How often do you wash your LO's clothes?

Miller238 · April 2011

Do your LOs wear their clothes more than once before washing, or do you wash them after each time they wear them?

I am making a packing list for our Florida trip coming up, and I was using a checklist I found online to help me pack. It said to bring two pairs of pajamas for the baby. I only let Katelyn wear clothes one time before washing, so two pairs won't cut it for me. I was just wondering what everyone else did.

Missbollinger · April 2011

Wash after wearing once, have you seen my toddler eat?

Ttimes3 · April 2011

We wash after each wear. Do you have a W&D in your unit?

firegirlkorb1 · April 2011

I only let Marissa wear hers once as well before washing.

Mrs.Cooley2bee · April 2011

Usually wash after every wear because my kids are both pretty messy. Sometimes PJs get worn more than once if they don't get peed on :0)

KristenBtobe · April 2011

My kids are slobs. I wash everything after one wear. Except occasionally jeans or sweatshirts/cardigans.

Miller238 · April 2011

Ttimes3:
We wash after each wear. Do you have a W&D in your unit?

Yea, we do. I don't want to be doing small loads every day though.

futuremrs.inman · April 2011

Ditto KristenB

Ttimes3 · April 2011

Miller238:

Ttimes3:
We wash after each wear. Do you have a W&D in your unit?

Yea, we do. I don't want to be doing small loads every day though.

For some reason, we usually always do at least two loads, each day - even if we were just doing towels, bathing suits, etc. I really hate bringing home dirty laundry, though. I'm strange like that.

Klmorgan83 · April 2011

I wash pajamas after every wear, same with most shirts and pants. As long as they don't get messy jeans will go a bit longer because he's only got 1 pair that still fits him.

Jessica&Brett · April 2011

I put him in the same PJ's for a couple nights as long as he doesn't pee through - clothes I wash after one wear though. Sometimes hoodies/jackets he wears more than once as well.

ryry1977 · April 2011

For pjs I let him wear them 2xs before washing (that is if I change him out of them right away in the morning). Most things he only wears once before washing otherwise. Maybe jeans 2xs, depends on if they look dirty and swim trunks I will hang out to dry and let him wear the again.

KYmama9286 · April 2011

Wow-- I must be a slacker. Nicholas will wear his clothes until they are visibly dirty. Usually for his everyday clothes he can really only wear them one time before they are so filthy that it would look like neglect if I let him wear them again. As for jammies....I let him wear the same pair for a few days in a row. They sometimes get a little messy w/ food around the collar but quite honestly I dont do laundry often enough/have enough pairs for him to wear a new pair every night. Plus its not gunna hurt him to wear something a little messy.

When we go on vacation for a week this summer (to the beach) I will probably bring 1 outfit for everyday plus 3 extra outfits in case he pees/poops through an outfit for some reason or gets one REALLY gross. I will bring probably 2 pairs of PJs, 2-3 bathing suits so they have time to dry and thats about it.

Realistically I could probably bring less than that since my sister is bringing her 3 boys and with all of us staying in 1 house I am sure she will run the wash daily...or not since I know she lets her kids wear dirty clothes too Stick out tongue

sistrkate · April 2011

Mrs.Cooley2bee:
Usually wash after every wear because my kids are both pretty messy. Sometimes PJs get worn more than once if they don't get peed on :0)

This is exactly what we do. Tyler can wear pjs more than once but not usually more than twice, although his diapers are leaking a lot lately. I would probably take enough to wear everything once, and then at least you have the W&D for backup if you need it.

curlypie1 · April 2011

We wash after every wear except something like a hoodie sweatshirt or a sweater that is worn over another shirt.

jerseygirl81 · April 2011

skyllingstadl:
Wow-- I must be a slacker. Nicholas will wear his clothes until they are visibly dirty. Usually for his everyday clothes he can really only wear them one time before they are so filthy that it would look like neglect if I let him wear them again. As for jammies....I let him wear the same pair for a few days in a row. They sometimes get a little messy w/ food around the collar but quite honestly I dont do laundry often enough/have enough pairs for him to wear a new pair every night. Plus its not gunna hurt him to wear something a little messy.

Me, too! I always wash his shirts after one wear, because they're always pretty messy by the end of the day, but when it comes to jeans and PJs, I let him go until they're obviously dirty.

mag2point0 · April 2011

Every day clothes - wash after every wear, pretty much.

PJs - wash after 2 or 3 wears.

Sweatshirts/sweaters - wash when visibly dirty/smelly

Meg41208 · April 2011

We wash all of her clothes after one wear. PJs she sometimes wears twice because if she sees the Elmo PJs, she wants to wear the Elmo PJs.

cops_wife · April 2011

curlypie1:
We wash after every wear except something like a hoodie sweatshirt or a sweater that is worn over another shirt.

This is us too. However, on vacation I will make an exception for jammies. At home, she often hangs out in her jammies for a while in the morning and eats breakfast in them. On vacation, she usually doesn't wear them as long, and if we're going to be gone for a week, she often doesn't have seven pairs of weather-appropriate PJs, so she wears some twice.

Moesten · April 2011

Everyday clothes get one wear.

Jeans, hoodies, sweatshirts, sweaters get a few wears until obviously dirty.

Fresh PJs with every bath so they get one, maybe two wears depending if she skips a bath.

l.m.k. · April 2011

Everything Nora wears gets washed after 1 wear except pajamas. If she only wears them while sleeping (no playing on the floor in the morning, or breakfast, etc) and they don't get spit-up or poop on them, they get worn twice before washing.

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