Comments on: The ADHD Laundry “Solution”

By: theslackermom

theslackermom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:56:46 +0000

This was my mom’s laundry solution growing up! I think it’s BRILLIANT personally, but my hubby about died when I told him about it. (He’s NOT Adhd, can ya tell??) So I”m slowwwly moving that way. So he doesn’t notice.

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Seriously. I’m all for disposable clothes. I’ll be the first in line at that product launch.

By: Saddie

Saddie — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:05:08 +0000

Laundry is of the devil! :) Seriously, I’m not entirely sure why my family owns dressers. They most certainly aren’t used for holding clean, folded clothes. They service to take up space and hold on to all the children’s crap that really should by filed in the dumpster. :)

I was also getting tired of the pile of clean clothes hogging the couch and mixing in with the dirty clothes, but my solution was to put a table in the laundry room. Hypothetically, the clean clothes are put ON the table (baskets of clean clothes can stack as high as the sky!) to be folded – they rarely actually get folded, but at least they stay clean and out of the way – though certainly not wrinkle free, but a quick toss in the dryer with a damp cloth takes care of that. The dirty clothes are gathered up nightly by the six year old and put in the baskets (baskets are beautiful!) on the floor. Supposedly I wash a batch a day, but… heh heh, at least it’s all out of sight and moderately organized. :)

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By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:11:23 +0000

Hubby washes his own clothes.

I wash mine, bathroom, and kid and baby’s laundry.

4 1/2 year old can fold washcloths, pants, shorts, is working on shirts, and can put his paired socks in the sock drawer. Towels too. (This has taken maybe 2 years to master). I throw him something to fold, he folds it, and I throw him something else (kids love to throw and catch things). I tell him, ‘Now put those in the shirt drawer’ and he will.

We have a laundry table that the baskets of clean clothes set in. The dryer is emptied into a basket, folded at a convenient time (after kids are asleep, during naptime, some time when hubby can help, or when the 4 1/2 year old will help–just let him help when he wants to don’t force him to do more, it can be overwhelming for kids), and eventually put away.

For my clothes, the key is folding them at least in half as I take them out of the dryer and put them into the basket, then they can sit that way forever and still be wearable because they won’t be all wrinkly from just throwing them into the basket. For the kids clothes and underwear, it really doesn’t matter.

Tip: only buy white, black, navy, or gray socks. Any other kind will just give you more to sort, so get rid of all the Disney character socks and never buy them again!!!

Nothing wrong with the kids going to a clean laundry pile instead of their drawers for clothes, the key is that the kid knows ‘All your clean clothes are in the baskets’ or ‘…in your drawers.’ and that hubby knows where the kids’ clean clothes are too.

Tip: buy more baskets and you will never have to put your clothes away…you can live out of baskets as long as you like!

Tip: put away the clothes when people are coming over, the rest of the time don’t care about it.

Tip: if you want to put your laundry away, keep up on it.

By: theslackermom

theslackermom — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:55:06 +0000

I have found summer vacation to have a MARVELOUS effect on my housework and laundry situation. Instead of overwhelming myself with all the chores to be done and promptly ignore them all and sit down on the computer… I DELEGATE. Okay, I pitch in too, but I’m a little worried about my older kids going back to public school at the end of summer. My house looks the best it’s looked since… last summer. LOL! Question: how DO you get them to stay in the clothes they started in? 3 girls = 1,308,982 clothing changes. A day!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:19:31 +0000

I just found this site. I was diagnosed with AD/HD last month. I’m SO TOTALLY IDENTIFYING with everything you said except that I don’t get folded clothes put away for sometimes a month. I used to have baskets or piles of folded clothes in my room that served as a sort of “dresser” for the entire family but I forced myself to figure out how to get the laundry under control after 14 years. I still forget to put wet clothes in the dryer and forget to turn the dryer on ALL THE STINKIN’ TIME. But I did figure out how to sort, wash on schedule, dry (when I remember to transfer to and turn on dryer), fold (ok, I delegate this) and put away (also 50% delegated) all the laundry. Sheets don’t get included in this very often. I’m still working on this. I also figured out how to keep the kids from wearing ALL their clothes in one day. Yes, it took 14 years so don’t be jealous. Now I have to figure out how to keep food on the table 3X/day plus one decent snack. The battle rages on.

By: theslackermom

theslackermom — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:41:33 +0000

It is the WORST. Of course, where’s the beeper telling me I forgot to DO the laundry today? That would be totally useful too!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:46:20 +0000

You are so not the only one!! Mine gets pile in my room since our laundry room is upstairs and stays there for days. My daughter knows now to go look in the “clean pile” for clothes instead of her room. I totally agree that there should be a washer/dryer that lets you know if you forgot to turn it on. I do that with everything, laundry, crock pot, toaster etc.

By: Katrina McNiven

Katrina McNiven — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:53:06 +0000

I have 8 children, and I got sick of washing clothes that they took from their clean/put-away pile straight into the dirty clothes hamper – still folded, mind you! So I told them to do the checking – if it looks dirty or smells dirty, I’ll wash it. Otherwise, they get to pay me one penny for every item that I find that is still clean in their hamper. A penny may not seem like a lot, but with my kids, it can add up. And that is where they feel the pinch, when they start losing their hard-earned moolah!
They have made a washer/dryer combo that will wash your clothes and then dry them in the same machine, but they are too expensive and WAY too small for our family. I’d take a jumbo size one, though. The folding up part, well, they need to work on one that will do that too!

By: theslackermom

theslackermom — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:38:17 +0000

Jennifer, your comment made me lol, for real! Why WOULDN’T I want them to dry?? Lol. There should be a “start” button, with an average setting, and an “other” button for those rare days you want to switch things up! I love it. Email Maytag, maybe you’ll get a share of the profit! Or better, a free dryer!! (As of yet, I haven’t forgotten this, but not only is it possible in the near future, but my kids are at the learning-to-wash stage, and they definitely would!)

And the mildewing clothes… ARRGH THE MILDEWING CLOTHES!! I am, first, totally jealous about your folding clothes triumphs. But I also have the mildewing clothes problem. Mention to Maytag that they need to install an alarm: if it senses clothes are in the washer and haven’t started (been there, done that), it rings an alarm after 5 minutes. If it senses clothes in the washer that are clean but haven’t been switched, it sounds an alarm every 30 minutes. Make it loud and obnoxious.

I will tell you, and maybe you know this, if you rewash the clothes (still wet), add some vinegar to the wash. I wash with a little more soap and maybe 1/2 a cup of vinegar, and it works like magic on the nasties.

I feel your pain, Jennifer!!