often times my 10 year old will ask to watch TV in my room (because her brothers are watching something she doesn’t like downstairs) and the “price” to do that is to deal with the “sock graveyard” – matching and sorting. My 10 year old is responsible for putting away her own clothes. My sticking point with my routine is getting the clothes back in the closets of my 3 and 7 year olds. There have been plenty of times that we pick clothes from the clean piles on the counter of the laundry room. Not ideal, but since it is upstairs, not the worst either. Sheets and towels get washed every other Tuesday when the house is cleaned. Other towels (swimming towels, kitchen towels, washcloths, etc.) get their own spot on the laundry room floor and I will throw those in when I get a substantial pile at night before going to bed.
I don’t like washing clothes every day, so there are some weeks that the piles do get a bit high and I may end up washing 3 loads in a day, but usually I do 1-2 loads two times a week.

]]> By: Frances http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-27315 Frances Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:58:41 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-27315 In my house, we wash most things kids clothes together. We have three children and each of them get their laundry sorted after it is washed and it is their responsibility to fold it, hang it up and put it away. They also fold all the towels in the house. We have to do more than one load of laundry a day to keep up, so I am interested in the 'put everything in the same load' approach. Also, shout color catchers are a lifesaver in this house when clothes have to be washed on warm due to being extra dirty! :) In my house, we wash most things kids clothes together. We have three children and each of them get their laundry sorted after it is washed and it is their responsibility to fold it, hang it up and put it away. They also fold all the towels in the house. We have to do more than one load of laundry a day to keep up, so I am interested in the ‘put everything in the same load’ approach. Also, shout color catchers are a lifesaver in this house when clothes have to be washed on warm due to being extra dirty! :)

]]> By: Noelle http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12933 Noelle Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:55:05 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12933 I also have a family of 4 and laundry gets put away before bed every night. I do one load of laundry probably every other day and we use a hanging rack for a lot of it so it goes into the clean clothes baskets whenever it's dry. I have two baskets for clean clothes on top of my washer and dryer; one for downstairs things and one for upstairs. I bring my toddlers' clothes with me as I walk them upstairs for bathtime and I take 5 minutes after bathtime to teach them how to sort into the drawer bins they are currently using. I bought the low bins for the purpose of teaching them to sort their own clothes so they will know where to get them to dress themselves eventually. My 2 1/2 year old already gets the hang of it and works at her pile while I teach my 1 1/2 year old. My husband usually puts away the downstairs stuff sometime after dinner but before bed. If he is doing baby bathtime and bedtime then I do the downstairs laundry that night. I don't feel overwhelmed because it's not a lot since it's every night and I know that they are learning the steps in caring for their own clothes and helping out. I also have a family of 4 and laundry gets put away before bed every night. I do one load of laundry probably every other day and we use a hanging rack for a lot of it so it goes into the clean clothes baskets whenever it’s dry. I have two baskets for clean clothes on top of my washer and dryer; one for downstairs things and one for upstairs. I bring my toddlers’ clothes with me as I walk them upstairs for bathtime and I take 5 minutes after bathtime to teach them how to sort into the drawer bins they are currently using. I bought the low bins for the purpose of teaching them to sort their own clothes so they will know where to get them to dress themselves eventually. My 2 1/2 year old already gets the hang of it and works at her pile while I teach my 1 1/2 year old. My husband usually puts away the downstairs stuff sometime after dinner but before bed. If he is doing baby bathtime and bedtime then I do the downstairs laundry that night. I don’t feel overwhelmed because it’s not a lot since it’s every night and I know that they are learning the steps in caring for their own clothes and helping out.

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12566 Anne-Marie Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:00:36 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12566 There's 6 of us so laundry piles up fast. Especially when my 2 girls go thru their closet & drawers, changing clothes several times a day. Ugh! Our routine is fairly straight-forward. Mondays & Thursday. The kids have the job of sorting the dirty laundry from our two hampers. They take the hampers to the mud room & sort everything by shirts/dresses, shorts/pants/underwear/socks, towels, and whites. Actually, there is always a whites hamper in the mudroom for the kitchen towels, dining room napkins, and floor-drying towels. Sheets & blankets I do either on Fridays or on an as-needed basis. It's way too much to add this into a regular laundry day. The kids also have the job of changing loads, folding, hanging, & putting most of the laundry away. It's not that I hate laundry, but it's like I always tell them, I already know how to do laundry and don't need any further practice. There’s 6 of us so laundry piles up fast. Especially when my 2 girls go thru their closet & drawers, changing clothes several times a day. Ugh!

Our routine is fairly straight-forward. Mondays & Thursday. The kids have the job of sorting the dirty laundry from our two hampers. They take the hampers to the mud room & sort everything by shirts/dresses, shorts/pants/underwear/socks, towels, and whites. Actually, there is always a whites hamper in the mudroom for the kitchen towels, dining room napkins, and floor-drying towels. Sheets & blankets I do either on Fridays or on an as-needed basis. It’s way too much to add this into a regular laundry day.

The kids also have the job of changing loads, folding, hanging, & putting most of the laundry away.

It’s not that I hate laundry, but it’s like I always tell them, I already know how to do laundry and don’t need any further practice.

]]> By: Mama Laundry http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12545 Mama Laundry Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:36 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12545 <a href="#comment-12536" rel="nofollow">@LoriD</a>, Gosh, that's a beautiful system. I should have had you write my guest post yesterday on WOTH moms and WAHMs starting a laundry routine. ;) -Lauren @LoriD,

Gosh, that’s a beautiful system.

I should have had you write my guest post yesterday on WOTH moms and WAHMs starting a laundry routine. ;)

-Lauren

]]> By: Mama Laundry http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12543 Mama Laundry Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:26:43 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12543 <a href="#comment-12503" rel="nofollow">@Mandi</a>, We are the blessed recipients of many hand-me-downs too. And while it is a HUGE blessing to us (our clothing budget is practically nothing), it is really time consuming. In the beginning of receiving hand me downs, I kept most everything. Now I am pretty ruthless-I give to Goodwill anything that has stains or is just random. Like a random pair of shorts that don't match anything. But hand me downs are tricky. They'll consume your drawers if you aren't careful! And then that adds to the whole laundry routine... :) If you decide to give items away that you don't want or need, just make sure the giver doesn't want them back! This has happened to me before, and it was awkward to say the least.... :) -Lauren @Mandi,

We are the blessed recipients of many hand-me-downs too. And while it is a HUGE blessing to us (our clothing budget is practically nothing), it is really time consuming.

In the beginning of receiving hand me downs, I kept most everything. Now I am pretty ruthless-I give to Goodwill anything that has stains or is just random. Like a random pair of shorts that don’t match anything.

But hand me downs are tricky. They’ll consume your drawers if you aren’t careful! And then that adds to the whole laundry routine… :)

If you decide to give items away that you don’t want or need, just make sure the giver doesn’t want them back! This has happened to me before, and it was awkward to say the least….

:)

-Lauren

]]> By: LoriD http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12536 LoriD Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:11:58 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12536 I cycle the wash each morning before work. Yesterday's load in the washer goes in the dryer; yesterday's load in the dryer goes in the basket; and a new load goes in the washer. I fold everything and take the basket up to the bedrooms level. The clothes are put away in drawers at night when we're picking out clothes for the next day. There's usually an extra load of sheets or winter coats on the weekend, but I'm only overwhelmed by the laundry if I miss a day or two of my routine. We have a sorting bin that my husband made in the laundry room - each hamper-load that goes down gets sorted right away. I cycle the wash each morning before work. Yesterday’s load in the washer goes in the dryer; yesterday’s load in the dryer goes in the basket; and a new load goes in the washer. I fold everything and take the basket up to the bedrooms level. The clothes are put away in drawers at night when we’re picking out clothes for the next day. There’s usually an extra load of sheets or winter coats on the weekend, but I’m only overwhelmed by the laundry if I miss a day or two of my routine. We have a sorting bin that my husband made in the laundry room – each hamper-load that goes down gets sorted right away.

]]> By: Brenda http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/easing-into-a-laundry-routine-a-guest-post.html#comment-12520 Brenda Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:14:27 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=2216#comment-12520 I posted about how I conquered the laundry mountain (part 1 and part 2): http://thetiethatbindsus.com/?s=laundry We have to do two loads of laundry a day and so far we wash before breakfast, switch the load and start another at lunch, switch the last load after our schoolwork. Then we fold in the afternoon and put away before dinner. I posted about how I conquered the laundry mountain (part 1 and part 2):

http://thetiethatbindsus.com/?s=laundry

We have to do two loads of laundry a day and so far we wash before breakfast, switch the load and start another at lunch, switch the last load after our schoolwork. Then we fold in the afternoon and put away before dinner.

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