Comments on: What can be worn more than once

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:56:54 +0000

HA! My kid is often snotty, too, but in the "literal" sense of the word. He's 6, and he insists on rubbing his nose on his sleeves. So yeah. Another reason to always wash his shirts after each wear.

Great site, by the way! I just got pointed over here today by Blair at Wise Craft.

By: mom, again

mom, again — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:22:57 +0000

tea towels(which is really the kitchen hand drying towel), dish towels, the cloth for cleaning the baby after he eats, and dish cloths I change every day and wash when there is a load. I used to use them for an indeterminate length of time before washing as well as the towels being multi-purpose. Taking a professional course in food safety and sanitation for work purposes changed my view on that. for a few years, we went thru multiples of each PER DAY like I did at work but I got over it. A bit. (not at work)

(I throw out my leftovers a lot sooner now too.)

By: Floral Rug

Floral Rug — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:12:53 +0000

My chores scehdule would be washing all the clothes on weekends coz busy working throughout the weekdays..

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:27:06 +0000

How about tea towels – each use? mitts, scarves, and toques?

By: bridgett

bridgett — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:53:57 +0000

All pants get worn at least twice and sometimes three times around here (with airings in between). Sheets are a whenever-I-think-about-it thing, which probably averages out to once a month in the winter and twice a month in summer. PJs are a weekly wash item. We each have a towel; they get washed at the end of the week unless they are stinky. Kid clothes, it depends — leotards and tights get one use, whereas other stuff usually gets two wearing (because I have a neatnik child). I do all laundry on Saturday morning, so it’s nice full loads for me.

By: warillever

warillever — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:33:19 +0000

The kids each have an identifiable towel and a dedicated hook, so their towels are washed weekly.

My towel is rotated out every time that the kids take a bath (3-4 times/week) because I lay it on the floor to soak up the tub splash (and I use it to do a quick mop of the floor when they are done).

I do wash the sheets every week because it feels so good. And the kids that still wear diapers to bed really NEED it changed weekly because of the lingering urine smell.

Anybody who wears underwear to bed can go a few days on pajamas, but I give the diaper set fresh pjs every night for the aforementioned reason.

By: Mom of three

Mom of three — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:22:53 +0000

I am the laundry queen. I can’t stand to rewear clothing and since I have to be the one to do it, I wash every thing after one wearing. I don’t wear jeans though.

I was my sheets and comforter (if it needs it) weekly. I was my clothes on Monday, the Girls on Tuesday and Wednesday, the boy’s on Thursday, Hubby’s on Friday, rugs, curtains, etc as needed on Saturday.
We have had indoor cats for years, so that made for lots of laundry. Now that they are outside, I have a load of towels and colors per person, and one load of whites a week. I do the kids comforters and sheets every other week.

I am sorry, but I can’t bring myself to reuse a towel. It smells musty to me when I do, and then I smell musty. I wash them after each use. In the summer, since we have a pool, I have more towels.
It’s just one of my needs to have clean laundry. I can cut corners elsewhere.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:49:03 +0000

Our clothes gets washed frequently. An outfit a day, my kids love dirt and can find dirt everywhere. My husband had a messy job, so his clothes are also washed daily. My clothes are when ever, it really depends if I have been cooking or not, I am a messy cook and can never keep everything where it is suppose to. As for sheet and blankets, well we have a dog(a lab) and well she thinks she owns the house, so we do the hair rotation, when things get hairy they get cleaned. Usually every 7-14 days. Latey my kids bedding has been less because they think their bed is the couch.

By: Darla

Darla — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:28:38 +0000

Changing the pillow cases mid-week is a great idea.

I’ve got it so ingrained in my head from Flylady on our “home blessing hour” to change the sheets weekly.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:06:17 +0000

My boys clothes bascially get washed after every wearing, they are messy. They will get 2 nights out of pj’s for the most part, and sometimes jeans.

Mine and hubby’s jeans get worn until they are dirty, usually 3 times, sometimes even longer if I make it to Saturday and cleaning day. Why put on clean clothes to get dirty?!?! Tops are usually a 1 day thing since my kids liket to use me instead of a napkin or towel. Sheets are when I remember them, usually 10 days, and then blankets, whenever I feel they need them. No schedule for them.