Airing Beds

[Oma]

We were talking about this yesterday ,

When I was in the hairdressers last week some how we got talking about letting the bed air ,

I said every morning when I get up I pull the duvet back and open the windows to let the bed air even if only for a hour while I have breakfast get sorted and ready .
Most of the girls in the salon thought that was odd and asked why I do that .
They all said they make the bed as soon as they get up and never thought about airing the bed ,
Yesterday when we were having our meal I was telling DD and friends this ,

DD said I always do that because that's what you taught me and my friend said she does too its how she was taught .

Is it a generation thing do you think ?
It seems to be the younger ones 20-30's who think its odd , none of them had heard of doing this ,

Same as pulling the bottom sheet straight , they all just pull the duvet up and said its just creating work

I know I must sound old fashioned but surely after spending all night in bed they realise you need to get some fresh air on your mattress .

[Gemini]

We all sweat during the night, and airing is to dry it out!
I have read that in some countries it is usual for people to air their bedding over the balcony every day!
I air ours most days as you do Oma.

[Lizzie48]

Here in Holland the duvet etc are regularily hung out to air. Beds stripped and mattresses left to "air"! But, I don't think the younger ones do it as often as they should.

[Plantaholic]

My Mil spent some time in Austria and there they put the duvets over the balcony and she always put her clothes she had worn over her window cill. I open the bed and pull the bottom
sheet straight, always open the windows when I strip the bed and leave it open for a couple of hours before I re-make it.

[Shemadee]

I do much the same. I hate wrinkles in sheets I am lying on. My Dad used to call me the Princess from the Princess and the Pea story! I have 100% high thread count cotton bedding and have suspender type things to keep the sheets pulled tight. I always pull back the covers to air the bed. A neighbour keeps their bedroom windows wide open all day which is a step too far for me in this wintry weather!

[Sunshine]

I always air my bed as you do Oma. I understand that bed bugs like to live in warm, moist conditions. This would be perfect for them. I don’t intend to share my bed with anyone least of all bed bugs. I also air the mattress when I change the bed, the pillows too.

[Daisy]

Yes, I air the bed too. Even OH knows to pull the duvet back, although he often forgets to open the window. Unless it's howling a gale, I open all the bedroom windows, the bathrooms and the small window in the hall every morning. If it's not too cold I leave the backdoor open too.

Even though I feel the cold, I like plenty of fresh air. Sometimes I forget to close them until I'm going round drawing curtains in the evening!

[Nanto2girls]

I always air the bed as well. I think it could be a generation thing.
When i make the bed,i always straighten the bottom sheet,and always turn the duvet over.
That way,we never sleep with the same side of duvet covering us 2 nights running.

[Enfys]

I do the same, always open the window and fold the duvet back. When I was a child, one of our neighbours was German and they used to hang their bedding out of the windows every morning (unless it was raining). My mother thought it very strange 🙂.

Cant bear getting into a bed with the sheets all wrinkly, takes all of a couple of minutes to pull them straight.

[Oma]

We all seem to think alike , when im changing the bed I hang the duvet over the Banister and have the windows and bedroom doors open for air flow ,
Maybe it was our generation and previous generation thing ,
Even with mattress covers on the mattress still needs a good airing , in my opinion , as you say Gem we all sweat during the night .

I never close bedroom doors during the day either again to let the air flow .

[Daisy]

When I'm changing the bed I hang the duvet over the bannister and open the landing window as well.

I don't turn the duvet over every day like Nanto, because Eva gets on the bed and we'd end up with a bed full of dog hair. I keep a fluffy throw on the bed to keep most of her hairs off the duvet and that works quite well.

[Grauntie Mag]

I think it’s a common sense thing. The thought of getting in to a wrinkly un aired bed makes me shudder! Surely it must smell of bodies after a day or two. Pillows are my thing, they must be plumped (beaten in to submission) and turned every morning.

[Daisy]

Grauntie - my pillow gets beaten up in the night if it has the temerity to wake me up!

[Gemini]

The downside of airing beds!

This morning I had to go out unexpectedly to drive my SIL to work then did a couple of other things while I was out. When I came home the cat was happily sleeping on our bed, on the sheet! I don't normally leave it to air that long, and he took advantage of it.

[Nana]

I air the bed too. Duvet pulled back on getting out of bed. I have the window catch on the setting that's not quite closed all the time except from when we're out. I agree, think it is a generation thing.

As for pillows, that's another story. I just can't find a comfy one. Somehow my pillow got mixed up with the others & I can't find it. Does anyone else have a favourite pillow?