Once all the sorting is being done on a regular basis everything else is going to be really easy . I promise, and if your a working mom, like most moms, then this schedule will make things a lot easier for you.
Washing:
Before you are about to leave the house each morning, take the basket from the sorting station that has the most laundry in it and toss it into the washer. Remember it's already sorted so just throw it in there. Add your laundry soap and turn on the machine. Or get the last person to leave the house turn on the machine. You really don't want the machine sucking up the water when someone is in the shower.
Now carry on with your day. Take the kids to daycare or school, go to work, or whatever your regular routine is. The clothes will wash without you watching the machine. Doing the wash should take at most five minutes of your day. Yep.. five minutes to take a basket of clothes , dump them into the washer, add detergent and turn on the machine. That's it.
The most you need to worry about is whether or not you are going to use cold or hot water. What type of detergent you are going to use, and do you need to use any extras. When you get the basics right your machine will do all the hard work.
I highly recommend you put washing directions for each basket on a label. Whether you keep the label on each basket or on the lid of the machine is up to you, but if the directions are right there anyone can do this part. For example, I have a sheet taped right onto the top of my washing machine. It has these directions: Whites and pastels - wash in warm water
Darks - wash in cold water and Towels and Underwear - wash in hot water
TIP: Getting to know labels is a good way to keep your clothing looking great. Teach your older children as well to help avoid laundry disasters. Manufacturers put those labels on for a reason, so if you want to avoid hand washing you should just avoid buying very delicate items.
There are many different labels but most of them use the same symbols. This picture is just an example, but it might be a good idea to print out one from your computer that is easy to read. This will make it easier to teach your kids how to do their own laundry, a life skill that they should all have.
If you have put just one load into the washer, when you get home you are going to have one load of nice clean laundry and you have completed the next step in your laundry task. And so far it's taken you five minutes. I told you this was going to be easy.
Just like sorting your clothes keeps them looking new longer , so does keeping your washing machine clean. I'd like to share this post from "A spark of creativity" and recommend it as an excellent way to clean and maintain your washing machine. Treat your appliances well and they will last you a long long time. Remember , they work hard too.
See part one of this series here. and part three of this series here.
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