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Blah. I do a load every day.
Or a load every other day. LO loves to make a mess when she eats lately.

I never noticed a change in our utilities but I was doing a load nearly every day.

Now that we moved somewhere where we pay for laundry and it's down the hall; we do about 2 loads a week and really stretch our clothes/towels!!

I find I use a lot more towels and washcloths for LO. He takes a bath every night, he makes a lot of messes, and cleaning up after mealtime uses a washcloth (1 washcloth per meal (they get really dirty) equals three washcloths a day!).

Also clothes: he does rewear dress shirts and jeans if he doesn't get them dirty, but onesies are never worn more than once. In the early months he would spit up on his clothes so much we changed him about once a day. He had very few NB clothes so we did a load of NB laundry each day to ensure he had enough outfits. Same with 0-3. But by 3-6 mos the laundry amount did go down as he had more clothes and he was in that size for much longer (still is at 8 months!).

There there is the rest of the household laundry, and yours and DH's laundry in addition to the accumulation of towels, baby clothes, sheets and blankets

I do diaper loads 3x a week, and about 4 loads per week (2 cold washes for dark/delicates and 2 warm/hot washes). Ever since she started solids, the laundry has been piling up! Also, my clothes constantly get stains from her grubby hands or spit up.

It's about stains for us. The longer it sits the less likely it's coming out even if I treat it. We also run out of things. They grow out of sizes so quick so we try to only buy what we need, but then we end up needing to do laundry. Finally, 4yr old Dd has favorite dresses she wants to wear and gets very upset if the one she wants is not clean. We do a load every other day and more on the weekend.

Along with what everyone else said, I also find I wash my tops more than normal b/c of how often he spits up on my shirts! Some mornings I go through 3 shirts before I decide it's a lost cause and just wear a spit-up-on'd shirt for the rest of the day :).

He goes through a lot of clothes too, but it doesn't matter so much cause each item is so small! He does go through a lot of washcloths, recieving blankets and the like. Also there are always random baby things to wash like new stuffies, terry cloth teething toys, car seat canopies, etc!

I do about 5-7 loads a week (small washer) -- but that is including cloth diapers, too.

I do one or two loads of DS stuff a week but I find I have to wash my own clothes much more often, before DS I could wear the same pair of jeans quite a few times without washing but now everything gets stained by spit up, drool, poop or snot so quickly. I also have fewer items to wear (nursing friendly) so feel like I need to do laundry more often

I wash diapers every other day, DS's sheets, changing pad cover, etc whenever they are dirty (which is frequently), clothes when they are dirty or sweaty and/or he runs out. DH's get washed when his hamper is full, mine usually get washed when I run out of stuff to wear (which is frequently) or if I can throw a few pieces in DS's or DH's laundry.

@Crumbs: I agree, this is a huge advantage to have a lot of clothes. Typically by the end of the week, I'm like She doesn't have anything to wear. But then I do laundry with a TON of outfits (because you can fit so much in one load) and her closet is full again!

Yeah I'm perplexed by this too and not really looking forward to it. I do laundry once EVERY OTHER week right now, pre-baby. DH has a ton of clothes and I can stretch stuff 2 weeks (though not as much lately with maternity clothes). I can't imagine going up to multiple loads per week -- our w/d is down a flight of stairs, so yuck.

@ladyfingers: this was us too. Except I'd wait and let it pile up and then have to do SIX LOADS in a single evening. Which meant pulling a laundry all-nighter. Haha.

We have SO much more laundry now that DD is here. Unfortunately, we live in an apartment so we have to pay $1 to wash and .75 to dry. We do 3-4 loads about twice a week (the washers are small), and it really adds up. Regular daytime clothes, DH's work clothes, DD's clothes, blankets, towels, etc. We use our towels several times, I wear jeans and sweatpants/pajama pants a few times (DH too), but it still adds up!

@shopaholic: DH and I don't stain our clothes but ds sure stains his!!