Illustration: Sarah Rafter
When you have kids, you have laundry—lots of it. We can’t make it fun, but we can offer up few laundry hacks to make it a bit less ugh.
1. Why can’t they ever use napkins?! Get rid of your kid’s grease stains by rubbing white chalk over the mark. Leave overnight, then launder. Magic!
Illustration: Sarah Rafter
2. Your kid’s favourite blankey in in the dryer—but it’s 10 minutes past bedtime. Speed up drying time by throwing in a dry towel to absorb the moisture from wet clothes.
Illustration: Sarah Rafter
3. Keep tiny toddler socks together by washing and drying them in a mesh lingerie bag. You can often find these at the dollar store.
A version of this article appeared in our January 2017 issue with the headline “How to make laundry day way less annoying,” p. 38.
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