It is very important for each member of the family to have a laundry basket in their own room.  In fact we suggest having two stacked together.  When the top was is removed and taken to the laundry room, then there is still one in place to receive dirty wash.

The basic key to keeping up with laundry is to not have too many clothes in circulation.  This is especially true for children.  Decide on a reasonable number of pants, t-shirts etc. to have for each child.  If you have trouble discerning these numbers, ask an organized friend what she does for her children.  If you have too many clothes in circulation, then you tend to wait too long between laundry loads.  If you run on the lean side then you are forced to keep up!  Once you form this new habit, we think you will find that you like it.  As your children approach the age that they can start being responsible for parts of the process themselves, you will already have this good manageable habit in place.