You shouldn’t be making your bed first thing every morning – I’m a cleaning expert and you’re actually making it dirtier
FOR a lot of people, starting the day by making the bed is part of a daily routine.
However, one cleaning expert has explained that it’s actually a bad idea to make the bed first thing – because it increases the likelihood of dust mites getting in the sheets.
“You should never make your bed first thing in the morning,” Cleanhome_cleanmind wrote on TikTok, over a video of someone making a bed.
In the caption, they further explained: “Letting your bed air out (for at least 1 hour) is a good solution to reduce the number of dust mites.”
Viewers were quick to take to the comments section to weigh in on the potentially controversial suggestion, with one writing: “My mother always used to say ‘an unmade bed is a healthy bed’.”
“Let it breathe, let it breathe,” someone else commented.
“I open all the windows every morning and roll the duvet down to the bottom,” a third person added.
“I saw a program about bed bugs was nearly sick!! Never make my bed now.”
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“My bed never gets made until I’m about to go to bed…. ,” someone else wrote. “Guess I’m doing something right.”
“I got so much s**t off my Mum& Gran for not making my bed while staying with her I’d just open my window and she’d get SOOOO angry,” another woman added.
Others joked the advice was a good way to excuse the fact they’ve never got around to making the bed in the morning.
“I guess I don’t feel as bad anymore since I barely get time in the mornings as a busy mum,” one mum laughed.
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