Sorting laundry can be an overwhelming chore in a busy household, so I thought I’d share two of my favorite tips for "easing the load".
With several children close in age, the dot system is a real time and sanity saver. On the tag, or inside the back of every garment we place dots that tell us to which child an item belongs. The eldest child has one dot, next oldest two, and so on. When a garment is handed down to a younger sibling, we just add another dot. I can take a pair of panties out of the dryer, glance at the dots, and place them in the appropriate basket.
My other laundry gimmick is called the "Sock Pro". These handy little gadgets clip socks together through the washer and dryer. We purchased a different color for each child, then trained the troops to clip their socks before putting them in the hamper. Assigning a different color Sock Pro to each child makes sorting a breeze. We've not found them satisfactory for clipping adult socks together, but they are a fantastic help in keeping children’s socks from becoming widows and orphans in the wash.
Domestic Chaos Tamer and Homeschool Mom of four, Dell enjoys writing about home, heart and hearth.
After my fifth child was born I called my parents one day and pleaded desperately, "PLease mom, dad, if you still have any of those socklocks, send them pronto!" And they did, and they are a sock and sanity saver! We use the dot system too, but we leave our oldest son out of the dots. Since he and the next son are a decade apart, their clothes don't get mixed up :) but our three girls each use the dot system and it's wonderful.
Great ideas!
Jen
That's a great system to use when you have lots of little kids. Once they reach 8 or 9, though, there's a better way....teach them to do their own. I taught my kids to do their own wash at that age, and I could not believe how much easier my life became! Another advantage: when they go off on their own, they not only know how to care for their clothes, but are experts at it, lol.
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