what about the idea of not washing jeans for a long time. underwear by weight is relatively light, alo by volume small…but jeans, and esp. towels, are huge. wear your jeans for a month, two months. don’t wear heavy things that will get super sweaty, like during yard work.
part of this laundry explosion is controllable.
also, when babies areyoung and spitting up a lot, I used to leave them shirtless more often and just wipe them down, instead of creating spit up laundry. let him roam in his diaper.