Reply to: How often do you wash your sheets?

[SpontaneousOrder]

Whether you shower before bed, or not, would make a big difference. I'd still go for every week-ish, but I would imagine that a 2-monther that showers every night might be better than many 2 weekers who don't.

[vetran]

Hmmm... inneresting.

But how do they get in the mattress in the first place?

get a mattress protector, wash it and hoover the bed when the sheets are off. It keeps the quantity down.

[FiveTimes]

Every sunday all bedding in the house gets washed, dried and ironed. sometimes more often if its really warm

[Mich the Tester]

My butler informs me that the cleaner changes them weekly.

What's this 'you' business?

FTFY, are you a contractor or what?

[original PM]

Hmmm... inneresting.

But how do they get in the mattress in the first place?

I am pretty sure most mattresses are teeming with microscopic life...

a bit like your eyelashes.

[Gittins Gal]

I always thought the bed bugs lived in the mattress and so changing sheets really makes no difference....

but we change ours when you have to hit them with a hammer to fold them.

Hmmm... inneresting.

But how do they get in the mattress in the first place?

[BlasterBates]

I'll put them in the washer this evening

[northernladyuk]

Wait till you date a bird that squirts like a fountain. Changing sheets becomes a daily chore!!!

Don't I know it! Hopefully your final op in Morocco will give us an improvement some time after the summer.

[norrahe]

Every week if I remember, failing that every two weeks.

[northernladuk]

Wait till you date a bird that squirts like a fountain. Changing sheets becomes a daily chore!!!

[evilagent]

every week.

that reminds me of a phase I went through where I ironed the duvet covers, and ran the iron over the sheets once laid to remove wrinkles.

total waste of time, but I was more OCD then than I am now.

[hyperD]

Bed bug: actual size.

[original PM]

Oh, not at all. I'm a clean freak.

Whoever you are, you will shed skin in the bed thus attracting bed bugs if you leave your sheets on too long.

I don't know where the bed bugs come from though. Perhaps you need a durty furriner in your bed first.

I always thought the bed bugs lived in the mattress and so changing sheets really makes no difference....

but we change ours when you have to hit them with a hammer to fold them.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

I bet you change your shirt and trousers every day too.

Right on bro.

Sounds like you're a candidate for one of my public weekly scrub downs.

[d000hg]

I bet you change your shirt and trousers every day too.