Six months after giving birth, I was buried under piles of baby laundry and barely surviving on three hours of sleep a night. So when our washing machine finally gave up, I thought my husband, Billy, would understand. Instead, he shrugged and said, “Just wash everything by hand—people did it for centuries.” I stared at him, too tired to argue. Maybe I should have seen it coming. Since our daughter arrived, I’d been trapped in an endless loop of feeding, cleaning, cooking, and washing. Babies create more laundry than seems humanly possible—tiny onesies, burp cloths, bibs, blankets—it never stopped. When...
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