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amother

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 9:32 am

I’m wondering about my 10 year old son… he doesn’t have so many pairs of pants and it’s so hot outside. He gets very dirty..

amother

Camellia

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 9:33 am

I was told bar/bas mitzvah

amother

Eggshell

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 9:34 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I’m wondering about my 10 year old son… he doesn’t have so many pairs of pants and it’s so hot outside. He gets very dirty..

If he's getting his clothing mamash dirty to the point where it's unwearable then yes, I would say you could wash it. He shouldn't be wearing disgusting clothing

amother

Steelblue

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 9:35 am

I was told until 9/10, but if they NEED, up until bar/bat mitzvah.

tweety1

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 10:26 am

I wash for myself too if I need. Exp underwear I'm not going to reuse the same for 2 days.

amother

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 10:50 am

tweety1 wrote:

I wash for myself too if I need. Exp underwear I'm not going to reuse the same for 2 days.

Underwear we have enough of and if we didn’t we would have prepared and bought enough to last but real clothing like pants for boys, shirts… costs a lot and we don’t have enough for 9 days.

amother

Daylily

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 12:59 pm

Yup, the laundry started today and I'm yeshivish

amother

Hotpink

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:03 pm

I do laundry twice a week throughout the year. I already need to do a wash. Girls tights they went through so many since Fri. Undergarments little kids had to change a few times…my kids have clothes for 4 days. So although I did laundry Thurs afternoon some already need for tomorrow morning.

amother

Steelblue

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:43 pm

amother [ Daylily ] wrote:

Yup, the laundry started today and I'm yeshivish

I did laundry Monday morning….one of my kids wet the bed….

amother

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:48 pm

amother [ Steelblue ] wrote:

I did laundry Monday morning….one of my kids wet the bed….

But it’s Sunday afternoon now..

amother

Steelblue

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:49 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

But it’s Sunday afternoon now..

Oops, I meant Friday morning….it’s been a long day…

PeanutMama

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:52 pm

I heard underwear and socks are okay to wash.

amother

Cerise

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 1:55 pm

tweety1 wrote:

I wash for myself too if I need. Exp underwear I'm not going to reuse the same for 2 days.

I once heard that for adults its rather to buy new even during the 9 days, than to wash. for children its okay to wash when needed or if made wet etc

amother

Eggshell

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 2:03 pm

amother [ Cerise ] wrote:

I once heard that for adults its rather to buy new even during the 9 days, than to wash. for children its okay to wash when needed or if made wet etc

No, the opposite.chol hamoed we buy and 9 days we wash

amother

Gold

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 2:06 pm

PeanutMama wrote:

I heard underwear and socks are okay to wash.

I will def have to hand was bras and stockings

amother

Nasturtium

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 2:27 pm

My rav said there isn't really an age cutoff (aside from bar/bas mitzvah). It is appropriate to limit past the age of 9 or so if it can be done, but it's not a hard and fast rule. If the child is just a messy kid and needs their clothes washed, then you wash their clothes, as long as they're under bar/bas mitzvah.

mommyhood

Sun, Jul 31 2022, 2:40 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Underwear we have enough of and if we didn’t we would have prepared and bought enough to last but real clothing like pants for boys, shirts… costs a lot and we don’t have enough for 9 days.

I have them alternate between school pants and polo shirts which they usually don’t wear to camp and they’re first choice tiros and t shirts. If they didn’t get dirty they wear things a second time and if they run out of all of that I’ll wash but it’s usually enough to make it through.

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