Sometimes all I do is wash

Most nights my husband comes home after the nasty daily commute and says

"So what did you get up to today?"

and my answer is inevitably "washing". I feel like that's my answer day after day sometimes!

Don't get me wrong I am not complaining, some of that washing is nappies and I wouldn't change that for the world (post coming one day about my love of  cloth nappies) and every time I hear the rainwater tank pump kick in for the washing machine I am happy knowing we are doing our bit.

So today's post is about a few little old fashioned things I find useful, sharing is after all one of the reasons I started this blog, so it's about time I did that!

So what are my favourite baby related laundry things so far?

Old fashioned 'clothes hanger things'
So I'm not ally sure what you call them but you can see them in the (not very good) picture below.

This might give you too much of an insight into my little personality quirks, but it drove me nuts hanging baby socks out with adult sized pegs! It was just ridiculous. So I started looking for baby sized pegs. Then I remembered these things from when I was a kid. I found a couple in the local bargain store and haven't looked back. I even put them into all my baby shower / new baby presents now.

As you can see the pegs are nice and small for bubs clothes and socks. The white one is great for all the 'single' things like socks, mittens, cloth wipes etc. and the blue one does the pants, singlets and bibs.

The best thing is that the are portable, so we take them with us on holidays and we never have to worry if the will be somewhere to dry Little Miss's clothes.

Woollen hangers
Still on the old fashioned theme, has anyone else used these wool hangers? My mum has one that must be 30+ years old. She bought my sister and I one when we moved out of home and I've carried it from house to house with me. I have used it for the odd delicate or woollen item over time but I never really appreciated its usefulness until now.

They look like this in the packet (and cost about $4):

and then like this on the line, these are Matilda's knitted cardi's hanging out to dry:

So in case you cant see - it has a hook on either end and one in the middle. For adult clothing you simply thread the arms through and have the middle hook poking thorough the neck. For Matilda's clothing I do the same but have one tiny cardi / jumper on each arm space.

They are great for all of that delicate woollen and crochet clothing little ones get and for anything that will drop out of shape if hung up with a peg.

Well they are my two favourite laundry items at the moment. I of course love my nappy buckets for Matilda's super cute cloth nappies and frankly I quite love my laundry, which we built just before Matilda arrived.

The last thing on my recommendation list for today is... a rainwater tank! I couldn't possibly talk about doing the washing without mentioning that all of our water for washing comes from our tank (rain permitting). That means that we leaving the precious treated drinking water for uses more appropriate (our toilets are also flushed with rainwater).

Here is my beloved rainwater tank, which is located right next to my clothesline!

Have a great Friday!