Laundry Schedule (And Organization) For Mom Of 6

Laundry Schedule (And Organization) For Mom Of 6

by Taylor
(Household Management 101)

Do You Have A Laundry Basket In Every Room?

Every household manager needs to figure out a laundry schedule that works for their family.

I found this family's laundry schedule recently on the web, and wanted to share it with you.

It is a family of 8, with 6 kids ages 11 to 1.

What has worked for this Mom of 6 is to give each person a laundry basket for their room, and then also assign each person a laundry day.

Doing each person's laundry separately makes it easier for her to know whose clothes are whose, so it is easier to return them to their rightful owner at the end of the laundry cycle.

I generally recommend that when you have small kids that you don't need laundry baskets in each persons' room, and to wash all the clothes together because you can sort laundry into big enough loads easier.

She has done the exact opposite -- but it works for her, so I say go for it.

There is more than one way to get your laundry in order, and no way is right or wrong. What matters is whether it works for you.

To see this Mom of 6's full plan for laundry organization check out Simply Grand Central.

She also has a great tip on how she got rid of her dressers to better organize all her kids clothes.

Photo by tandemracer

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Laundry Schedule (And Organization) For Mom Of 6

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Great ideas!
by: Anonymous

Growing up (I am 20 now and read these sites to learn how to maintain a house of my own) my mother had given my two other sisters and I a laundry basket in our room and we each picked one day a week and washed our own laundry. She started teaching us really young and around the age of 10 we were almost doing it all on our own. If we needed clean clothes it was all on us and I really thank my mom for it now because I am living with my fiancé and his mother did his laundry till he moved out 2 years ago (at 21) and he is hopeless with things like cleaning and laundry. We just got our first home a town house and I have taken the Home manager role and I must thank all the women who blog and really provide help because this is so new to me having to really take care of a whole house rather than a dorm room or small apartment.

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by: Overwhelmed Working Mom

Hi Taylor, thanks for stopping by. Always great to meet another working mom in the blogosphere- esp. one in the legal field! Your site looks great and I am adding it to my blogroll....I'll come back and visit soon -looks like there is lots of good stuff here!

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