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How many times do you change your bedsheets?

82 replies

MadAnth · 18/09/2006 13:30

Another thread alerted me to the fact that a few of you out there change your sheets every week. We are once a month, and thats being good. So own up, how long does it take for you to change the bedding, and am I really a dirty madam? I wonder how often Queen Anthea changes hers?

Mad Anth

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pussycatmomma · 18/09/2006 21:49

every week!! in the hot summer i found i was changing them in the week as well as the weekend....july was just such a sweaty month!!
i just love clean sheets, and fresh (ironed!) bed linen is gorgeous to get into.
Saying that there is only one bed to do, our king size, but hopefully in the future there will be a few more beds to do (we are ttc!)
((((pussycatmomma slinks off to ponder the fact that one day, whilst she will have a perfect family of at least 3 children, her beds will be minging.......eugh))))))))

2shoes · 18/09/2006 21:51

once a week and quilt cover once a fortnight
dc's pillow cases more ofton as dd dribbles and ds sweats

Thomcat · 18/09/2006 21:52

Once a week for me and DP and DD1.
DD2 is 8 months and we have a problem with leaking nappies so hers are done daily.
As soon as I get in from work, or the school run I open all the windows until bathtime.
Every month or so I turn and rotate DD1's and DD2 gets hers aired next to open window most days as well.
We have a mattress you don't turn you just rotate it.

lucykate · 18/09/2006 21:55

once every 1-2 weeks, although what always happens in this house is fresh sheets go on, smelling all lovely with that line dried aroma, then ds goes and burps up a load of smeggy milk all over them, cue, next day, bed stripped and all in the wash again

Bucketsofdinosaurs · 18/09/2006 22:07

Yeash you're supposed to turn the mattress all 4 ways aren't you but it's impossible to remember which way you did it last (or maybe it's not if you do it every week )
And I've never found a pillow I couldn't kill even in a 30degree wash - the foam just changes shape completely! Expat, do you really get your duvet done every month, must cost a fortune? How often do you wash your pillows yourself?

notagrannyyet · 18/09/2006 22:08

Every 2 weeks. Ours one week, and the 3 boys the next.DS2 age 21 is supposed to do his own. I don't go in his room very often.He's quite good at washing his clothes now...... as finally realised I don't wash them.I dread to think when he last changed the bed sheets!

COD · 18/09/2006 22:09

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Linnet · 18/09/2006 22:11

once a week

pointydog · 18/09/2006 22:27

I try for 2 weeks but can forget. I'm a housework slob. I look out for dirt and stains though.

SSSandy · 19/09/2006 07:40

OK I'll start turning the mattresses around once a week when I wash the bedclothes. But what is the point of it? Is it to stop the mattress getting lumpy or to air it?

LadyTophamHatt · 19/09/2006 07:43

"magnolia1 on Monday, 18 September, 2006 1:33:26 PM
Not often enough but not admitting how long "

same here magnolia....

trinityshiftingherleatheryarse · 19/09/2006 07:46

me too magnolia

geekgrrl · 19/09/2006 07:50

in theory once a week or fortnight.

In practice it has been known to be a month.

(am working hard on my slovenly habits)

FioFio · 19/09/2006 07:53

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Tutter · 19/09/2006 07:58

once a week (ish) for us and once every so often (monthly?) for ds, but he's in a sleeping bag. more often if he's snotty.

SSSandy · 19/09/2006 08:02

I suppose it also depends what's happening in the bed. For a sexually active couple, changing bedclothes only once a week might be gross.

UCM · 19/09/2006 08:12

Everything is white on my bed, so when they start to look a bit minging really, sometimes in a week, have been known to leave them for 3. Depends on what action my bed has seen ie; ds sick, crept upstairs with chocolate, cats muddy pawprints IYKWIM

noddyholder · 19/09/2006 08:15

Once a week as it is all white and looks yuck otherwise When a student I think I only changed it about once a year!

sancerre · 19/09/2006 08:17

All white bedding here too - every 1-2 weeks, probably weekly for ds.

Would love love love to have constantly fresh sheets though, new-on bedding is delicious!

QueenEagle · 19/09/2006 08:37

Maximum every two weeks if I'm in lazy mode. Aim for every week. Love fresh bedsheets too. All white on my bed.

Clary · 19/09/2006 08:40

Every week.

Anything less is a bit minging IMHO. Maybe for the kids it's OK to go a bit longer, tho DS1 seems to get really grubby sheets.

(Just to laugh at myself: a pal once rang me up and asked me the same question. The answer was a shamefaced ?every two weeks?. Ah, she said, ?I thought you would say that. Someone told me it should be every week but I thought, I?ll ring Clary as she?ll be a slattern like me. I?d better not ring Xxxx as I bet she does it every week? I switched to weekly at once!)

Scoobydoo, cod and blondilocks, glad to see you do them on a partic day too, my colleagues think I'm mad! (Weds for us, Fri for the kids btw)

hoovering the mattress, now never thought of doing that! (might have to start tho)

Oh I love MN.

prettymum · 19/09/2006 08:47

once a week, but maybe more if it gets dirty quickly

Bucketsofdinosaurs · 19/09/2006 08:55

SSSandy, you turn the mattress to stop it getting the mattress equivalent of a sofa's 'ass groove.' Protects your spine and keeps the mattress in good shape longer hence flipping it head over foot regularly as well as side to side. Plus the airing benefits.
See, I know all the theory, just the practical...

SSSandy · 19/09/2006 09:15

I see! Heavy things to flip though, aren't they?

acnebride · 19/09/2006 09:23

Fortnightly. Have a quick look at The Feminine Mystique (my housekeeping Bible) which says that it was always fortnightly until labour-saving washing machines came in, at which point weekly became the norm, just in case anyone had any time to organise politically

of course she also can't see why anyone would not use ready meals and drip-dry BriNylon