https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:53:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash/page/2#post-2316661 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:55:50 +0000 BadgerMom 2316661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My new system for everything is simply "do it." I'm a TERRIBLE procrastinator and I used to just let everything slide especially laundry. For the last month I told myself I was going to just do it. So no when the hamper is full I just do a load, and then when the washer is done, I move it to the dryer, and when that's done I put it away. No more, "I'll get to it later." I know it sounds stupid, but it has really made a difference! And it really doesn't end up taking as much time as I've convinced myself it does in the past. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316655 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:52:25 +0000 Bluebonnet 2316655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a load of laundry on most days. I WAH and my kids are in school, so I try to do laundry in between conference calls, which makes it easier on nights/weekends.</p> <p>Fridays - during the day I wash my kids clothes. Friday night - I wash nap mats so they are ready for school on Monday.</p> <p>Weekends - DH does his laundry </p> <p>Tuesdays - our cleaning ladies come and I wash towels and sheets so they can fold/put away.</p> <p>I do my laundry on Mondays or Thursdays and sometimes I do an extra load of kids clothes mid week if there are thing that are particularly stained.</p> <p>Our washer also has a delay start. I usually put my clothes in at night, set the timer, wake up, put the clothes in the dryer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316539 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:25:23 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2316539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reyorra: @Mrs. Bee: same. There are times when I need to do some laundry during the week, but I prefer to do it all at once on the weekend, so I can actually feel like I'm "done" with it at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316492 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:24:06 +0000 skipra 2316492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to do 2-3 loads a couple times a week. I change all the sheets and get towels etc together over the weekend and wash them all Monday morning. I fold during nap and bedtime and put away either in the morning or during bathtime. I hate doing laundry on weekends so I always have a lot on Mondays and then whatever is left over and newly dirty stuff is washed Thursday or Friday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316470 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:03:45 +0000 snowjewelz 2316470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually just do it... But lately we've been having difficulty getting the stuff out of the dryer and putting clothes away! The main issue is DD naps and sleeps on our bed, so if she's sleeping, we can never put the clothes away so they end up sitting in the dryer or folder but in our basket for days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316433 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:43:49 +0000 LuLu Mom 2316433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do one load a clothes a day, between the four of us it's a full load. I try to have all the clothes done on Thursday so that way Friday night/Saturday is left for sheets and towels. By doing one load it's less of a hassle to put away/fold so I just do it automatically. If I don't, it sits in the laundry basket for a week ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316432 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:43:40 +0000 LuLu Mom 2316432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do one load a clothes a day, between the four of us it's a full load. I try to have all the clothes done on Thursday so that way Friday night/Saturday is left for sheets and towels. By doing one load it's less of a hassle to put away/fold so I just do it automatically. If I don't, it sits in the laundry basket for a day ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316410 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:30:49 +0000 mrsrain 2316410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: yep, the guest bed is the default laundry shelf. 😬 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316399 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:18:50 +0000 Alivoo01 2316399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do my laundry on Sunday since that's usually our least busy day. Plus, DH is home to help keep DS occupied so he's not unfolding all the folder clothes.</p> <p>I wash mine and DS's clothes together, while DH does his own. That seems to help a lot bc I don't feel like I'm doing a ton of laundry! We wear very little whites so I don't have to separate my laundry so that helps also! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316386 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:10:13 +0000 blackbird 2316386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, my husband and I split it, which helps significantly. We probably each do a load of our own clothes....and then a load or two of the kids', plus a load of towels and diapers. I bring stuff upstairs and dump it out on the floor with my kids next to me. E tries to "help" so i let her help me sort and then i fold and hang in the room I'm in. We usually end up doing most of it on the weekends and overnight during the week (and my husband watches football in the basement on Sundays, so he's always flipping loads over!) and then there are a couple of weekday loads that get done--I have two sitting at the top of the stairs right now. Oh and I folded a load this morning before work. If there's a LOT to fold, I dump it out on the coffee table and DH and I sort and fold while watching TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316330 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 06:48:08 +0000 looch 2316330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Laundry is my "thing" so I do a lot of loads over the course of the week, with the majority on the weekend.</p> <p>I have a machine that I can set on a time delay, so I can put in a load of laundry on say, Friday night, and have it begin at 5:30 in the morning so that when we wake up, I can either hang it to dry or put it in the dryer. I will sometimes do a load midweek this way, by time delaying the wash cycle to begin at 3 pm so it is finished by the time we come home.</p> <p>I also have a laundry sorting hamper, I find it helps to keep us organized and this way I trust my husband to run a load as he won't mix things up. This has our whites, lights and darks in it. We have a separate basket for dry clean items and hand wash (mostly things of mine). </p> <p>As for linens, I do only white towels and I am able to do them in our white load. Sheets get washed together in one load on the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316281 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:49:26 +0000 Boogs 2316281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have your system. As much as I've tried to do a load a day, it never works out because I end up with tiny loads. So I wait, then I wait too long and it looks like my house has exploded laundry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316190 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:56:22 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2316190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a ton at once because we live in a building with 3 washing machines. I usually do 6 loads in one day once a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316182 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:51:17 +0000 MrsSRS 2316182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: How many people are you washing for? We're a family of 4 with a big machine, but no way could I do fewer than 3-4 loads a week. One of DH's gross work clothes, one or two for me and the kids, one of towels, and that's the absolute bare minimum and doesn't include linens or outerwear or spills... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316174 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:41:49 +0000 LilSprinkles 2316174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 out of 10 times DH does the laundry. He tends to do it once on the weekend and once during the week. When he was deployed, I would do it on Fridays after work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316169 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:37:40 +0000 Nutella 2316169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find folding and putting it away as soon as it's brought in helps! It's the only way to stop it becoming a mountain. I do one load of LO's clothes during the week on a sunny day so it dries outside. I do DH's shirts that day too, and then our other stuff on the weekend so I have time to do multiple loads. I don't know if this helps at all - but laundry isn't a big deal here. I definitely don't need to do it every day at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316154 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:26:55 +0000 Kemma 2316154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do kid laundry on Tuesday and Friday, adult stuff on Wednesday and Saturday then towels, sheets etc, and anything else on the weekend. I fold the laundry once the kids are in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316149 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:22:06 +0000 Anagram 2316149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our system is that we have no system, haha. My husband washes his own clothes and usually the girls' clothes every weekend. I only fit in like, 3 things right now, so I tend to wash just my own stuff more frequently.</p> <p>But...I suck at hanging up clothes. I don't mind folding, but we really only fold towels and like...undershirts and work out wear. Everything else hangs. So, DH hangs his stuff promptly. And my stuff is never hung because I hate doing it. And sometimes we manage to work together to hang up the girls' stuff, haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316139 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:01:13 +0000 Silva 2316139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I Only work two days a week, so it's a little easier for me, but we have a "wash day" and just run loads all day in Sunday. Then, on Monday morning, I bring a whole mountain down and fold/put away.<br /> In the summer we use our line to dry, and since that takes longer we space it out to a load a day/ every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316131 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:47:53 +0000 Dandelion 2316131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do it all on the weekends. D does his own laundry during the week so that the washer and dryer are free for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316129 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:44:51 +0000 mrsjyw 2316129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a load every couple days and then a big 3 - 4 loads over the wknd (kids, colors, whites, towels/sheets). During the wk I do both kids and our whites together since their colors don't bleed. Helps that I wah! Otherwise shit would just pile up! Dry cleaning dh does on his own </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316126 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:32:05 +0000 MamaChin 2316126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the kids twice a week, once on Thursday cuz that's their last day of daycare for the week and then once over the weekend along with their sheets and towels. Mine and hubs get done every weekend, usually 3 loads - darks, whites, linens. He goes to the dry cleaner every two weeks for work shirts and fancy pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316092 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:15:19 +0000 Jess1483 2316092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is awful, but I don't sort. At all. (Unless we buy something new), so I just toss stuff in the washer until it's full, then start it. It's on our main floor by the kitchen and living room, so I remember to switch. Then I fold when I can or after the boys are down if I haven't gotten to it earlier. I won't wait until the next day, so in always up on it. Right now with a spitty baby and daily swimming lessons, it's every day. Before DS2 and swimming lessons, it was a load every 3-4 days. I wash sheets and towels about once a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316090 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:13:17 +0000 babypugs 2316090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I throw loads in throughout the weekend then fold it all in Sunday night...with a glass of wine and a good show on Netflix, it's almost enjoyable even though it takes a while. Note: kiddo must be in bed for this to work. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316078 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:42:52 +0000 youboots 2316078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually do two days a week of 3 or so loads a week- I fold in the evenings or while watching football. Cloth diapers every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316073 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:36:38 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2316073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I aim to only do 1-2 loads of laundry a week. I'll wash one day, and fold it on a weekend day. </p> <p>How come so many people do laundry everyday? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316060 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:16:08 +0000 Myicitygirl 2316060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I aim to do towels and sheets every friday. Fridays I bring home from preschool my son's blanket and sheet, so I wash those on Friday night, along with the crib mattress protectors. I don't want to scramble on Sunday night to get his sheet and blanket washed and dried for school on Monday.</p> <p>I usually need to wash clothes twice a week, so<br /> I aim for Monday and Thursday. Sucks to do catch up laundry on the weekends. And this way everyone has plenty of clean clothes for the week, and then the weekend.</p> <p>Cleaning lady comes every other Wednesday, so after she leaves I wash the cleaning rags (husband's cut up old t shirts) along with the bath mats (just to fill up the machine). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2316008 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:41:44 +0000 MrsSRS 2316008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: 👍👍 my entire guest bed has been covered with clean, half folded laundry for over a week. And the only reason any is folded is because my mother did it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2315984 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:03:05 +0000 sera_87 2315984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do laundry either Wednesday or Friday (depending) and then on Sunday. Do a load of towels &amp; bedsheets once a week.<br /> I find if I don't fold it right away it never gets done. Our laundry is in a closet off the dining room so I just fold it on the dining room table so it also gets put away immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-system-to-keep-up-on-wash#post-2315981 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:55:59 +0000 Applesandbananas 2315981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for one load a day! </p>