Me Time!

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu:

i need to slowly teach myself to let these 2 girls do the housechores. They will do actually..just that i will auto 'snatch' the job and do it on my own. changing the bedsheet for their own bed may be a bit of hard job as the mattress is abt 13in thick and one side leaning to wall..maybe let them do the pillow case changing.

Those heavy mattresses can be difficult. Maybe let her help you when you do it, then she will know how to if she has to. My daughter told me that when she went to OBS in Sec 3, some of her classmates didn't know how to put the sheets on their beds! She had to help them.

[janet88]

Porky Pig:

How often do you change bed sheets for the whole family?

every week.

[ammonite]

Same as Janet.

[janet88]

ammonite:

Same as Janet.

bed sheet saturdays.
floor rugs mondays.
towels tuesdays.

[MyPillow]

janet88:

ammonite:

Same as Janet.

bed sheet saturdays.
floor rugs mondays.
towels tuesdays.

i can only wash on wk days night n wk ends
ds almost weekly
dd bi -weekly
Mine- cleanest ! so depends bi or 3 plus week
Not that dun want to wash , sometimes is no place n not enuff sun to bake the sheets
Still need to wash tons of sch attire daily ! ah yo .... HOUSE CHORES :stompfeet:

Towels bath and face - throw then to wash together with daily clothes, every day washing different
citizens towels in the house
Blankets - i outsourced to the diy coin machines

[ammonite]

I use a dryer as well so it helps. I hot wash all beddings, towels and kitchen cloths. To cover everything, I generally run hot wash cycles twice a week, unless someone is sick, then all his clothes will be hot washed too to prevent the germs/virus from spreading.

[Porky Pig]

janet88:

ammonite:

Same as Janet.

bed sheet saturdays.
floor rugs mondays.
towels tuesdays.

Wow, all of you are so disciplined in getting things done. Much as I want to wash my sheets weekly, I find it is such a big hassle so end up doing like once every 2 to 3 weeks. Looks like I must set up a duty roster to get things done regularly.

[MrsKiasu]

janet88:

ammonite:

Same as Janet.

bed sheet saturdays.
floor rugs mondays.
towels tuesdays.

:salute: i m not disciplined at all. i have no fixed schedule at all. ours usually more than 1 month. to stretch the cleanliness , I dont let them jump, play, eat, drink on bed. clothes changed after going out. pyjamas, pants as much as possible not to get pulled up when sleep. if anyone have diarrhea or alike, i get them changed and go wash their bottoms each time after go visit toilet.. i too would prefer the cleaner, fresher and crispier bed sheet..time for me to ve more disciplined

[MrsKiasu]

slmkhoo:

MrsKiasu:

i need to slowly teach myself to let these 2 girls do the housechores. They will do actually..just that i will auto 'snatch' the job and do it on my own. changing the bedsheet for their own bed may be a bit of hard job as the mattress is abt 13in thick and one side leaning to wall..maybe let them do the pillow case changing.

Those heavy mattresses can be difficult. Maybe let her help you when you do it, then she will know how to if she has to. My daughter told me that when she went to OBS in Sec 3, some of her classmates didn't know how to put the sheets on their beds! She had to help them.

I would think they could do it if need to. they start making their bed nowadays..many patterns on how they put the comforter cover (used as blanket). whenever can, I tell them or they see me, many things can be based on what we see, feel or hear, no need to specifically go and learn it..I dont have high standard to begin with but those are mostly house chore la. esp dd1, cannot sleep at one position. all are king size bed and i have to add in a triple layer high single/super single mattress next to it for dd2, whenever she feels having own space. sometimes i could see dd1 feet next to dd2's head.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu:

:salute: i m not disciplined at all. i have no fixed schedule at all. ours usually more than 1 month. to stretch the cleanliness , I dont let them jump, play, eat, drink on bed. clothes changed after going out. pyjamas, pants as much as possible not to get pulled up when sleep. if anyone have diarrhea or alike, i get them changed and go wash their bottoms each time after go visit toilet.. i too would prefer the cleaner, fresher and crispier bed sheet..time for me to ve more disciplined

I change sheets monthly. No one gets on their beds at all except at night, when they have showered are in night clothes, and the sheets still smell fine. We don't have anyone with severe enough allergies that they act up with this regime, so it saves me work, and also saves water and electricity! And my husband and I have been using a bamboo mat for coolness during the warmer months (about 10 mths of the year), so I only need to wipe the mat and change pillow cases. It's probably a good thing to stretch the time between changing longer as a service to the environment.