Laundry Hacks for Busy Moms
I’m sure that many mothers can relate – laundry feels like the chore that never ends. With a baby crawling around the floor, eating baby food, and exploring everything in sight, it feels like my daily laundry pile grows exponentially. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore watching my baby discover this beautiful world through touch and taste, but it does require a little bit of extra laundry. Because I want to better soak in this stage of my baby’s life, I’ve decided that I need to make more time by simplifying my laundering process. Thankfully, laundry has never been easier with these laundry hacks for busy moms.
This post is sponsored by Dreft. All opinions are my own.
Laundry Hacks for Busy Moms
Do one load a day: Sometimes the laundry pile seems too overwhelming to even know where to start. The trick? Don’t let your laundry pile up. Do at least one small load of laundry a day.
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Pre-sort laundry: Use three separate laundry hampers for your clothes. When clothes become dirty, place them in their appropriate bins (lights, whites, and darks). Using this system cuts down on sorting time.
Pin your socks together: Nothing is worse than finishing a load of laundry and having an assortment of mismatched socks in the bottom of the dryer. Completely avoid this problem by pinning your socks together before placing them in the washer. This really helps when it comes to itty bitty little baby sock; side note – there is nothing more precious than those tiny little socks. Pinning your socks together really saves time when finding sock matches.
Write on your washer: I hate it when I forget to air dry certain items and put them in my dryer. I’ve ruined one too many cardigans this way. The trick? Using a dry erase marker, write a reminder on the top of your washer with the items that need to be taken out of the load before moving to the dryer.
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Using these simple laundry hacks for busy moms, you can better focus on the important moments of motherhood.
These are some great tips.I hate laundry! which is why i never have any. I wash daily. I pin our socks and try to have the little ones wear 3 outfits all week long if we are just hanging out less clothes means less loads.
The safety pin is a great idea! It’s so simple but I’ve never taken the time to do it. I’m going to try it this week!
Love these hacks – especially pinning the socks! With toddler twins, we loose a lot of socks!
I had no idea that Dreft made so many products. When I started using it… 10ish years ago, they only had 1 type of detergent. I haven’t used it in years but with so many options I will definitely make the switch back
Such a great idea indeed. I never did pinning the socks of my kids. I think I need to do that now Lol. Thanks for sharing.
These are very useful advice, I could use this advice and I’m so thankful for you.
I had no idea that Dreft had all these different products like this. These are great tips, laundry can be a pain to stay on top of.
I need to cut down on my laundry time I love the hack for pinning the socks together.
I should really start doing a load per day no matter what. Pinning socks together is a really clever idea too!
Pinning the socks together. What a brilliant idea! I will be trying that!
I love that idea about pinning the socks together. I would have never come up with that. Thankfully, now that my kids are a bit older, they just wear mis-matched socks. LOL
My favorite laundry hack is to have a hamper system in place so clothes are already presorted. My kids are used to putting the clothes in the proper basket.
These are great laundry hacks. I hate doing laundry so i am always looking for ways to make it easier.
Pinning your socks together is a fantastic idea. Kids socks are especially easy to loose. I will have to start doing this,
I love these laundry hacks especially pinning the socks together. I don’t know how many socks don’t have their mates in my house. I will start doing this right away. No more missing socks. Thank you for sharing!
I would have never thought to pin my kids socks together. I need to do that now even though they are grown. We are forever losing socks.
I love these ideas. My kids are way past the baby age, but I think a lot of these tips still hold true.
Ok you are a genius! There I said it! You are! Totally stealing the safety pin idea! I will either lose both socks or I will actually have matches after they are dried.
Best. Post. EVER! I have kids, but even if I didn’t, this would be awesome. Laundry is the bane of my existence. THE. BANE.
I used Dreft when my boys were babies. I Love how soft it made their little clothes 🙂
Pinning socks together ? Where have I been all my life. Going to place a box of pins in my laundry room right now !
Oh all great ideas! I really want to try those Dreft Blissfuls!!