Pole: how often do you change your sheets?

[Mary H]

How often do all of you change you sheets?

1 once a week

2 every two weeks

3 every three weeks
4 once a month
5 whenever

[Baseballmom]

Once a week!

[Tammyla]

I just gotta have clean sheets.:rolleyes:

Oh, and I simply wash them and put them back on the beds. It's easy and optimizes the fresh sheet sensation.

[GreenKitty]

Every other day. Clean crisp sheets I love em'.

[Tammy in Germany]

Once a week here....I would love everyday though. That whole crisp sheet thing and all. :D

[Daisy]

I try for every week but it is probably more like every 2. I love crisp clean sheets but I feel like I'm constantly changing another bed. So someone always gets clean sheets every week. It just may not always be me. :o

[momofkhm]

Rarely it's every other, usually if we went out of town.

[JudoMom]

You can't make me answer :p.

Ok, fine. I'll choose 5. Whenever :eek:.

[KristineIN]

Ok, I'm embarrassed even admit this, I don't wash them very often. It's the job that I hate the most. Dd's were washed last week because she got sick. I do wash dh's & mine a little more often. We use all flannel in the winter & do wash our cotton sheets in the summer more. If they really stink, I wash them. It's not high on my priority list. We do make our beds everyday though! We get in bed clean. Once when I was a kid I stayed at someones house that had gritty sand bed sheets and dry cat food in the bed sheets. It was gross. If we had company spending the night, they would get clean sheets. Also, as the kids get older and stink more, they will have clean sheets more often.

Kristine

[MaryM]

Every two weeks...

[Michelle T]

Once a week for sheets and comforter. I change my pillowcase every couple days.
Michelle T

[readwithem]

Usually once a week, sometimes we go 10 days or 2 weeks, depending on what else is happening.

[Mrs. Readsalot]

Once a week for us

[melissel]

You can't make me answer :p.

Ok, fine. I'll choose 5. Whenever :eek:.

Ahem...yeah...what she said...

[Lisawa]

The goal is once a week.... but latley every 2. It includes all bedding actually... *Ü*

Lisa

[Jennifer in MI]

Every week. But, I do love going to the hotel and having them change my sheets every day. They're just so crisp!

[Mom2GirlsTX]

Fresh sheets go on every bed every Sunday night...I like to start the dreaded Monday off with clean sheets...I love clean sheets!

[sdWTMer]

but this thread is making me want to go change them now! ;)

Well, here I go!

Done! New, clean sheets! Yummy!

[Janna]

You can't make me answer :p.

Ok, fine. I'll choose 5. Whenever :eek:.

Yeah, uh...me too. :o

[Jackie in AR]

Ideally every week but when it is really cold outside we'll sometimes change them every two weeks.

I have one bed's bedding in the washer right now. :)

[HappyTree]

Mine works out to be about every three weeks to once a month. - Mary

[Mekanamom]

I change sheets every Friday, alternating between the kids' sheets one week and mine the next. (ala Motivated Moms (http://www.motivatedmoms.com/)).

I dislike this chore, but I like clean sheets. ;) I try to get the kids to help with their sheets as much as possible (they do their own wash) but two of them have loft beds and it's just awful putting sheets on those. Bleh.

[Tammy]

I don't change my sheets very often at all.....maybe once a month?

Tammy

[PrairieAir]

unless something comes up, and then it's shifted a bit. Once in a while they go two weeks if life is just really hectic.

[JFS in IL]

kids - rarely (mostly because the teens insist on rolling up in blankets on a bare matress - even after I make their beds!!! - while the preteen insists on a sleeping bag on her bare mattress.)

[Ellie]

because I do all my laundry on Fridays :)

I have 3 sets of sheets, which I alternate.

[stephanie]

Once or twice a week. The whole bed bug thing really freaks me out! I do mine and my dc's. I'm sure there's still bed bugs, but at least I'm fighting them twice per week!

[mommylaw]

Once a week. I'd love to do them more but I'm drowning in laundry as it is.

[AmyinPA]

Every two in the winter. More often in the summer. But I do have a rule...no dirty bodies in my bed.

[Plaid Dad]

Every two weeks in the winter, weekly in the summer, unless someone is ill. Sick people get clean sheets. :)

[bkpan]

Ahem...yeah...what she said...

Yep, I'm afraid so. Do not like that job!

Kim in TN (used to be in NV)

[Just Me]

Every Friday in the summer.

Every two weeks in the winter.

I also wash the comforter every two weeks, since our Border Collie sleeps at the foot of our bed, and we can't seem to break her bad habit!! (ie. she sneaks in the bed when we are sleeping!!) :o

[Lisa at Home]

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[Crissy]

Clean sheets all around every week. But I only change mine. The boys have been taught how to change their sheets.
Once a week I put a fresh set at the end of the bed when I wake them, and the know to pull the old sheets off, toss them into the laundry and make the bed with clean linens.
My 9yo still needs a little help getting things tucked properly, but they do a good job.

[Miss Peregrine]

Every Monday:)

[dangermom]

Every Monday. I'd love to have fresh sheets more often but that's more effort than I can manage!

[sclisa]

Everyone gets new sheets weekly. I strip all of the beds and will help re-make if help is desired. The littlest member of our family gets new sheets much more often because...well...diapers leak.

Lisa

[Rhonda@LivingWater]

I wash the girls linens every Monday, ds every Tuesday and mine and dh every Thursday.

[Dayle in Guatemala]

every 2 weeks. Sometimes, because of schedules, it only happens every 3.

[Pajama Mama]

We do our weekly chores on Saturday which included the changing of the guard, I mean, sheets. But since November it has been monthly or worse. I've been sick and then the kids took turns being sick. Of course I changed sheets for sick kids but we got out of the weekly changing. Funny that I happen to be washing our sheets right now. I really did start them *before* this post--you guys didn't shame me into actually washing them-LOL

[Jenny in Atl]

I try for once a week. More often in the summer... sweaty here in the south. :p

[Karen in CO]

Every two weeks in winter. Once a week in summer. Except the teenage boy must change his weekly. Not dirty bodies in bed. Change daily or more often in case of sickness.

[kalanamak]

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[j.griff]

I keep seeing this title and reading "How DO you change your sheets?" :-D
I find it amusing.

[Faith]

Every week.

[KIN]

Every two weeks. One Monday I wash the kids' sheets, the next week I wash dh's and mine. :)

[Melissa in FL]

Once a week in the summer, and every two weeks in the winter (unless dh asks me to do it sooner).
Melissa

[Mary H]

like a couple of others 5 whenever. My dh does not like this so, I am trying to see what everybody else does. I guess I'll go with every 2 weeks and then maybe every week. I am kind of lazy when it comes to this.:o My dc change their's every two weeks or so. I do all the wash except for ds's (18).
The do help with folding their own clothes, and puting away. Although, I do have to go and make it nice so they can shut their drawers.:)

Mary H

[Colleen]

It is so nice to hang sheets out to dry. Even thought we live in a fairly cool, wet climate, I try to hang sheets & towels out year-round.

[Crissy]

It is so nice to hang sheets out to dry. Even thought we live in a fairly cool, wet climate, I try to hang sheets & towels out year-round.

Oh, I love line-dried linens! I don't start until May.
Do you have a covered area in which to hang your sheets and towels?

[Colleen]

Do you have a covered area in which to hang your sheets and towels?

Now that would be convenient! But no, I don't. I just try to get them out there when it's not raining ~ and of course a breeze helps.

[CookieMonster]

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[Paz]

My goals is once a week, usually I do change them that often.

[Scarlett]

I can't tolerate dirty beds. Sometimes I can hardly wait for sheet changing day and wonder why I think I have to wait.

[Luanne]

I'd do it more often, but just don't have time since I work full-time.

[Linda in TX]

Every two weeks

[cin]

Unfortunately, I cannot change the sheets (BAD back) so I have to wait for DH to change ours. That is usually 3-4 weeks. The girls have bunkbeds, so he changes there's at the same time ours gets done. Which means by the time all the sheets are cleaned it's time to do it again. I REALLY hate laundry. REALLY REALLY hate it.

[Deidre in GA]

whenever i realize i can't remember when i changed them last. i'd probably change them more often if i wasn't a single parent.

[Audrey]

I kind of feel like anything less than every 2 weeks is a little icky. In the summertime, I would change them at least weekly, if not more often.

[jmgconner]

I try for once a week, but I don't stress out if it becomes once every two weeks.

[Gigi]

kids - rarely (mostly because the teens insist on rolling up in blankets on a bare matress - even after I make their beds!!! - while the preteen insists on a sleeping bag on her bare mattress.)

This happens in our house also.:) I have one child who doesn't like the feel of sheets so sleeps between two blankets and my other boys use their sleeping bags. I prefer this because when they do sleep in their beds they kick off the sheets and they end up on the floor anyway.:rolleyes:

[nancypants]

You can't make me answer :p.

Ok, fine. I'll choose 5. Whenever :eek:.

I'm with you Judo Mom. Don't worry. You will not be a social pariah (at least not with me!) :D

[siloam]

Once a week here, except for rare times when my washer breaks down....last week. ;) It is so nice to have it back up and running and to have clean sheets again!!

Heather

p.s. The kids also do their's once a week...ok so I help the 5yo and sometimes the 6yo, though on a good day the 6yo can do it all herself.

[Marie in Oh]

Adults every other week or so-- kids about once a month if I'm lucky. Those bunk beds kill me.

[Marie in Oh]

hang them out like Colleen. Even in winter. They smell so good.

[DollyM]

I am not as ambitious, nor as desirous of clean sheets as most of you.
I change them regularly, but not as frequently.
However, I've NEVER EVER allowed a different person to sleep on a bed slept in by another - guest bed gets changed immediately.

I change my/DH's bed more often than the kids. The kids ... well .... I don't stress over since they shower every night. And they don't seem to be concerned LOL. (Oh, and never any animals in ANY of our beds. Ever. DH says so.)

[Tia in Wa]

for dh and I every 3/4 days for the dc the dogs sleep in there and they all conspire to wiggle the sheets off the bed. Luckily for me they change their own:)

[Mekanamom]

I love to do that too... but I have to be super careful about when to do it. We live in a farming area, and during certain times of the year, there is *so* much dust in the air from all the plowing! A couple times I hung out the wash and had to re-wash because all the clothes got so dusty. ;-) LOL! I've learned that on days nice enough to hang out the wash, I can only attempt it when I know I'll be home all day to bring it back in if needed. It's also windy here, so even when all the plowing has been done, we get the fine dirt blowing over much of the summer. Not to mention the dust from my own horse paddock once all the pasture has dried up.

Maybe if we get a screen room/solarium someday. Then I could always hang my wash to dry! :D

Gosh, I would love to do that. Hang the clothes to dry, install rain barrels to catch water in the winter, and since it's so sunny here most of the year... solar panels would be awesome. It takes more $$ than we have to get all that going, though. A little bit at a time, i guess.

[Lady Katherine]

I try to do it each week. In reality, it can be as long as two or three weeks, and on rare occasions, a month. But I ALWAYS change them often during an illness.

[Ancora_Imparo]

Once a week. DD8 strips the sheets off her bed & I help her put everything back on.

[Sharon H in IL]

Every week, when I do my Saturday Home Blessing. :) We have the boys trained (finally) to change their own sheets & pillowcases. Whew. That took a while.

[Lady Katherine]

Over 1000 hits for a thread about sheet changing? Ladies, we need to get lives... ;-)

[SandraDumas]

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[KristineIN]

Over 1000 hits for a thread about sheet changing? Ladies, we need to get lives... ;-)


We need to go wash our sheets right? :eek:
Kristine

[Mrs Mungo]

I try for every week but it is probably more like every 2. I love crisp clean sheets but I feel like I'm constantly changing another bed. So someone always gets clean sheets every week. It just may not always be me. :o

This describes our household as well. Unless our sheets have a endured a lot over the past week then I make a point of changing them. ;)

[Strawberry Queen]

I do ours every few days. My dh has sensitive skin.The kids get one every week or so. Although since they have been in bunkbeds I really have to motivate myself. It's just soo much fun to climb up to the top bunk and change sheets.:rolleyes:

[Needleroozer]

kids - rarely (mostly because the teens insist on rolling up in blankets on a bare matress - even after I make their beds!!! - while the preteen insists on a sleeping bag on her bare mattress.)

I thought mine was the only one to do this- I have the weirdest photo of him wrapped up like a long burrito, or a pig in a blanket, lol. Too funny!

[Tonia]

kids - rarely (mostly because the teens insist on rolling up in blankets on a bare matress - even after I make their beds!!! - while the preteen insists on a sleeping bag on her bare mattress.)

I thought mine was the only one to do this- I have the weirdest photo of him wrapped up like a long burrito, or a pig in a blanket, lol. Too funny!

When I was a kid I'd do this on weekends - night before sheet changing day. I was allowed to tear my bed apart and "camp out". I'd even haul the mattress onto the floor. Ah, fond memories. Must remember to do this with dd... :D

[Sue in WI]

Lately I have had to change 1 or more of the boys beds more often due to the flu, or because their nighttime pull-ups leaked.:( I have never enjoyed making a bed.

[Tracey in TX]

I change our sheets Tuesday mornings. Kids sleep on top of their comforters, so they don't need to change linens!