Family Bonding over Laundry
Having three active kids can be a handful at times. They go through a few changes of clothes each day as their clothes get easily stained by food spills or soaked with their sweat from running all around. The laundry has to be done daily or else there would be mountain loads to tackle each week. As a family of five the laundry basket gets filled very quickly and I have to ensure that the clothes are put to wash each morning before the laundry basket starts to overflow.
Tiger girl is a real little diva. She insists on changing her clothes a couple of times a day especially if they get slightly stained with food or wet due to spills during mealtimes. It’s really shocking that at 23 months she has more dresses and clothes then I have and her wardrobe is filled to the brim with clothes. Talk about being spoil for choice on what to wear.
Tiger girl posing with her favourite dresses.
To make my laundry workload easier I have been getting all the kids to help out. The boys help to hang up/take down the clothes after they are washed or dried. Tiger girl is a bit too young to hang up the clothes independently so she is assigned the task of carrying the freshly laundered clothes from our laundry area to the sofa after they are dry. She also loves unloading our washing machine after the clothes have been washed.
I have been using comfort together with our regular detergent to keep the clothes soft and nice. I love how fresh the clothes smell after the wash after softener has been added to it. Comfort has been dermatologically tested, with skincare research recognised by the British Skincare Foundation to be gentle on the most delicate and sensitive skin. Using such a product has prevented my sensitive skin toddler from breaking out in rashes as it is suitable for skins of all types.
Tiger girl knows the washing clothes routine and happily takes the Comfort Ultra bottle to me when we do the laundry together.
I love seeing her smiling face as she asks for more clothes to carry from the laundry area to the hall. She happily makes countless trips till all the clothes are taken down. The boys help her out with the heavier towels and other laundry items which are too big for her tiny hands. They too help me fold and keep away the clothes neatly in the relevant drawers.
As I pass the clothes to the boys to launder I make use of the opportunity for an informal lesson with Tiger girl. I would call out to her ” Red socks” or ‘Blue blouse” as the items are being hung onto the rods. Sometimes we play the identification game with her where she needs to tell me who the item belongs to. Her brothers too are not left out as they are quizzed on the spelling of the different clothes and asked questions on what is the most efficient way to hang out the laundry.
Tiger girl is now able to identify most of the items and who they belong to. She too knows most of her colors especially the colours red, pink and purple. Doggie boy is able to spell more words relating to clothes and Monkey boy gets a lesson in strategic planning. It’s great to see all the kids learning while having fun helping out doing the laundry.
Do you do your laundry in a similar manner?
Doggie boy enjoying the softness of a freshly laundered towel
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August 24, 2012 @ 7:03 am
Wow! That’s how we bond sometimes too, over laundry! They just love the water and soap suds! 🙂
August 24, 2012 @ 8:48 am
Great way to teach your kids, get them to share out house chore and inculcate in them sense of responsibilty at the same time. 1 stone killed 3 birds. Super like the part where you make use of this opportunity to teach them on acadamic subject.
I never have a chance to do this with my boys except the younger boy to put his uniform into the laundry daily. It is always a mad rush on Sun night to do the laundry before going to my parents’ place. My boys get to help out to hang the clothes only when time permit which is rare.
August 24, 2012 @ 8:27 pm
Princess Nagger used to love helping out with laundry, but as she’s gotten older the interest has waned. 😉 Isn’t it funny how the kids have a lot more wardrobe choices than we do? It’s so much more fun to buy clothes for them, because they’re so cute! 🙂