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Don’t make your bed!

January 21, 2010 by 5 Comments

Over 84 percent of American homes have dust mites? Ewwwww….Those pesky microscopic dirty critters that cause allergies in so many people, including my family, live in our beds, with us! They survive by eating our dead skin, poop on our beds and we get allergic to their poop and their corpse (grosssssss!)

And they need at least 50 percent moisture in order to survive, according to a study in Kingston University in London.

What’s the solution? This is the best part.

Don’t make your bed. That’s right. Yahooooo!!!! Can you hear my kids hooting?

Nicely made beds trap moisture making those buggers to thrive under the sheets while you are at work. Un-made beds air out the sheets and are expose to dry air, making it inhabitable for the critters.

So don’t make you bed or yell at your kids when they don’t make their beds in the morning. Have a nice sit down breakfast instead.

I know. I’m their best friend now. I try. :)

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Karen
Karen

My kids were so happy this morning...to sleep two more minutes and not make their beds! And of course, I made their beds around noon....like Becky.

Marj M.
Marj M.

TY, TY TY. Although I haven't made my bed for years...........now I'm in with the IN crowd. LOL

Maura
Maura

Lol yes it's great isn't it - I always just turn out the duvet and rarely make the bed cos of those critters! When I'm really good though I take the duvet off completely and hang it over the stair bannisters so the whole bed gets exposed. Yep my house does look like a laundry though with the duvet hanging there ;)

Becky
Becky

So simple! I actually love to make the bed, though. Maybe I can put it off until later in the day to let the sheets air out.

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