s/o: how often do you wash sheets?

[chocolatechip]

The thread about the 6-yd-old's bed got me thinking - how often do others change sheets? (Barring accidents and the like.)

 

[Lang Syne Boardie]

Weekly or as needed, for all the beds in the house.

[luuknam]

I forgot to read the post going with the poll so I voted 2 months and obligatory other on both. Usually every 2-3 months or so, but the kids' sheets usually get washed whenever someone throws up or has an accident, so maybe a little more often.

 

They also always throw up or have an accident the day after I wash their sheets. I think I need to stop washing their sheets altogether.

[Happy]

Once a month for my dh and I. Strip, wash, dry, and put right back on.

[Arcadia]

My hubby dumps all the bedsheets in the washer when he feels like it. He does the laundry most of the time.

Growing up, my parents washed our bed sheets when they stank so probably fortnight. Our pillowcases were washed more often.

[AnnE-girl]

Barring accidents or stomach illness, for us it's once a week, or at most 9 or 10 days if we've been busy. The longest I've ever gone without washing sheets was three weeks in college around exam time. They were getting pretty gross.

[El...]

Not frequently enough.  Ah, well.

[happi duck]

Once a week

 

I'd love fresh sheets every night but I don't due to time and water usage.

[kewb]

Bi-weekly is the goal.

[marbel]

I was raised by a once-a-week mom.   That is my ideal.  Sometimes... ugh, I don't want to think about it.  Definitely more often in the summer though!

 

My kids change them when they want to.  My daughter does hers far more often than my son does.  I do remind periodically if it seems that I haven't seen sheets come through the wash lately.

[momacacia]

Once a week would be great as we love freshly made beds, but every 2 weeks is the scheduled reality. Especially my and DH's bed but usually the kids that often too

[SKL]

When I feel like it, which is less than bi-monthly.

[Mergath]

Weekly, unless we're really busy in which case it might be more like ten days.

[mellifera33]

About biweekly, unless there's an accident or something. When this topic comes up I always think of one of my college friends who had a roommate who did not ever wash her sheets. My friend went to bed earlier than her roommate, and she would hear "swish swish pit pat pit pat pit pat" as her roommate used her hand to sweep all of the sand off her sheets.  :laugh:

[Guest]

As needed for the bedwetters, otherwise it's every month or two. We are anal about showering before bedtime so the sheets stay quite clean. I really prefer the feel and scent of slightly older sheets so I think I'm passing this onto my offspring :o

[carriede]

Once a week would be great as we love freshly made beds, but every 2 weeks is the scheduled reality. Especially my and DH's bed but usually the kids that often too

This.

[Lady Florida.]

Weekly is the goal but often it ends up being bi-weekly.

[Lady Florida.]

Weekly is the goal but often it ends up being bi-weekly.

[ikslo]

Once a week, now that I make DS strip the beds as one of his chores.

[stephanier.1765]

Once a week

 

I'd love fresh sheets every night but I don't due to time and water usage.

 

Me too. I also wash weekly just so I can hang them on the line and bring in the lovely smell of sunshine. Makes getting into bed feel like a luxury.

[sbgrace]

I wash the kids sheets weekly, because both have dust mite allergies. Before the one son was dx'd, I washed his bi-weekly and allergy kid weekly. We shower before bed, so sheets are not icky dirty anyway.

 

Our sheets get washed less often, and not on a schedule of any sort. When I have time basically.

[HRAAB]

When I'm making the bed and wonder to myself when was the last time I washed the sheets. Then I do all sheets at once.

 

Guests get freshly laundered sheets.

[SeaConquest]

Every 1-2 weeks.

[Maela]

every two weeks, except pillowcases - those are changed twice a week

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I do ours (master bed) every two weeks, when I do the rest of our laundry.  I make the kids do theirs when they look dirty (in other words, not often enough).  They do their own laundry, and they don't always remember their sheets.  

[Katy]

I theory every week, but in reality it gets put off enough that I voted every two weeks.  For us.

 

Kids, once a week because I have them do it instead of us.

[strange_girl]

My flannel sheets stayed on my bed November-April.

 

I did wash them a couple of times. Then they went right back on. Seriously, it's too cold to sweat in bed usually in the winter. In the summer, I wash more like every 2 weeks or so.

[Btervet]

All the sheets get changed every week, and washed every two weeks (we have two sets per bed). 

 

Kids sheets get changed occasionally more often as needed - accidents, sickness, extra dirty, etc. Very occasionally the kids get our sheets dirty and they get washed extra. DH washes sheets and he gets upset if he has to do it more than every two weeks, so we try to keep it to a minimum.

[Lang Syne Boardie]

My flannel sheets stayed on my bed November-April.

 

I did wash them a couple of times. Then they went right back on. Seriously, it's too cold to sweat in bed usually in the winter. In the summer, I wash more like every 2 weeks or so.

 

Do your kids use the same sheets for six months at a time, too?

[AmandaVT]

I'm a once a weeker for sheets - in the winter, sometimes I'll go 2 weeks. For some reason, flannel sheets seem to stay nicer longer. But, weekly is my typical timeframe.

[medawyn]

Our bed gets changed weekly. I love fresh sheets!

 

The crib sheets get changed multiple times per week. Baby is a tummy sleeper, a spitter, and a champion diaper soaker. Lots of layers on that one.

 

The toddlers sheets get changed every other week or so. He always bathes before bed, and no potty training yet. Plus it's just annoying to change the sheets with the bedrail up. I would change his pillowcase more often, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually use his pillow.

[RKWAcademy]

Son w the allergies gets his washed pretty often, at least weekly sometimes more often if I remember.  The rest of us when I remember and feel like it.  Every week or two, maybe. 

[AnnE-girl]

I think we're all just sweaty sleepers. My sheets just don't feel as nice by day 6 and if we get to day ten, they just smell off. Our cat also thinks that her place is under the covers between DH and me, so she adds to the need to wash them more often.

[Word Nerd]

I aim for once a week but it doesn't always happen.

[VeganCupcake]

Weekly, on Saturday morning. It's just the routine. Those old habits from my mother die hard. 

[happi duck]

Me too. I also wash weekly just so I can hang them on the line and bring in the lovely smell of sunshine. Makes getting into bed feel like a luxury.

I am eagerly awaiting line-drying weather...especially for sheets!!

[MomtoCandJ]

About once a month or when needed (which ever comes first).

[Spryte]

Once a week.