Do you separate your Los laundry?

blushingbride_08 · July 2014

Now that I'm expecting baby #2 I'm thinking of separating my ds and dd laundry. Mostly bc I think it will be easier to sort and put away.

dizzycooks · July 2014

If by separate you mean by color, I do if I need to complete a load I am putting in. Generally though I toss it in wherever I have room. Unless it's a swim suit because I have learned that being pink swim suits bleed, badly.

MamaKct · July 2014

I separate nothing. Kids from adults, colors from whites, it all goes in together. I do try to do sheets and towels separate but even that doesn't always happen.

penguingrrl · July 2014

I separate everything by white, light, dark or linen, but adult and kid laundry all goes in together. I did do the kids separately when they were newborns, but by the time they were each about two months old I stopped that. Too much work and since we were using coin op laundry it added unnecessary extra costs.

Aussie45 · July 2014

raraavis28 · July 2014

The boys have a laundry basket in their room, which usually ends up amassing one light and one dark load each week, so it actually is easier to do theirs separately. I'm sure that will change in the future, though.

sunnydays99 · July 2014

When dd was first born I washed her laundry separate from DS's. After a few months it just seemed like more work than it was worth. Now I do them together and it's not a hassle at all. I like getting it all done in one shot.

spring_time · July 2014

I do the kids laundry separate from my own. This is mostly because it is all colored and there is usually enough for a full load. Otherwise, I would throw it in with the rest of the clothes. I do not separate their clothes from each other.

scubagirl81 · July 2014

We each have a laundry basket and I wash clothes whenever they are full, so everyone's clothes stay separate

AKB090609 · July 2014

All of our clothing gets washed together, but loads are sorted by color.

jlpev · July 2014

sunnydays99 said:
When dd was first born I washed her laundry separate from DS's. After a few months it just seemed like more work than it was worth. Now I do them together and it's not a hassle at all. I like getting it all done in one shot.

This

mandymack · July 2014

I do because Emily can do her OWN laundry from start to finish: she puts it in the wash (I help with soap and settings because she can't reach), transfers to dryer, puts in basket and takes to her room where she folds and puts it all away.

Giving her her own hamper to keep her clothes in makes this super easy!

I do Nolan's separate because his exzema is still so very bad he has to have special detergent for everything. Even if not, I HATE separating laundry, before or after, so washing his separate I know what goes in goes straight to his room.

I'm lazy that way.

DH does all the other laundry in the house and he's so picky about everything, I know he washes towels, whites, darks all separate AND turns all the clothes inside out first to prevent fading from our not-so-fancy center agitating washer.

eaglesfan700 · July 2014

All of the kids' stuff goes in together in one load

Socialworkgirl · July 2014

DD has a separate hamper but usually I just throw her stuff in with ours. I do darks, other colors, DH dress shirts/other dressy clothes (mainly so I know to hang them up immediately so they don't get wrinkled), sheets/towels

jnksmom · July 2014

I separate by whites and colors but everyone clothes are washed together. I have never washed the kids separately.

lala5507 · July 2014

If you mean kids seperate from adults...then yes. Dd has eczema, so I do I do one load of kids clothes in free and clear detergent. Then I wash the grown up clothes (separated by color) in regular scented detergent.

NicoleWI · July 2014

I do baby laundry separately with baby detergent for the first few months. After that it mostly gets combined. Sometimes I end up doing loads of mostly kid clothes just b/c their stuff piles up so fast.

SurpriseAt39 · July 2014

All clothes get combined in laundry room sorted by: whites, blacks, red tones, blue/dark, and if there's enough for it there is a 'pastels' pile.
Bedding is separate, but towels get washed according to colour pile.

We only do full loads. We only do laundry on the weekend.

We do not do children's-only loads. At the end of a week I don't think I'd have a full load of kids stuff by itself.

Ilumine · July 2014

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For the most part, I wash LO's clothes separately. Her clothes get washed inside out, on gentle and in cold water with extra water softener, then I hang them dry.

But I do pull out the clothes that can be put in the dryer; jammies, play in the mud, etc and put them in the general population piles.

I do this for two reasons:

1) I either hand-down, donate or sell most of her clothes as she grows out of them. So I try to keep the wear to a minimum so that even the donated clothes look good.

2) By no fault of MY own, she has a crazy amount of clothes (nana and grammy). She has about 3 weeks worth of clothes at any given time. (it is a crazy amount and we had to give the grandmother's limits)

So I make her go through all of her clothes before I do her laundry, that way she wears all of the outfits. That make enough clothes for her own loads.

Mommy2CB · July 2014

It depends. If each of they laundry baskets is totally full and enough for a load separately I'll wash separately. I actually like that because then I don't have to sort through their stuff after it's dry, that seems like more work lol But if I'm doing a small load I'll throw theirs in together.

I do our laundry, towels, sheets separate.

eaglesfan700 · July 2014

SurpriseAt39 said:

We do not do children's-only loads. At the end of a week I don't think I'd have a full load of kids stuff by itself.

Really? This is so surprising to me, I have enough kid clothes for a full load after three days.

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