I’m a mom & my clever laundry hack means your kids’ clothes will never get mixed up again
IT’S laundry day and you’re stumped.
You threw all your kid’s clothes in the washer with no pre-established system, and now you don’t know if that Mickey Mouse shirt came paired with the striped shorts.
A mom has shared how she keeps her kids’ clothes organized when doing laundry[/caption] It’s a quick step that has proven to work for her[/caption]Luckily, a mom whose been there before has discovered a way to keep track of what pieces were bought as a set.
The nifty woman, Shana Long, revealed her method in a social media video.
She said: “So my mother-in-law bought my daughter all of these clothes. And when I threw them in the wash, I lost track of what shirt matched with what pants.
“So I was today years old when I figured this out.”
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Apparently, if you take a look at the tags of a shirt and pants that are meant to go together, you will find matching numbers that signify that the items are a pair.
Parents took to the comments section of Long’s video to speak about the finding.
Some people wear aware of the tip, like one who wrote: “Yes!!!! Been doing this for years!”
Another said: “I did that and everyone said it was too much… Then wondered how I had so many nice outfits to pass down years later.”
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Others hadn’t heard of it, one person writing: “I never knew this, I just always mixed and matched my kids’ clothes.”
An additional person chimed in: “I wouldn’t even know. I cut all tags.”
Many viewers left their own methods for keeping track of what pieces go together.
“Before I wash my baby’s clothes, I put numbers on each outfit so I can just look for the numbers,” one wrote.
“I take pictures of the outfit before putting them in the washer. I have a whole photo album of his outfits to know what goes with what afterward,” a second added.
“I always just safety pinned the top to the bottom before washing,” a third said.
“Lmfao, this happens to me. I just Google the outfit and see it there lmao.”
A naturally skilled person said: “I have this weird skill to remember what goes with what. Even hand-me-downs that have been stored for years, I just know. It ONLY works with kids clothes.”
If you look at the tags of a shirt and pants that are supposed to go together, you will find matching numbers that signify that the items are a pair[/caption]