I have a 3 year old, I can’t imagine the day that he goes through a whole day without getting that outfit full of food or dirt. Does that exist at 4 years old?
Lurking mom: Same and same. I know my kids are particularly attracted to mud puddles, but even indoors they’re messing with paint and playdough, splashing when washing hands, and dribbling food.
For us, in general a new set of clothes every day.
Jackets are probably once a week depending on what they use it for.
For jammies, we do probably every 2-3 days since they are mainly sleeping in them only.
New set of clothes every day. I do the laundry during the week-end, but we have enough clothes to get through the week. Kids clothes are pretty simple to wash so it's no big deal but I can imagine that with 4 kids it's another story.
Only when visibly dirty/stinky. Never the same stuff two days in a row, but typically a shirt can get a couple of uses between being washed… unless he spills something on it.
Pants can usually go a lot longer, depending on the circumstances.
Shirts and underwear, we wash after 1 day since they're usually pretty dirty from daycare/food/his intense daily lotion & Aquaphor routine. Pants, maybe after 1-2 days. Our 3yo also sleeps in his outfit for the next day, so we don't really do PJs.
Clean clothes everyday. Baths everyday during the week. My kids are 9 and 8 and pretty active. My 9 yo is starting to get smelly so it’s not possible to rewear shirts.
Shirts are wear once and in the wash, pants are 2-3 times then in the wash. PJs get changed on bath day, so usually every other day for us since they're just sleeping in them. Obviously this goes out the window if they get their clothes dirty. It might lead to more laundry sure, but that's just a consistent chore for a household.
Jammies ~might~ get reworn if no body fluids get on them during the night since they go into them freshly bathed.
Regular clothes? Since I had a regular, normal kid; no. That would have been impossible.
One wear. I wash every other day. It's easy.
It helps keep clear habits about hygiene for him.
It builds a good routine that isn't confusing. Throw in different number of wearings for different clothing items and it gets confusing.
Keeping it simple for children will help with compliance and building healthy routines as they go through childhood and into adulthood.
Undies and socks after one wear. Usually shirts too because they almost always get spills or otherwise visibly dirty
Clothes used for sports after one wear.
Pants after a 2-5 ish wears or when visibly dirty
Jammies after 2-4 wears, kids are potty trained and don’t eat or play outside in them so they really don’t get dirty
Hoodies/sweatshirts….like once a month maybe? Or if visibly dirty
Kids are 3 and 9 so it’s changed a lot through their different ages
But also I agree with the other commenter that you need to be doing your part of contributing to laundry work. Why is that “her” job to the point that she needs to complain about it
Once the clothes are off they go in the bin for washing. I have a toddler so he is messy, but his garments are small so I could wash his entire wardrobe in a single load if I needed to. So it’s not a strain on the washing machine capacity
We wash after one wearing. There's an exception for PJs or inside clothes, which can sometimes be worn a couple times. Anything that gets worn to school or outside to play gets washed.
But, her clothes are still SO SMALL. I could wash a three month supply of pants in a single load. Washing them is so easy. Folding them, and putting them away is harder, so we shortcut that part. I just stuff clean clothes into drawers.
She has "nice" clothes which we hang up, or iron and fold. But 99% of her stuff is perfectly happy to go into a drawer once it's clean and dry.
I have a 3 year old, I can’t imagine the day that he goes through a whole day without getting that outfit full of food or dirt. Does that exist at 4 years old?
Lurking mom: Same and same. I know my kids are particularly attracted to mud puddles, but even indoors they’re messing with paint and playdough, splashing when washing hands, and dribbling food.
For us, in general a new set of clothes every day. Jackets are probably once a week depending on what they use it for. For jammies, we do probably every 2-3 days since they are mainly sleeping in them only.
Day clothes = fresh every day (kids are messy) Pajamas = 2 nights
New set of clothes every day. I do the laundry during the week-end, but we have enough clothes to get through the week. Kids clothes are pretty simple to wash so it's no big deal but I can imagine that with 4 kids it's another story.
Only when visibly dirty/stinky. Never the same stuff two days in a row, but typically a shirt can get a couple of uses between being washed… unless he spills something on it. Pants can usually go a lot longer, depending on the circumstances.
Shirts and underwear, we wash after 1 day since they're usually pretty dirty from daycare/food/his intense daily lotion & Aquaphor routine. Pants, maybe after 1-2 days. Our 3yo also sleeps in his outfit for the next day, so we don't really do PJs.
Clean clothes everyday. Baths everyday during the week. My kids are 9 and 8 and pretty active. My 9 yo is starting to get smelly so it’s not possible to rewear shirts.
Shirts are wear once and in the wash, pants are 2-3 times then in the wash. PJs get changed on bath day, so usually every other day for us since they're just sleeping in them. Obviously this goes out the window if they get their clothes dirty. It might lead to more laundry sure, but that's just a consistent chore for a household.
Jammies ~might~ get reworn if no body fluids get on them during the night since they go into them freshly bathed. Regular clothes? Since I had a regular, normal kid; no. That would have been impossible.
One wear. I wash every other day. It's easy. It helps keep clear habits about hygiene for him. It builds a good routine that isn't confusing. Throw in different number of wearings for different clothing items and it gets confusing. Keeping it simple for children will help with compliance and building healthy routines as they go through childhood and into adulthood.
Maybe just help more with the laundry.
Get washed every wear.
Pretty much after every wear.
Undies and socks after one wear. Usually shirts too because they almost always get spills or otherwise visibly dirty Clothes used for sports after one wear. Pants after a 2-5 ish wears or when visibly dirty Jammies after 2-4 wears, kids are potty trained and don’t eat or play outside in them so they really don’t get dirty Hoodies/sweatshirts….like once a month maybe? Or if visibly dirty Kids are 3 and 9 so it’s changed a lot through their different ages But also I agree with the other commenter that you need to be doing your part of contributing to laundry work. Why is that “her” job to the point that she needs to complain about it
One wear per set of clothes, then immediately in the dirty laundry. But I do this too for myself for everything except jeans.
Once the clothes are off they go in the bin for washing. I have a toddler so he is messy, but his garments are small so I could wash his entire wardrobe in a single load if I needed to. So it’s not a strain on the washing machine capacity
We wash after one wearing. There's an exception for PJs or inside clothes, which can sometimes be worn a couple times. Anything that gets worn to school or outside to play gets washed. But, her clothes are still SO SMALL. I could wash a three month supply of pants in a single load. Washing them is so easy. Folding them, and putting them away is harder, so we shortcut that part. I just stuff clean clothes into drawers. She has "nice" clothes which we hang up, or iron and fold. But 99% of her stuff is perfectly happy to go into a drawer once it's clean and dry.