Do babies sleep better on ironed sheets?

[FeastofBeans]

My DH insists they do. I have no idea! Thought I'd do a straw poll or something to see.

(My DH is a bit obsessed with everything being ironed, so I'm wondering if he's just telling me this so that I iron everything, which of course I will if it means me baby getting more sleep :o)

I iron the baby to make extra sure

Hully

Must iron the high chair and the play mat.

I think babies must like sleeping on wrinkly things best...no baby I know has failed to go to sleep on my Dad - he is known as The Baby Whisperer amongst our family and friends

I run better in ironed socks.

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Five babies, all good sleepers

I only discovered ironing a few months ago.

HTH

loving this thread

there are some very funny people on MN (& some of their DHs are even funnier )

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Tell DH you are sure they do, but only if they're ironed by their Daddies

I think you had better tell us what other shit interesting gems he's come up with so that we can put you straight!!

I've heard it all now!

You know, if he irons the sheets and changes all the nappies and does all the hoovering (because babies sleep better in hoovered houses) and is in charge of all cooking, cleaning and shopping, it will help him bond with the baby.

If he doesn't do all the above, the baby won't like him. Not one bit. And will wake in the night wailing in sorrow at his rejection.

This is a true fact.

Important note to breastfeeding mothers; you must iron your bras, otherwise if the baby drops off to sleep whilst feeding, and catches his/her little face on a wrinkled bra...Well that's almost as bad as unironed sheets.

And if you are ff, all of your own tops must be ironed smoothly (and anyone else who offers to give the baby a bottle).

My DS is a brilliant sleeper and has never slept on an ironed sheet in his life. (Well, maybe the first nights in hospital, and even then I'm doubtful.) Plus, as has been said, cot sheets are the stretchy fitted ones so it would make no difference to iron them anyway. If your DH is so bothered he can get the iron out himself, for all the good it'll do.

Ask your DH if he read this in the Daily Mail, by the way.

Loving TapTapPenny 's work!

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Your DH is very funny. And sweet.

And if he wants the sheets ironed, he can do it himself.

Don't forget to iron his face, or the baby will not want to cuddle with him, all those wrinkles make it too uncomfortable.

Pffffffffffffff! I have restrained from laughing at a post until now. But come on, really?? Really? Are you really being serious!?!?!?

But JUST IN CASE you're being serious. My DS likes to suck and scrunch and pull and UN-IRONED sucky that he, unsurprisingly, sucks. And tugs and generally kneads (sp). And he couldn't give a flying f*ck if it's ironed or not. And all of this, on a very un-ironed and usually a big bobbly, fitted sheet in his cot. I actually have to rememebr to change it more than every couple of weeks, as he's not a pukey baby and babies actually like demi-mingingness as it smells familiar.

FGS, he'd sleep caked in his own shyte given half the chance. And so an un-ironed sheet won't make the blindest big of difference!

If only. I think that would be the only reason that could tempt me to iron anything.

never mind ironing bras, i've ironed my nipples! and starched them

I love some of these responses (is the one about the weave on the flannelette for real??)

It might help to explain my DH's 'strange' obsession with ironing if I tell you he did 26 years in the military :o He does all his own ironing and is very good with chores generally, I can't complain at all.

He used to iron tea towels and our bedding but I've managed to convince him life's too short, so I think I can talk him round about this baby sheet thing too...

Well, do thank your DH for amusing us all tonight.

yup, sis really did brush the weave on the sheets

FeastofBeans sod the baby, I know that I sleep better in ironed sheets. We're in SW London and I'd be happy for your DH to alleviate our cleaning lady of some of her duties...!

Bless you (and him) though. One of my friends' husband is ex-military and he was actually bloody brilliant in the eary days - used to leave her meals (inc cups of tea) all lined up in the kitchen before he went to work to make sure that she ate ebeough every day. Very sweet. A bit of routine (and discipline) goes a long way with a baby, actually...!

Well done AuntieM, that's the spirit

You must iron your nipples for night feeds as well as day feeds you know! No slacking in the early hours.

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Only daddy-ironed sheets work.

I can guarantee that mummy-ironed sheets give the poor blighters terrible insomnia so you mustn't do it at any cost!