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To only wash my bedding ...

218 replies

Froggy2013 · 20/04/2013 21:48

Every 2 weeks?

King size and junior double sheets, duvet cover etc., which I iron. Plus spare bed maybe every 4 weeks (me/DH spend the odd night when we are having problems sleeping/have visitors staying over). Can't understand how other mums manage to get everything washed, dried and ironed in a week?!

Am I manky?

OP posts:
Annoyed101 · 21/04/2013 17:14

I do once a week but I don't iron anything

BlackholesAndRevelations · 21/04/2013 17:17

fluffyraggies- mental! That's a hell of a lot of washing. I can't manage our clothes for the week, let alone all that palaver.

RandallPinkFloyd · 21/04/2013 17:19

Oh here she is.

It doesn't take just as long to make a bed as it does to change it you loon!

And put some pants on, you'll get worms Wink

Gerrof · 21/04/2013 17:40

Plus I have black cats.

I don't think what I do is normal by the way, and I don't judge others for changing sheets every week or whatever. I just really like the feeling of clean sheets and think it is worth spending the 5 or 10 mins a day changing them. I can put a duvet on freakishly quickly though, great big long orange tan arms.

Gerrof · 21/04/2013 17:41

Orange tan?

Orangutan.

Gentleness · 21/04/2013 17:44

Am I imagining it or did someone on here post once that they replace their bedding every 3 months (or something). I mean REPLACE as in, throw the old out and buy new. I think MrsDeVere would need to come up with a new category for that level of commitment to clean.

tumbletumble · 21/04/2013 17:46

YANBU, OP.

RaspberrySchnapps · 21/04/2013 17:49

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expatinscotland · 21/04/2013 18:43

Are you the family skivvy? Why are you doing all this on your own?

Don't iron them, either.

Once a week, and like Kitchen I do it on Sundays instead of church. Clean sheets are my religion.

sydlexic · 21/04/2013 19:27

DH washes and irons the bedding once a week.

IsThatTrue · 21/04/2013 19:41

Once every 2 weeks, ours and dc3 one week dc1+2 the next, unless obviously dirty.

It used to be less but I have changed my slovenly ways!

Elderwand · 21/04/2013 20:02

Once a week.

bedmonster · 21/04/2013 20:11

Our bed, weekly on a Sunday morning. All of it, sheet, mattress protector, duvet cover and 6 pillowcases. We both sleep with no clothes on. We have white bedding. Doesn't show sex stains, can wash really hot without running/fading. Have about 3-4 sets so not an issue if it doesn't all dry.
DDs beds, fortnightly.
DS cot sheet often gets changed twice or three times a week. He gets it all snotty (how?), and sometimes has a nappy leak through his pjs so his gets washed most often.

Moominsarehippos · 21/04/2013 20:15

Weekly, ironed. And I have to slip into bed after a nice bath, in clean pyjamas with lovely clean toes. Ahhhh, nothing like it!

VerySmallSqueak · 21/04/2013 20:18

Sniff test here.

Casualty · 21/04/2013 20:20

I do mine religiously every Friday so it's all fresh for a Saturday morning lie-in. I leave the duvet hanging over the banister to air in front of an open window for a couple of hours before remaking it.

The DCs get done about every 2 weeks ish, never on a Friday as I don't think they'd appreciate it in the morning like I do!

Never iron though.

BarbaraWoodlouse · 21/04/2013 20:22

MrsDV I googled Amazon bed vacuum. I got this!! Shock Shock Shock

Between this and the chastity belt thread my DH is going to either divorce me or do something much, much worse when he sees my internet history Grin Wink

cathers · 21/04/2013 20:44

All beds get washed and fully ironed weekly here. Two king beds, 2 singles so I do one a day mon- thurs. Then have wend off!

Mominatrix · 21/04/2013 20:50

White bedding only in my household. Changed between 1-2 times a week, depending on weather and illnesses. Everything changed (top sheet, bottom sheets, duvet covers) and washed at 90 (which is why I only buy white), and everything ironed. Thank goodness for the tumble dryer and my cleaner!

Several people in the family have dust mite allergies, and Ds1 seems to turn into a furnace when he sleeps.

Fairylea · 21/04/2013 20:53

Once a week here. But I don't iron anything :) and I tumble dry it all so all done and sorted in a day :)

Thurlow · 21/04/2013 20:55

About once a month. I know it should be more but it's just such an arse to do it.

EugenesAxe · 21/04/2013 21:17

Whenever I see posts like 'AIBU to wash my bedding every two weeks?' my first thought is always that someone's stressing about being OCD. Then when I see all the 'Urghh yes YABU you skanster' responses I realise my mistake.

So between me and them, I'd suggest you were average and therefore NBU.

Really though, who gives a toss? If you get bedbugs or something then you'll change, but until then do what works for you. It's your little nest after all.

snooter · 21/04/2013 21:23

Variable here. If we (us two or 15yo son) have been sweaty or someone notices the bit of duvet cover nearest their nose smells a bit yucky or if there are, ahem, stains, then the linen gets done. If no particular reason to do it then roughly every 3 weeks.

babanouche · 21/04/2013 21:26

Oh jesus I haven't read this but I think I'm doing well if I wash them after my period. But the kids don't have periods so.....

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