Do you make your kid's bed?

[zukeypur]

I'm talking about the ones who are old enough to make it themselves. Thing 1 is almost 11 and Thing 2 is almost 4. They sleep together in a full size bed. Thing 2 is usually still asleep in bed when Thing 1 leaves for school, so right now the rule is that Thing 1 makes the bed as soon as she gets home and Thing 2 puts the pillows on the bed. This is great, except that I hate having an unmade bed in my house all day. We have a hard enough time getting Thing 1 to school in the morning, so I don't think adding a chore in the morning would work well, even if Thing 2 were out of the bed. I want them to be responsible for their own chores, but I'd really like to have a nice house for the majority of the day while I'm stuck in it. So whattaya think?

[thismelrocks]

We rarely make our beds. All of our rooms are upstairs and no one goes up their but us.

[z&c'smom]

I would have them make it. DS is 5 and most days (the days I remember!) he makes his own bed. It's not perfect, but as long as the blankets aren't on the floor and his comforter is pulled up nicely, I'm satisfied. I'm really trying to have ds know that in a family, there are responsibilities. Right now, his 'chores' are making his bed, emptying the silverware from the dishwasher and helping to clean his playroom. He's a pretty good sport about it.

[thismelrocks]

*there :baby1:

[zukeypur]

I make mine as soon as I get up. I figure that if I'm gonna spend money on a nice looking room, it's gonna look nice. The same for theirs. It drives me INSANE to walk into a room with an unmade bed.

[Mamma_Viola]

Anya's been making her bed since she was in one, so since she was 2. Granted it was a toddler bed and I would have to come and fix it, but now at 4 she does a very good job.

[Shopaholic]

we make the beds every day. the room looks neater and I want the kids to grow up to continue that.

[zukeypur]

I'm leaning toward just making it myself, out of the kindness of my heart (and my need for a nicely made bed). Maybe if I make the bed for her she'll get used to having it made and will continue that when she's older.

[MisanthropeKitty]

I don't even make my bed :hides:
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[liljes4101]

DD is 4, and she makes her bed pretty darn good. But, I think she does it so her bears have a nice place to lay down. DS is 2, and tries to make his bed, all on his own accord.
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I must add, that I hardly ever make my bed. Just on the good days. :hide:

[Kristan]

I make their beds. The big girls share a top bunk and they can't figure out how to make it. They do arrange their pillows and stuffies on it when they get home from school. The little one *helps* me make her bed (bottom bunk).

The girls' only chores are to keep their room neat (not necessarily clean, just relatively neat), pickup the playroom when they're done playing there, and feed the kittens. The little one helps me unload the dishwasher...she gets the basket of silverware (without knives and sharp objects) and puts them in the drawer...one by one by one lol

[randareena]

Brock makes his bed. He's almost 4. I showed him how to do it and now he does it with no help. Granted, it is not perfect :) but he does his best and I'm happy with that.

[piccolo41099]

nope

[Mom to 3]

Yes I do. Since I'm at home anyways it's not a big deal.
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The only 'chore' my kids have are to clear the table from dinner every night. They just carry everything from the table to the counter and then I clean up/load the dishwasher.

Oh and they have to put their dirty clothes in the hamper in their room. Can't throw them everywhere.
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[urchin_grey]

We all sleep in the same bed, but we don't make it. :err: Well, we do once a week or so when we wash the sheets and blankets, but other than that, it stays unmade.

[My3sons]

No. I don't even make my own bed. I didn't grow up having to make my bed so I've never gotten into the habit of doing it as an adult. Every once in a while Logan will make his on his own.

[zukeypur]

They both are required to keep their toys picked up, put their clothes in the hamper, and clear their stuff from the table when they eat. Thing 1 also is responsible for feeding her cat and scooping the cat box. Thing 2 brings me the bathroom trash cans on trash day.

[Mindi]

We don't make our bed but there is usually someone in it for the majority of the day. I work nights (sleep days), DH works days (sleeps nights) so for us to make the bed seems kinda pointless. I do ask the kids to keep their blankets and pillows ON the beds but that is about it.

[amjbsmama]

We don't use top sheets so it's just really fixing the blanket but no I don't make them do it...... dd will when friends are coming over and the 4 younger boys share a room but we only fix the blankets when they have friends over.

[jennifrog]

DS is 3 and he has recently been given the job of making his bed. The first few days were more a pile of pillows and blankets in the middle of his bed (which was an improvement over the floor). After showing him a few times he is starting to get it and straightens out the blankets and put his pillows where they go. It is still kind of messy, and then he gets back in for nap :sigh: but he is trying and that's good enough for me.
If the choice was I make it or nobody does, I guess I would just make it, I don't like walking by the mess either. I would try and get your almost 4yo to at least help with the job. After a few weeks of helping her maybe she will do an ok enough job that the the 11yo can finish it up in the afternoon.

[Katiebear]

We believe in having beds air out in between uses :err: So we don't make the beds.

If I were you, I'd probably make the bed myself only because I obviously care more than the kids do. I would probably have her help me change the sheets when necessary, and make it on the weekends.

[fanciful]

Joey usually makes his and then I'll go straighten things out if need be but more and more that's not needed at all.

[Katherine]

We rarely make our beds. All of our rooms are upstairs and no one goes up their but us.

that's us - we just close our bedroom doors and don't think about it. dd1 (almost 5) has started occasionally smoothing her sheets down all on her own, so maybe it's a cue for me to step up the bed making. I think she was just trying to hide books in her bed, tho.

[DaynaR]

If it bugs ya, and they wont do it, I would just do it!

I dont beleive in bed making, LOL. It just gets messed up in 12 hours anyways. Plus our doors are always closed so Bug doesnt go into the rooms by himself.

I was taought from a young age too, to always make the be and was forced to the whole time I lived at home. So it doesnt matter how much ya teach them if they dont like making it :P

[knitster]

Caedmon - almost 9 - has been making his own bed for a few years now.

Presley - just turned 4 - helps me make hers

[Zee]

the three older kiddos make their beds every morning.

[robertribeye]

dd1-11, dd2-7-dd3-5 all make thier own beds. it's part of thier chore chart. they make it after they eat breakfast on thier way up to brush thier teeth . they do pretty well at it. amazingly the youngest dd is the most obssesive about her neatly tucked in comforter. its crazy. dd1 is a slob, but I think that goes with the teenage territory lol.

[Army_princess]

yeah that is not a rule in our house....not like DS is old enough yet.....but I cant make him make his bed when I refuse to make mine. I CAN NOT stand my bed made, it HAS to be arranged weirdly so I can be comfortable at night and I don't want to spend 5 minutes getting it set up every night

[redrage]

Just as they expect clean dishes to eat off of, I expect beds to be made by them. I have to help the youngin' but it's worth it! Makes bedtime simpler too. Maybe "Thing 1" could do it on weekends, and you could help "Thing 2" during the week. Summer will be here soon, and "Thing 1" can help "Thing 2".