So, have any of you ever wondered what would happen if you accidentally threw a pull-up into the washing machine? Wonder-no-more!
You know those little silicone-like-beads that come out of a diaper that has gone swimming? Yep, a combination of those beads and lint becomes imbedded on each and every article of clothing in the washer. And FYI, it's not enough just to run the wash cycle again to get everything clean. You must take everything out, shake as much of the sticky beads out of each individual piece of clothing as is humanly possible and THEN run the washer a third time in order to have clothes free of pull-up remains.
Now I'm really behind on the laundry--it did me in to wash one load three times.
On a side note, I used to do laundry just one day a week. A huge mountain of laundry, but at least I only had to do it once a week. Four kids made that entirely impossible, so I try to do a little each day. I'm pretty good at getting it all washed, but folding it is another thing entirely. But I just copied an idea from my sis-in-law and put a 5-shelf storage in the laundry room. Now I try to fold the clothes as soon as they come out of the dryer instead of piling them in baskets to fold when I have some free time (ha-ha). Every member of the fam has a 1/2 shelf where I put their folded clothes and I throw all the socks in a basket for the kids to fold. I still have a mountain of laundry to deal with, but it seems so much more manageable.
So, what are your laundry secrets? Tips? Anyway to make it disappear?
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Yikes, I hope that never happens to me. I don't have any laundry advice, I can't keep up with our laudry and we only have 1 kid!
My laundry mountains always get the best of me too! I have experienced the pull-up in the wash too! I had to laugh, I am still laughing...although when it happened to me I was not laughing. I really like your idea about folding the clothes right as they come out of the dryer. I'm going to try this one and then I might stand a chance.
That is WAY worse than the Kleenex on fleece I was just complaining about.
I still do the one day a week thing. It's exhausting. I don't mind the folding, washing etc... for me it's putting it all away that I struggle with. I have never done the pull up- but what really makes me mad is when I dry something that can't be dried and it gets all weirdly shrunken and ruined. ARG!!! The laundry wars continue!!!
Funny you should mention pull-ups in the wash, I just had that happen yesterday, and I too gave up after washing the same clothes over and over. I wish I didn't relate to that story. My laundry secret is I don't fold, everything is seperated into piles and people have usually used up what was in the pile before I get it put away. Probably something I should work on but hey it's worked so far...
Jen Boswell
I am dying for you! Ughhh! What an experience. I must remember that for when we have pull-ups in our house once again. You are a great story-teller by the way. I like your laundry idea. My biggest secret is to limit the amount of clothing. My kids are allowed 7 tops, 4 bottoms. I do 2 loads every other day and while I don't mind the washing and folding, either Greg or the kids do the putting away or else we would just be livnig out of a basket at our house. I also only have one basket, so it MUST be emptied before it can be re-filled!
You are great! I can't believe that is the first time it has happened to you! I have done it more than once:) Love the blog.
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