I do a minimum of two loads a day. I have two girls in cloth nappies so that's one load a day right there. Our machine isn't very big either so I have to wash clothing every day too pretty much (my clothes, dh's clothes, girls clothes, towels, on a 4 day rotation pretty much). I seldom use the dryer and some days (weeks haha) I don't get around to folding anything for a couple days.