kfeusse Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 do you change the sheets on your beds?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. That seems to be us too - although I'd say I average once every 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 In theory, once a week; in reality, twice a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nowhere near often enough. I think I will do it today though. Especially since I was laid up in bed all day yesterday with some nasty 24 hour stomach bug. Thanks for the reminder lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I try for once a week but when our week is busy (like this week) I skip a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. :blushing: uh, this would me our house. But, hey, it does make me feel better to see that this seems to be the norm in the first several posts. My mom would lead me to believe that everyone changes their sheets at least once a week. Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I aim for weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I'm very good about changing my boys' sheets once a week. My sheets -- not so much. Try for every 2 weeks (sometimes goes 3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. Me too. And I don't worry about it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Weekly, every Friday. It hasn't always been this way, but it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) Once a week, usually on Saturday morning, but occasionally on Friday morning if plans for Saturday make for a very full (and very early) day. In the summer time, it is not unusual to change twice a week, maybe more. If someone has been ill, then everyday as needed (which can mean more than once in a day). :001_smile: ETA: In reading the other responses, I just realized that I didn't address changing ds' : I don't - he does, once a week. I taught him to change bedclothes and to make up the bed when he was two years old; we did these activities together for a time, then he began daily making his bed independently (by his choice, independently). By the time he was three, he was changing bedclothes, weekly, mostly independently, and before much longer, he stripped and remade his own bed on his own (again, by his choice), and continues to do so weekly. Even if he is sick, he prefers to change his own bed. The last time I changed his bed when he was way too sick was a few years back . . . I gotta admit . . . most of the time, I miss doing this for him . . . Edited October 28, 2010 by eaglei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Every other week. I was raised doing it weekly, but since we all shower or take a bath every night, I started to feel like cutting back made more sense. I will do it more often when someone has been ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. :iagree: Here too. Before kids, they were done every Saturday. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Once a week, in theory, though sometimes it goes to two weeks and then the sheets feel all rumply, and I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We're supposed to change them?:confused: LOL--that would be my son's answer... I'm in the "my mom told me to do it once a week, but we do it when I remember, which is maybe once every two weeks or so" camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Every two weeks here. We also bathe/shower at night, so I feel they stay cleaner longer. I will change the pillowcases more often if they need it, though. My son (my husband, too, though this isn't an issue so much now that he has a CPAP) is a mouth breather and will sometimes drool on his pillow, which makes me feel the need to change the case. Ech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 We're supposed to change them?:confused: LOL--that would be my son's answer... I'm in the "my mom told me to do it once a week, but we do it when I remember, which is maybe once every two weeks or so" camp. My oldest is in his first year of college. When I picked him up for a long weekend prior to midterms, the same sheets were on his bed that were put on when we moved him in. I immediately jumped to the correct conclussion: they had never been changed. I asked if he had changed his sheets and this was almost his response. He washes his clothes. He is shower crazy. Why wouldn't he wash his sheets? eww Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I had to LOL when I saw this question; my son and I were just talking about sheet-changing yesterday. Basically, I do our bed every two weeks. Since I put ds1 on laundry duty, though, he confessed yesterday that he hasn't been washing his (or his brother's) bedding. We looked at his pillow case and...YIKES! It's probably been a good 4 MONTHS since he's changed his bedding! So, that's what he's doing today, and I'll monitor it a bit more closely hereafter. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Saturday morning, but I'd love to change them everyday which is never gonna happen. I'm a clean-sheet-freak:lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 :svengo: My oldest is in his first year of college. When I picked him up for a long weekend prior to midterms, the same sheets were on his bed that were put on when we moved him in. I immediately jumped to the correct conclussion: they had never been changed. I asked if he had changed his sheets and this was almost his response. He washes his clothes. He is shower crazy. Why wouldn't he wash his sheets? eww Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I love, love, love fresh clean sheets. I would say I clean our sheets about every 5 days or once a week minimum. The big boys only do it when I tell them to, so that's about once a month. I couldn't stand it. I wash the four yr old's about every other week because his sheets are so hard to change and he takes a bath right before bed. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I do it every other week. I probably should do it once a week, but that just isn't happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Not nearly as often as I should, but I do wash the pillowcases a lot more. I'm so glad the kids can change their own sheets now. I hate changing the sheets on bunk beds! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Me too. And I don't worry about it either. :iagree:That would be me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 In theory, once a week; in reality, twice a month. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Weekly, sometimes more. DH sweats at night. :glare: ETA: Ds' s only get changed about twice a month though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Every two weeks. I'm lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I wash all sheets on Saturday, although I don't think the males in the house even notice. My dh told me in college he, and most of the guys he knew, only washed their sheets when they went home for Christmas break. :ack2: and :001_huh: and :blink: Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. Yes, this! I would say probably once a month :001_huh:. We don't have double sets of sheets, so they have to be washed on a day that I have time to make sure they get stripped, washed, dried and put back on before everyone is ready for bed. Due to different sheet colors, this means at least 2, sometimes 3 loads in a day. I also try to time it for when the corresponding color of clothes load is about half full, making each load full enough to wash when the sheets are added. All these variables falling into line approximate a lunar eclipse so, umm, yes, I probably need to buy extra sheets :tongue_smilie:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Once a week - every Friday. Strip the beds and start a load before I drop DS off for enrichment classes. Both beds remade with just washed linens by the time I pick him up three hours later. We only have one set of sheets for each of our beds. DS just got a full size bed so I need an extra set for him. We used to have two sets for our bed and believe it or not, we actually wore out a set of sheets! DH was crawling in bed one night, couldn't get comfortable, got out of bed to straighten the sheets :confused: and there was huge hole in the bottom sheet. In 30 years of marriage, this is the first time we have worn out a set of sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. Here, too. I do change the pillowcases at least once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Once a week. Pillowcases twice a week, mattress pads every two weeks. How about the blankets and duvet covers? How often are we washing them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Theoretically once a week. More usually once every ten days or two weeks. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 sheets Once a week:Friday mornings. ..although the kids' sheets sometimes more often (I have bedwetters!) Mattress pads and pillows: the first Friday of the month:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 When toddler boy pees, poops, vomits, or when crumbs start to pile up. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I aim for once a week. Doesn't always happen. Not sure I should admit that the sheets on the lower bunkbed have not been changed in over a year. Ds is just not ready to change the sheets where his "supposed-to-be" brother last slept. Ds sleeps on top of them, in a couple of comforters that get washed about every 2 weeks. He'll be ready to do it, one of these days. Or maybe not. I don't know the story, but I'm sorry. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 When I think they need it, LOL..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Whenever I remember that it hasn't been done in a while. Which is no where near as often as they should be changed. sadly I am in this camp too for my kids' beds. Mine and my dh's get changed every week. I am happy to find out I am not alone. (I avoided this thread for quite awhile because I am so embarrassed about it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I aim for once a week. Doesn't always happen. Not sure I should admit that the sheets on the lower bunkbed have not been changed in over a year. Ds is just not ready to change the sheets where his "supposed-to-be" brother last slept. Ds sleeps on top of them, in a couple of comforters that get washed about every 2 weeks. He'll be ready to do it, one of these days. Or maybe not. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Like others, I'd like to do it once a week, but it usually ends up being every other week. But when I change them, I wash and change everything: blankets, mattress pads and sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsmama Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I wash them about every two weeks. I would love to do it more often as I love newly washed sheets.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 What a comforting, affirming thread. Like so many others, the theory is that sheets should be changed weekly. The reality is that I am totally undisciplined about any and all housework, and my approach is haphazard at best. The sheets get changed probably twice a month, but I've always been ashamed of this, and even more ashamed of those times when it goes longer. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangomoon Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Not answering how long the sheets have been on the bed right now on the grounds that it might incriminate me!:blushing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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