How often do I need to change bedding?

It is always a pleasure to sleep on bedding that smells clean. For a full and comfortable sleep, special attention should be paid to its cleanliness. How often do you need to change clothes and how to wash your clothes? Answers to all questions in our material.

On average, each of us spends in bed eight hours a day. That is how much time is required for a full and healthy sleep. In order for a dream to be pleasant, comfortable, each person acquires a comfortable bed, high-quality mattresses, pillows and blankets. Particular attention is paid to the choice of bed linen.

Despite the fact that in the evening a person takes a shower or bath, bed linen is still contaminated and it should be changed regularly. How and with what do sheets and other accessories become soiled?

The most basic problem of all houses and apartments is dust. Dust accumulates not only on furniture and various objects, but also on bed linen. Of course, it is almost impossible to discern particles of dust on sheets or pillowcases, but this does not mean that they are not there. Every morning, filling the bed, shaking a blanket or a sheet can be replaced, as in the sun's dust columns rise. Dust is a serious allergen that can harm the body. Especially sensitive to her children's body.

The skin of any person contributes to the rapid contamination of bedding. If a person is used to sleeping without pajamas, the skin fat will rather quickly be absorbed into sheets and pillowcases, especially in the hot season, when the body is sweating. The skin tends to be updated. Small parts of the horny cover, too, remain in bed. Of course, it is impossible to see them, as they are very small. For these reasons, bedding changes color, there is an unpleasant smell and stains. Such contaminated underwear can cause an itch or an allergic reaction.

Particles of dirt may still remain on the body, for example, if you simply rinse the body with water, without soap and washcloth and not bathe.If you do not wear slippers on the way to the bedroom, then all the dirt from your feet will end up on bed linen and this is another reason for its pollution.

Those who like to eat cookies before bedtime or drink morning coffee in bed pollute their bed with food particles. How carefully you would not eat, small crumbs can still stay on the bed.

All the above factors have an impact not only on the cleanliness of linen, but also on health. Scientists have shown that there are many different microorganisms in bed linen, which is almost impossible to get rid of.

If the bed linen is not changed in time, then the situation will be aggravated, the bacteria will spread with double force. All this will adversely affect the general state of health, weaken the immune system and can cause the appearance of allergic diseases.

Many wonder how often bedding should be changed at home? Of course, the more often you do this, the better for you.A timely change of bed linen will be able to promote a comfortable and full sleep. Within five or six days, the fabric is easily clogged with dust particles and stops “breathing”.

As a result, a person may feel discomfort during sleep, sweating more often and more abundantly. Contaminated underwear negatively affects not only the general state of health, but also the health of the skin. After sleeping on such underwear, rashes, irritations and so on can appear

Adult people should change their bedding once a week. This is if the person is completely healthy. In the case when the patient is in the house, who is constantly in bed, then the kit should be changed every two days. If you spill something on a sheet or a stain appears on the laundry, then the whole set should be changed immediately.

Considering the fact that the sheet and pillowcase get dirty much faster than the duvet cover, it can be changed every ten or fourteen days.

By the way, the frequency of change of linen depends on the season. For example, in the hot season, when the body sweats a lot, you can change sets every two or three days, otherwise there is a heavy and unpleasant smell.In addition, in the summer and spring, the windows in the house are open most of the time. Therefore, a lot of dust and dirt get into the room. In winter, you can change clothes every ten days.

The body of the child is very different from an adult. For this reason, there are certain standards and guidelines for how often to change clothes in a children's bed.

Babies under one year old are advised to change the set of linen every five days. Of course, in the event that the newborn smears the sheet, then you need to change immediately. The same goes for bed linen of preschool children.

When a child is sick, he has a fever and in a dream he sweats a lot, the pillow case and the sheet should be changed every time after he sleeps. The baby should sleep in clean and dry clothes.

Teenagers, given their age-related changes, should change their bedding every five to six days. In addition to the need for parents to change bedding on the beds of their children in a timely manner, you should monitor the personal hygiene of babies. Children often go to bed without taking a shower or washing their face.All this will negatively affect the health, immunity and cleanliness of linen.

In order for all bedding sets to be in perfect condition, they need to be properly washed. There are some subtleties that every hostess needs to know.

• Before you start washing, be sure to review the composition of the fabric and recommendations for washing the kit. All features of the fabric, its composition and method of washing should be indicated on a special label or bed linen label. Each fabric requires an individual approach to itself and this should be taken into account.
• In the event that a set of linen is made entirely of cotton or linen, it should be washed at a temperature of no more than 60 degrees.
• Color kits should not be washed at too high temperatures, it will negatively affect the quality of products. Better to limit to 40 degrees. In addition, for such kits it is best to use special detergents that do not contain active bleaching agents. Such recommendations will help to preserve the original color of the kit for a long time.

• In order for snow-white fabrics to not lose their appearance,it is recommended to add quite a bit of bleach during each wash. Bleach, which contains chlorine, is excellent for white fabrics. Such a tool not only returns whiteness, but also helps to destroy harmful organisms.
• Products made from fabrics such as silk should be washed in a special mode. The silk set can be refreshed only with the delicate wash mode. It is better to turn off the spin, as this spoils the naughty fabric fibers. In addition, it is worth remembering that silk products do not withstand repeated washing, so these sets should be used less frequently.
• In the event that the laundry is heavily soiled, then it is better to soak it first and only then start washing.
• Pillow cases and duvet covers are recommended to be washed from the wrong side.
• When you have just acquired a new set of bed linen, then before you make it up, be sure to wash it in the recommended mode. Before selling the fabric is impregnated with special agents that can cause irritation or an allergic reaction.

• The washed laundry should not be left in the basin or in the drum of the washing machine for a long time. It should be dried immediately.In that case, if you leave it at least an hour or two in the wet, crumpled form, then the sheets and pillowcases will begin to stretch. As a result, an unpleasant smell will appear, the fibers of the fabric will start to deteriorate. When there is no separate laundry dryer in the house, you can hang it on special metal dryers. It is recommended to dry clothes at home, since it is covered with imperceptible dust particles on the street.
• It is possible to dry clothes on the street, in the open air in the event that you live outside the city or in a private house. It is especially good to hang out clothes after rain, when there is practically no dust in the air.
• Color and bright products are not recommended to leave in direct sunlight, as the fabric will become more faded and ugly.
• After the whole set dries out, you need to iron all the bedding and gently fold it on a clean shelf in the linen closet.
• In order to make the clothes easier to iron and there are no wrinkles or folds left, ironing should be started while it is still a little wet.
• If the bed linen is of bright color or has embroidery on it, such a product should be ironed exclusively from the wrong side.This method of ironing will allow you to maintain color saturation for a long time.

The method of washing clothes - in the next video.