It’s one of the advantages of semi-minimalist living. I own one set of queen white woven sheets and one set of queen white flannel sheets, so no matter what time of year it is, my sheet-changing routine goes like this:
1. Remove sheets from bed.
2. Wash and dry sheets.
3. Put sheets back on bed.
Did you notice that there’s absolutely no sheet-folding in there? It’s a beautiful thing.
So, the only time I have to fold sheets is when the weather requires me to switch out my wovens for my flannels or vice versa, and that happens only twice a year.
(unfortunately, the weather has decided to be fickle this year and we’ve had a rash of humid, 70s-ish temperatures since I switched the sheets to flannel. Boo. But I remind myself that this is good for the electric bill.).
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Heh, I use flannel sheets all year, because I like them better! I have two pairs of flannel sheets. One is white with Fall leaves all over it and one is pink with showmen.
We use flannel year round as well. I thought my husband to be very odd the first summer we were dating and I realized he had not yet removed his flannel sheets. Then one day I was at his parent’s house and realized they too had flannel sheets during the summer! It seemed very counter-intuitive to me, but after I gave it a try …. well, I am never going back! Even high quality thread count sheets can’t compare with the softness and comfort of getting in to flannel sheets every night! Glad we’re not alone!
I have two pairs for each bed in case someone pukes or something in the middle of the night, but otherwise I do like you and wash and then put them back on.
Do you own more for your kids beds? I could easily do that for our bed as I find myself putting the same set on each time (obviously I must like that set better than the others I have!) but I like having extras for the kids in case of the middle of the night accident or stomach flu.
Zoe sleeps in a toddler bed, and I have several crib sheets that fit that mattress. Lisey and Sonia have fuzzy winter sheets and woven summer sheets, but Joshua only has one set.
If they have puking in the middle of the night, we just get out their sleeping bag and put it on the floor or on the bed.
For some odd reason, my children rarely throw up in the middle of the night…they almost ALWAYS start throwing up in the morning. I have no idea why!
I meant, “Snowmen”!
I gave up having just one pair of sheets because, too often, come bedtime lazy me hadn’t made the bed yet.
I had the exact same experience, WilliamB, and finally bought a second set of sheets for each bed.
I’ve had that happen, but the real reason I keep two sets of each type of sheet for every bed type in the house (flannel and regular; crib, twin, full, queen) is that I have a morbid fear of something icky happening in the middle of the night and not being able to then have clean sheets to sleep on! Like my son throwing up in his bed. Twice (he has four bottom sheets, actually)
WilliamB…having only one set FORCES me to deal with the sheet laundry. lol
I can’t stand flannel sheets, but the kiddos like them, they each have a special set for winter. I usually just strip the bed, wash and remake all in one day, but we have a second set of sheets and matress pad for each child. A severe bout of vomiting and runny diapers taught me how much I dislike doing laundry at 2am when a sick child is crying to go back to bed. But most of the linens have been given to us second hand.
You really shouldn’t have made the “only puking in the morning” statement. lol
We have two sets per bed. I hang my laundry on the line and with 7 beds to make I just can’t handle an all day bed making production. I need to strip them then make them right up.
I have had too many times where the sheets are downstairs in the basket or clothesline (or outside on the clothesline) when I am just want to flop into bed. So, I have an extra pair that I put right on after I take them off. For me it’s worth having to fold the sheets.
I too love flannel and have two sets for each bed, for the same reason as other parents, in case of throw up or wetting in children’s beds or our bed. Sick snuggling children pose a threat to parents’ sheets too
I try to put the fresh sheets on immediately when stripping the beds to avoid making beds when exhausted at the end of the day. I also like to have the sheets washed and dry the same day I take them off the bed so they are all ready to go if an aforementioned throw up or wetting occurs that very night. I developed my system based on a few awful middle of the night experiences that we’d prefer never to go through again! Great motivation to avoid putting off doing the laundry 