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A lot of things change when you become a mother, some expected (so I won’t bore you with those) and some totally UNEXPECTED, like what happens to laundry once you breed.
Are you ready for this? Once you breed, so does your dirty laundry AND it never stops!!!
It’s actually kind of horrifying. I mean, you thought you knew how to handle your laundry, how to stay on top of it or how to run and buy new underwear when all else fails, but once you become a parent, you have to be in charge of the dirty laundry at all times or the dirty laundry will take over your LIFE.
It starts to breed whenever you are not looking, just when you thought you got to the bottom of the hamper you realize that there is really no such thing as the bottom of a laundry hamper; it’s like the mythical El Dorado: a paradise of your dreams that you might catch glimpses of, but never actually get to see for very long.
So what’s a parent to do? Give up, hire out, join a nudist colony? No, you make peace with your ropa sucia, you get all Zen and stuff with it and find a way to simplify the process, to embrace the process and to even kinda sorta enjoy the process.
How you say? Like this:
- Pretty up the place. You are going to spend a lot of time in your laundry room so why not make it a place that makes you smile? My washer and dryer are delightful to look at, I covered them in polka dots so that I always feel peppy when I see them.
- Make it an everyday thing. You know how you brush your teeth every day and eat every day and don’t feel all that burdened by it? Well, if you do laundry every day, the same kind of thing happens; it’s just a quick thing that you do every day without even thinking about it too much and that way it never builds up into insurmountable mounds of mugre. Every morning when I get up, I start a load. Later in the day, I put it in the dryer and when it’s done, I quickly fold it and put it away. Really, it doesn’t end up feeling like much because it’s split up throughout each day for just minutes at a time.
- Set yourself up for quickie success. Have everything you need to use for laundry on hand and within reach. Think things like lingerie wash bags for your delicates, clothespins for things you want to air dry and even something as convenient and time saving as Gain flings! Using Gain flings! cuts down on my laundry time because I don’t have to measure a dang thing; they are pre-measured with just the right amount of detergent, Oxiboost and odor fighting Febreze, plus they work for both colors and whites.
- Above all, keep it safe. Laundry rooms can be pretty and useful, but more than anything they need to be safe, especially if you have kids. Please be sure to talk to your kids about laundry room safety and to store chemicals like detergents out of their reach. It’s also a super good idea to always have the number to poison control (1-800-222-1222) and your pediatrician handy just in case.
And that, my dears, is how I’ve come to terms with my breeding laundry. I’ve made peace with it and I deal with it daily and quickly so I can do more interesting things like go on adventures with my family where we will surely make more dirty laundry.
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I usually do one load during the week and the rest on Sunday!
I do at least 5 loads a week. 2 on Friday and the others on Thursday or whatever day I feel like doing them.
2x a week
Well, today alone I have done about 6 loads. I would imagine, on average, I do about ten loads a week. It is not good when I let it pile up!
I do laundry about 3 times a week!
We do about one load a day.
I do able a load a week.
I do laundry about 2 times a week.
I usually do laundry about every 3 days.
I do laundry every other day. Thanks.
every other day!
I do three loads on Sunday.
Those washing machines are so cute! i usually do laundry all on one day!
I usually do my laundry every Sunday!
I do laundry once a week on Sunday.
Of course my children are grown but we still have a lot of laundry. I try to do mine in one day. Usually about 7 loads. I should decorate my machines!
It’s just me now, so I do laundry about once/twice a week!
I only do one or two loads a week since the kids are grown and out of the house.
I do laundry once or twice a week.
I do laundry about 5 times a week.
One load a week.
2x a week
I do laundry about every other day.
I do laundry every other day
Thanks for the chance to ein
a load a week
a couple times a week 🙂
I try to do one to two loads a day, 6 days a week.
I do laundry every day,I have a hard time keeping up with it.
We (by that I mean my husband) do laundry once a week.
I do about 3 or 4 loads per week.
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I do laundry every day.
Laundry is done every day in this house!
I do about 3 or 4 usually on Friday
I do about 3 loads a week.
I do laundry every other day.
I do 5 to 6 loads of laundry a week
Cathy Truman
I was clothing three times a week. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
i do it twice a week
3 times a week.
once a week
I wash a load everyday!
I do laundry 2-3 times a week, if not more.
I usually do two to three loads of laundry a week!
I do about several loads a week.
I do laundry once or twice a week.
I do all my wash once a week.
I do laundry probably every other day.
I do at least 2 loads a day. I have 8 people living with me, 3 under 5 so it’s never ending laundry,
I do a load every few days and catch it all up on Sunday.
I do one load every other day.. sometimes every day.
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Ashley C
I do laundry a couple times a week!
I do it once a week on Saturday.
I usually do laundry about 4 days a week. Some days i do two loads so i’m guessing i do about 6 loads a week.
I do one to two loads a day
I do it once a week.
I do laundry daily.
i work from home so normally once a week. sometimes twice.
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I do about 4 loads a week.
I do laundry every day!
I do laundry about twice a week. -Taylor D
We do a couple of loads twice a week. There’s just three of us.
I usually do all the laundry once a week
I do laundry almost every day.
i do laundry daily
I do laundry 2 to 3 times a week.
I do it almost every day but some weeks I’ll skip a couple days
We do laundry every day.
I do 3 loads a week.
I usually do 2 to 3 loads a week.
I do laundry about every other day/
I do about one load of laundry per day. Sometimes I can skip a day….
I do laundry every other day. Good thing I have a washer and dryer in the house.
I have a active boy so I do laundry once a day
Usually once a week. Thanks for the giveaway
once a week if possible
I do laundry every other day.
I do laundry about every other day
I do like 5 loads all in one day.. once a week
I have to do 1-2 loads of laundry every day. On the weekends, I usually do 3-4 since I wash bedding as well. We have 5 people in the house, 2 dogs, and I have an in-home daycare.
I do laundry about once a week.
Being my dad’s caretaker, in addition to my family, I do laundry about 3 times a week.
I do laundry 2-3 times a week.
Twice a week…I have a teething baby and a dirty husband. If IU let it go longer than that, it’s a mountain of clothes!!
I do at least 2 loads a day
I do it every other day.
I only do laundry once a week, but then I don’t have children at home.
We do about 6 loads a week.
I actually do laundry almost every day. I do not have a dryer so I hang it all!
I usually do laundry multiple times every day!
we do laundry about 3 times a week
twice a week
I do at least 1 load every day.
Daily..with two kids it piles up fast
usually once a week,
I have two boys, so I feel like it is every, single day!
we do laundry about 3 xs a week , sometimes more
I do several loads of laundry once a week.
I do about seven loads a week.
I do laundry 2 – 3 times a week!
Thank You for the giveaway…we average about four loads of laundry each week, maybe an extra load each week during the summer !
I do laundry every 2 Days
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I like to get it out of the way, so I do 3 loads in a row, once a week.