Daily Laundry For Mom of 4

by Robin
(Maryland)

Taylor says

Robin, as a mother of four, faced a challenge: how to gather up all her kids clothes to wash when she does all the laundry herself?

She uses a method I suggest, having just one area to put dirty clothes, like one or more laundry baskets all together, instead of spread out in each room, when you are doing everyone's laundry yourself.

This saves her time instead of having to gather each person's dirty laundry separately. See her weekly schedule below:

Robin says:

With four kids (ages 21 down to age 5) and a husband I wash at least one load of clothes every day.

Everyone puts their dirty clothes into a hamper in the bathroom, and with 6 of us it fills up quickly.

I generally sort between darks and lights, but have been known to combine everything together if I need to get enough clothes for a load.

I put the load in before I start dinner, and then switch it to the dryer before I go to bed. It is a bonus if I switch it soon enough that it is dry before I go to bed. If so, then I go ahead and fold it and put it away. If not, then I do that in the morning.

If I didn't do laundry every day it would quickly overwhelm me, so this is what works best for me and my family.

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