the Swedish KEY to good sleep ïž± Scandinavian Sleep Method & WHY kids nap OUTSIDE in winter
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The MOST difficult time of year is here - POLAR DAY! With the endless daylight it's even more important for me to stay up to date with my sleep routine, which made me think of the special routines I do as a Swedish person and how they make me sleep SO well! So what really is the Scandinavian Sleep Method - and WHY do nordic children sleep outside? Watch this video to find out! I hope you enjoy this video! Thank you so much for being here, I love y'all! âš
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0:00 Welcome to Svalbard
0:32 Fresh bedding
01:34 Rule 1
02:31 Benefits
03:43 Why nordic kids sleep outside
04:55 Grim
06:00 The smell
06:42 Rule 2
07:26 Swedish culture
08:44 Rule 3
10:03 Scandinavia
10:32 Making the bed
11:06 7pm
11:46 Midnight sun season begins
12:41 Preparations
14:22 Grims Sleep Schedule
15:38 Debrief ft Grim
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This is fascinating. Thank you and please keep the culture videos coming!
What size?â€
We live in Australia but hang the duvets most of the time over the balcony, bugs or no bugs, you can feel the heat and smell the ozone on them Mmm so good : ) I am original from the Netherlands and my mum also did hang the sheets over the balcony on the forth floor where we lived and I can still smell the freezing sheets from the winter time. When I went to bed she came with the fresh sheet (that is how she called it) and I was already laying down waiting for the fresh sheet with the lovely smell to cover me she did spread it out and let it land on me nice and softly like only a mother can do. It has a good impact on a good night of sleep as well. Thanks for sharing I love all your video's xx
Whatâs brand is the clock? Iâve been searching for a good and recommended light alarm for ages.
A bit of advice I received early in our marriage was relating to sharing things that need not be shared. If one of you wants to squeeze the toothpaste from the end and cap it after every use, and one of you wants to squeeze from the middle and leave the cap off, get another tube of toothpaste. We've been married 35 years, and I've never forgotten this. There are things that don't need to be shared that will make sharing an entire life much easier.
Growing up in Michigan, USA, everyone had a clothesline outdoors to hang laundry, bedding, blankets-not only to dry but to freshen as well. My Grandma always aired out our bedding almost daily. Overtime, people seemed to stop this practice in most areas. Many homeowner associations enacted ordinances about what could or could not be in your yard. Many people saw hanging laundry as looking messy or lowering the property value by having clutter outside.Despite this, I try to dry and freshen my comforters outdoors because there is nothing like the smell and crispness. You will definitely sleep like a baby â€
Well, to be fair, clothes dryers and softening products have gotten a lot more advanced. It can approximate outdoor freshening now.
There has been pushback against those HOA policies against clotheslines. Clotheslines are the original solar-powered dryers!
We did that in Louisiana as well đ Very fond memories of those colorful clothes blowing in the breeze.
Love the smell of washing dried outside â€
I hated clothes lines. My mom always had small, lacy or leopard underwear hanging up and the neighbors (other my schoolmates) would ask whose panties those were. I told them my older sisterâs. đŹ. Plus the clothes get so stiff and misshapen from hanging up. And youâre lucky if a bird doesnât come around and poop on your clean clothes, or a quick rain doesnât roll in all of a sudden (we lived in the tropics). I recall many times running out with a basket and trying to take down the clothes in rain that came out of nowhere. And it would be so humid sometimes that the clothes would get musty before they dried (again, the tropical humidity). Never going back to a clothes line.
My polish grandma shook everything DAILY and hung it out. Rugs. Pillows. Bedding. Blankets. Towels. Even curtains! The woman was a workhorse!!!
I couldnât imagine taking curtains down everyday for this. Iâm sure your house was very healthy! Maybe Iâll add pillows and throws to thisđ
Gladiola, that is impressive.
My Austrian grandma too :)
the practice just went extinct with feather beds which went extinct with people having allergies
Iâm from Poland and my mom did exactly the same. Always walking out on our apartment balcony and âshakingâ everything was a daily ritual
how is it that people from Nordic countries can speak English with almost a perfect accent? Your Swedish vowels are very different from English sounds and yet you manage to do the transition so beautifully between the two.
better education
State funded and yet very good state education, may I add. Also apparently they have subtitles in films on tv, which is not a standard in Europe.
She speaks better English than many Americans I encounter.
Children take English languages classes in school. Most English tourists don't bother to learn a nordic language, it helps business wise to speak English. Depending on where the person lives, they may know Danish, German, and many folks know French. The countries are close together and speak different languages. Where in the USA no matter where you go someone is going to speak American.
There was a TV show that aired in both Sweden and the U.S. called "Welcome to Sweden". I remember one scene where the Swedish wife was getting ready to leave for work. She looked through the peep hole in the apartment door to make sure none of the neighbors was outside so she didn't have to interact with them. A culture after my own heart! đ
Although I'm only 1/8th Swedish this is very very relatable to me! đ đ
I remember that!!! I feel like it came on one Saturday morning when I was forced to watch it instead of cartoons. I remember being pissed off at first and then totally engrossed and fascinated!
My husband and are both very introverted. We prefer communicating via internet versus directly. The personal space and interaction habits are SO relatable!
I am an extravert and there have been times that I've wanted to listen to my own music but get interrupted when riding the bus. But I've also talked with people when waiting too.
I live in Germany and when I hear some of the neighbors are leaving at the time when I have to leave also, I wait a bit, until they are gone, then I leave the Apartment đ
We have separate bedrooms! I can sleep now! We love each other very much. He snores and has to have total blackness and quiet. I need a night light and meditation or sound. I like being snuggled warm. He likes freezing. It works great!â€
We have the same room but two large beds, one each đđ
We both feel every movement n wake up.. so this saves that issue and now we sleep well.
It's more important to have a good sleep every night huh!!
I saw a video magazine article that discussed that about 30% of married couples sleep in separate rooms. No one talks about it because then you get a judgment that your relationship is not healthy. Ours improved once we decided to sleep separately,
@@goldenemily1 exactly! Well rested!
Sounds exactly like us here... my husband also loves total blackness and quiet, and I need night lights in a couple of places in the room. We have 2 cats as well; one sleeps with him and the other with me. We all get a good sleep that way. đ
Sleep divorce best thing ever
When the pollen is high as trees, grasses and other plants wake up in spring, people with allergies couldn't put their sheets and bedding out.. that would be horrible.
But it totally makes sense to air it sheets in a dry cold climate.
I love sleeping in the cold.
It's hard to sleep when it's too warm and humid.
Same. I would love to air out my sheets and blankets. But I live in FL and the pollen and humidity is crazy. đ
@@ATomas4Iâm in Bama and I was thinking the same thing. Right now my porch is quite literally yellow from pollen and I swept it this morning.
Yeah. I would never hang my clothes up outside to get rid of dust. It would introduce too many allergens and defeat the purpose. I shake things out, vacuum daily, and wash and dry often on high heat to kill bacteria and microbes.
True, in humid climates I can't do this, the duvet would end up damp and awful.
@@ATomas4me tooâŠ.and not to mention MOLD is the state flower of Florida!
Cecilia has just single handedly saved thousands of relationships
Yes⣠My boyfriend thought I was madđ... but, it's the #1 tipâŁ
Lol too true
I will be doing this from now on with my blankets and sheets!
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I live in Mumbai, India, which is very humid but we always hang our clothes out to dry in the sun. The sun is free and there's no better way of drying or airing out clothes and sheets. The smell of sundried sheets and clothes is absolutely the best.
From humid Florida and my nanny hung up towels and sheets on the clothesline to dry. The smell of warm summer sun on sheets is such a treasured memory :)
So much the best. I love sleeping outdoors, and sun dried sheets are the next best thing.
Same in Aus. Where I am people only use a dryer if it's been raining for a week. Cost of electricity is ridiculous and unnecessary.
Absolutely! Smell the sun in your clothes!!â€
Exactly! Our home came with a dryer, but one day it broke, and I began hang-drying laundry, and now I prefer this. There's no dryer that can give bedding and clothing that wonderful, sun-dried freshness đ„°
As a Norwegians, my husband and I also keep the window open during the winter. When extra cold, we were a beanie/ hood. Extras warm duvet with down and feathers. Best nights ever.
Iâm from Wales, and I keep my bedroom window open all year round. I use plenty of warm bedding. The same with the house. I rarely use central heating; we have a log stove in our man living room and we wear warm clothing, I hate the feeling of hot rooms. All my bedding is always hung into line outside.
We in Serbia do that too :)
I do that in Florida (US) too
Drives my husband crazy but I crack our windows open to sleep. If the tip if my nose is cold I can breathe
I love cold weather sleeping. The long nights and fluffy blankets
My Irish Mom put me outside to sleep in Saskatchewan Canada in minus 40 degree .She thinks that is why I avoided getting ill during the polio epidemic in the 1950s
Polio is highly contagious - being healthy will not protect you, sadly. She fortunately must've also kept you away from other people - or you were just very lucky!
Yes because your body has built up so much immunity and if you factor in a healthy nutrition intake and exercise đź you might need to hide from the men in black because that's now basically super human strength đȘ. Our bodies (humans) are biological artificial intelligence, the last of his kind and it knows how to heal itself and strengthen itself, of course; if the avatar managing the body knows how to take care of it properly. Your mother did well having you sleep out in the cold
My family were Swedish ancestry in Saskatchewan. It was the same for us, always napping babies in prams outdoors. I think the sunlight provided vitamin D that contributed to healthy immune function. The coldest I remember walking to school was -52 C.
My mum also aired duvets outdoors and I continue to do so.
I think it's the Vitamin D kids get from being in the sun, that's so important for good health.
Btw minus 40 is the one temperature that's the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius, I remember playing outside when it was minus 40, but lots of American kids now won't go outside at all if it's minus 20F, so they get sun-deprived.
â@@zxyatiywariii8 in many places, like Sweden in the video, the sun you get in winter can never be enough even if you spend all daylight there. In Poland first half of the summer is also really cloudy so you really just get either darkness or half-darkness. Everyone is sun-deprived. There are other sources of vit D though, fish and pills.
Coming from Denmark, I can confirm every single thing said about the Scandinavian sleep method in this video. Individual duvets are absolutely essential to a good nights sleep
Same in Germany!đđŒ
Yes, we used to do this in Germany as well. Now living in Australia it's unheard of. Am considering going back to the 2 cover option as well.
I've tried it and I'm an American and I agree no fighting over blankets that someone else takes from you in the middle of the night.
Same in Estonia!
Finland here, this video is definitely very relatable. I live alone and sleep with two duvets, canât imagine sharing just one with somebody haha.
My parents were Scottish we all slept during the day outside in the yard. Our dogs were always watching over the carriage.
Aww thatâs so sweet..
I'm English, and so did we.
Iâm American and live in a subdivision.
I open my front & back doors during thunderstorms/rain so the air can travel quickly through the house. Then I put my infants/toddlers in bouncy chairs in the door ways. They sleep for 2-3 hours every time.
Itâs not the same as completely outside but pretty close.
That sounds lovely! â€
The cold kills dust mites too! Perfect for those with allergies. :)
Yes, + shaking the bedding + UV in sunlight add to the effect!
OMG I need to do thisss
I am not Swedish nor my husband is but we have been using separate duvets for years. Best decision ever.
Iâm in Australia and was thinking the whole video, where can I hang these without bringing in spiders or other bugs đ€Ł. Bit envious, I bet itâs very good for you. Great vid!
Yikes, you guys got some dangerous bugs.đąđ
Same here.. funnel webs in fact. Iâm in Qld so itâs humid AF about half the year too. Ahhh well, I might chance it now itâs coming into winter and just shake the heck out of it!! đ
I'm in Queensland and I've never had spiders or other bugs on my washing. Mostly now i use lines on my covered veranda, or it's it winter or rainy, I hang my washing on lines in my shed (it's a 2 car shed, so big). I very rarely use the dryer. I'm in my 70s now but remember the days of helping mum hang the washing on lines strung around the yard and using props to get the lines up so sheets etc didn't hit the ground.
Exactly! Iâm in Los Angeles, between the strong winds and curious birds, spiders, daddy-long-legs, squirrels and the occasional ant or grasshopper I wouldnât hold out much hope for clean bedding. Love the idea though.
Iâm in Australia and have no bugs when I hang out my bedding on the hills hoist. Queensland sunshine is great for giving your sheets that breezy sunny freshness. The separate doonas is brilliant that would of saved so many relationships đ
Omg swedish culture is an introverts DREAM đ just looking at that bus stop picture gave me joy. Iâm Persian, the concept of âpersonal spaceâ does not exist over here.
Oh if you think swedish ppl are introverts, you should see Finnish pplđ Weâre known of it
Thinking the same! Seems like the Swedes invented social distancing đ
No Arabic people get in to your personal space. I dated a guy who was Afghan and I had to keep backing up just to have personal space. It made me nervous.
Funny how you dated an Afghan and didnt know he wasnt Arabic đ
@@peacefull_91bliss63 Afghan people are not arabs. Apples and oranges my friend.
I'm American and been married 30 years. I've always bought individual blankets for my husband and I. It's much more practical that way. I'll have to tell him we are Scandinavian now. WOOHOO đ
It truly is! We discovered this somewhat by accident as mine sleeps better with a weighted blanket, but they make me feel like I'm trapped and suffocating đ separate blankets, better sleep!
Separate duvets save marriagesđđŒđđŒ I'm a blanket hog so we early on started that, it's also nice because we can have different weight ones, switch ours out for the season when we want to, it's honestly just so niceđ„°
My husband and I have individual blankets as well....he would never sleep under as many blankets as I dođ
My parents are originally from the Ukraine, although theyâve been in the US for over 70 years now, and my mom always had separate blankets for her and my dad. When making the bed sheâd just put one on top of the other.
â@@lmolarissa that's what we do, we have a Ukrainian/American household.
Back in Ukraine there was never a big culture on privacy and shared spaces is most common, but having your own blankets and personal towels is normal.
Ok seriously though - how are you guys so much better than the rest of us??? I swear, Scandinavians are just further up the evolutionary ladder đ
My German mom taught us to hang our laundry on our clothesline. Some days the bed sheets were frozen but very fresh. đ
Growing up in Derry, Ireland (55.5 degrees north) from May until August, we had to get used to going to bed at "night" when the sun was still shining outside and we could hear the older children still playing games in the streets. It was brutal. I protested every night to my parents. Our father took to reading us old children's classics in bed to distract us. It worked. What is it about being read aloud to that is so delicious and comforting? It feels like the ultimate Love. And it works just as well today when kids are upset or distracted. They seem to calm down and come into focus by the third sentence. A good author to read to kids is Robert Louis Stevenson - I loved "Kidnapped." Thanks, Cecelia, Patron Saint of Music.
My husband adopted sleeping with the two duvet, last fall, after seeing it on your channel. GAME CHANGER!!!! We constantly âfoughtâ over the covers. Now there is total peace in the bedroom! Thank you SO much. Wish we had seen this decades ago!!!
it doesn't always work for us, sometimes my husband yanks my duvet off me in the middle of the night really mad that I've "taken his duvet". I get a grumpy apology once he realizes he kicked his off
in my head: why didn't i think of that??? live your best couples lifeâ€â€â€
@@Bethanjbjrsđđđđ
Its less common now, but most older housekeeping books included open windows in the morning to air out sheets in the AM.
Iâve been doing this. Turning the sheet & comforter way down and leaving it that way next to the open window.
I'm Canadian and my parents used to bundle me up and set me in the pram on the front porch for naps in the winter. Now this was 60+ years ago don't know about parents of today. But I'm still here.
Here in the US, my mother hung our sheets out on the clothes line in all seasons. She brought in frozen, stiff sheets & they defrosted in the house. I LOVED that smell! Clean , fresh bedding = đŻ better nights sleep!
Same, in New England
My mom is First Nations (Canada) and she made me take all my naps on the balcony when I was a baby, back then we lived in Montréal. You do know we get -20 over here. To this day I sleep with the window open in winter omg so fresh such great sleep! I love the smell of snow.
Also I think I need to introduce my parents to the 2 duvets idea lol
Two duvets made an enormous difference, both in our sleep and our ability to stay warm/cool enough. Linen covers are also wonderful. Airing them outside would collect pollen and pollution here in the city, though.
I love the freshness and smell of air dried linens its nostalgic. This sounds like heaven. Crisp bedding every night đ„°
I want to be Swedish!! The second my husband heard that you have your own duvet, he looked at me and knew that is what I would love! Swedish people rock!! Personal space respect â separate duvets â
And here in sunny Greece we do exactly the same winter as summer. We take out and spread the quilts for at least 2-3 hours. Fresh air is the best we can do. The smell of fresh air and the sun is a wonderful feeling.
and also in Italy !
Same in Croatia! There is maybe only a little difference when you live in a street with a lot of traffic, because of the smog. Then we put the quilts outside during the weekend when there is less air pollution. My family lives outside the city center, we put them outside every dry weather day.
I air out my pillows in the sun always.
I m guessing you dont live in athens center. I try to air my quilts like my grandma used to. Not sure about the result, hahaha,. Secilia sounds great your system!
@@usurpadora3985 No, I don't live in Athens, I live in wonderful and sunny Crete, away from the gas, the hustle and bustle of the city. I live in Neapoli Lasithiou Crete a small town where everything is simple and beautiful. The air smells of musk from my roses and lilacs, the geraniums are in full bloom and the place around me is magical. The atmosphere smells of fresh bread from the neighborhood oven and of the dry-baked cinnamon rolls... So I can say that I am very lucky to live and breathe the fresh air of Crete!!! Good morning to all of you !!
We live in Wisconsin with cold winter's ( -10° to 32° F). We just open bedroom windows to refresh our beds and bedrooms. Open window shut door all day brings in luscious cold air to crisp up our bedding!â€
Hello . I'm from Wisconsin too. Love a cracked window in the Winter đ
My husband could live in a sauna
†this idea!
I always call it â smell the sun on the duvetâ love it! My mum( from the Netherlands) always hung bedding outside! I live in New Zealand!
One famous happy Finn here đ Separate duvets is a must! At winter time you can easily air your bedding out, but in the summer time it's not so easy. It's humid, rains, bugs, pollen and many other things. Then we air the whole house or at least the bedrooms out. Fresh air, better sleep. Also at summer time the sun shines or it's very brigh outside, so good blackout curtains. You can also duple or triple the effect, if you have blinds etc. The problem usually is that I can't calm down for the night, because the light gives me signal to DO things. So by 23.00 I just have to go to a dark room to calm myself down. And no electronics after 22.00. If I have to, I read. Usually I read all the time, so that is no problem đđ And yes, I have slept outside as a baby, and my kids have slept outside. Usually the best sleep has been outside. And even now I enjoy a good nap in a hammok, in a cosy chair or anywhere soft outside.
I am Canadian, and still always air out my bedding. I had my husband make a clothesline for me because I missed having somewhere to hang out my bedding. As well I will very often hang out my wet laundry and have them dry on the line rather than in a clothes dryer. You canât beat the smell of line dried clothes and bedding!
I am also from Canada, originally from a very small (population 300) village where everyone hung out their clothes to dry and we also were sent out to play, regardless of any type of weather. I will say that we do not put our children outside to sleep. now I live about an hour outside of Toronto and there are by laws that we cannot have a clothes line, I do put my duvets out to air on good weather days, and carpets etc. Unfortunately in most places in Canada and the US it just would not be safe to leave a child unattended asleep outside and more than likely if one did this a neighbor would report the parents to Child protective services and they would come and tell the parents this is against the law. One could of course do this in very rural settings where no neighbor could see what was happening and the threat of kidnapping is substantially lower.
I have a clothes line in my back yard. My neighbors don't like it but I'm not giving up my fresh, sunshine scented, bedding for anyone.
i am from Indiana, USA and in the winter i sleep in shorts, with four fans on high, and my window open and it is the best thing in the entire world i love it
I have severe pollen allergies and I live in Florida (so quite humid).
I used to have a clothesline but after my allergies worsened despite receiving allergy shots (I'd frequent anaphylaxis episodes), my allergist told me that to minimize the amount of episodes that it was best that I no longer hang my bedding and clothing outside.
However, I then took to putting my sheets and smaller blankets in my garage to hang up and turn on a uvc light along with occasionally putting them in the freezer.
Iâm in Florida too. I had the same thoughts, bugs and pollen.
I live in Florida too and there is no way that I would put my sheets outside because thereâs too much pollen and bugs. I have terrible sinuses and also cannot really live in air-conditioning 24/7. I moved here for family reasons, but it really is not a climate that suits me. Iâm originally from Singapore and I was frequently sick there as well. So I understand what youâre going through, and I almost wish I was back in a colder climate, in another state maybe, so I can enjoy that and feel better. I would love to hang my bedding out in cold Arctic air! đ
I'm in Tennessee and learned hanging clothes outside gets stink bugs. I grew up in Ohio and Minnesota where that wasn't the same and we hung everything outside.
Putting them in the freezer for 2 weeks kills bedbugs, I've heard. I wonder if Scandinavians have fewer infestations?
â@@tiryaclearsong421We have stinkbugs in even northern Ohio now :( For probably a decade at this point.
I am not Swedish (rather Canadian), but I am such an advocate of individual duvets - have used them for over 20 years now. I also like to be cool, and my partner likes to be warm, and I agree - the covers are not made of steel, and you can cuddle at any time but come back to your own little zone when you sleep! I actually just put out our duvets before I sat down to watch this video - a wonderful spring day with a huge flock of snow geese resting in the field just south of us.
Do the twin size duvets work out for your bed (I assume you have a queen or king?) ? I was looking at the dimensions of the twin duvets at the American IKEA and it seems like the European and American duvets are slightly different sizes.
I'm an American who lived most of my life in Virginia. Horribly hot/humid summers. Very distinct seasons. Hanging laundry on the line was a pleasure. Cows would line up by the fence and watch me peg clothes and bedlinens. An orgasmic pleasure; hanging bedlinens on the line, gardening and getting hot and sticky, getting a cool shower at the end of the day, getting into a line dried loose cotton nightie and slipping into the just made bed at the of the day. Nothing smells like line-dried cotton. A deep pleasure that cost nothing!!
Cecilia, I think that the concept of letting children nap outside when they're fully protected from being too cold is wonderful. At the same time though, during our ice storm here in Texas 3 years ago we had 7 days of indoor temperatures of 31 degrees during the day. We felt it with no way to start a fire and not being able to run our stove constantly. Our usual winter weather is about 18C during the day. There really must be no bad weather, just bad clothing for it. I think that you and Christopher would have breezed through it and carried on happily as long as the stove worked, and you could make hot drinks. I love your videos and thanks for sharing about your Swedish heritage. It's always lovely to learn new things about people and places.
Between washings, I turn off the heat in my bedroom, open all the windows, turn back the sheets, and leave them to air all day. I love it!
When I was a child, during the summer my mom would hang then sheets and pillowcases outside to dry them. The smell of those sheets was the freshest thing ever and I slept so much better.
Thank you for showing. I'm Swiss and my husband and I sleep the same way....except....we even started to sleep in separate rooms...and we absolutely love it.
We took the individual duvets idea a step further. During the pandemic to avoid infecting each other, should either of us get it, my other half decided to sleep in one of our guest bedrooms. We found it such a good thing we just carried on - it's perfect.
He's got a double bed to himself & I have a king size one! We each have the exact duvets & covers that we want, he has minimal covers & have more substantial ones.
He goes to bed 3 hours earlier than me, I get up in the morning 4 hours after he does. I no longer suffer his awful snoring and he no longer has to suffer me clattering around or having the light on to read. He nearly always has the window open, I only like it open in the spring & summer. I'm amazed we ever managed to get any sleep when we shared a bed!!
The way you do the sponsored part with Grim is hilarious and original ! Thank you for being creative for this part as much as for the rest !
For my fellow Americans - we started doing this after watching Cecilia. We have a king sized bed and use two twin sized duvets and it works great. I think two twin sized would work well for a queen sized bed, too. We have weighted duvets and normal duvets to choose from depending what we want and the season. We're hooked!
I can confirm two twin sized (or single bed sized, like Cecilia shows in the video) duvets work great in a queen sized bed. My husband and I have been using this method for years as we each get too hot in our current middle age! It helps us regulate our own temps and not feel the other one radiating heat so much.
YES to the 2 duvets. No longer pulled from me, quieter sleep, and just so much better.. love love love.
"Smells like snow and cold air"
I'm from the Caribbean, nearly 50 and don't know what that's like. Hoping to start traveling one day đ
Having separate duvets is a simple but GENIUS way of living. I can imagine that has saved a lot of relationships đ Feel like I'm a Swede at heart, with all the personal space stuff! I wish everyone in the UK was like that.
I am from Trinidad and even though it's the tropics we aired our sheets and blankets out on lines. So here is the crazy thing, I have been doing the Scandinavian sleep method all my life. Everyone makes fun of me for it but I have always had a personal blanket even under the top cover and I love it.
Just a little tip if you're planing to come to Australia our humidity ranges between 60 and 90% especially if you live near the coast. Some days you might actually be dampening your duvet if you put it outside.
In this case I would recommend a dehumidifier
It took two weeks of being married to my hubby for me to ask if he wanted us to have two blankets because apparently I burrito myself, and asleep me has no regard for my bedmate. He very enthusiastically said YES, and that's when I realized my man would rather freeze to death than advocate for his own comfort. LOL We've had our own blankets since then, and I highly recommend it.
I had never heard of the Scandinavian Sleep Method until I started watching this channel. My husband and I started sleeping under our own blankets when I was pregnant with our first child because I was constantly stealing the cover all night and it worked so well that we still do this. I canât sleep if Iâm cold though. When I was little I had a friend whoâs parents kept their house cold at night and when I would sleep over they would wake up looking for me and I would be in the living room under their heater. They still tease me about this many years later! Lol!
We often hang our bedding out to air on a line. Live in the UK and we always have! There is NOTHING like the smell and feeling of fresh air fresh clothes and bedding.
UV light from the sun is magic!
Also, as a baby I was put outside to sleep as was brother, in our yard / back garden.
Me too, I love airing out my duvet! My parents put me and my brother to nap outside as babies too (late 80s/early 90s England) đ
SameâŠmy mum and dad always put us outside as babiesâŠit was quite the norm in the UK wasnât it. I did it with my babies as well.
I used to let my daughter sleep outside in her stroller in minus degrees because my mom did the same with me and my siblings when we were babies. I certainly think it improved my daughter's quality of sleep by a mile. Scandinavian weather conditions, especially during winter, is prefect for sleep. I loved sleeping with the window open during colder months while growing up. We would keep the radio on too. It was the best. đ„°
My Italian grandmother would always air out the bed and bedding every morning, no matter the weather. Windows open, etc. I've carried that into my life as well. I've noticed the difference in my quality of sleep through doing just that.
After visiting Iceland and Switzerland, I was like 2 duvets makes so much sense!!! And have adopted it. My husband still thinks itâs weird weâre sleeping with different blankets but Iâve never been happier. LOL! And sleep is my top priority also!
I live in Canada and had never heard of sleeping with two duvets, but I saw one of your older videos where you talked about it and I went right out and bought two twin duvets and covers. Best thing ever! We donât disturb each other when we move around anymore and if youâre hot you can flip the blanket down without stealing it from the other person, amazing! †Highly recommend!
I grew up in south Texas having to hang all laundry out on the clothesline and there is nothing more refreshing than the fresh outdoor smell on sheets and towels. More power to y'all!
Danish here and I like my sleep, cocoon, too! The separate covers are perfect for us because he sleeps all tucked in and I like everything loose and movable.
It used to be this way in the USA during earlier times. There were clothes lines and children were in the carriages sleeping outside and outside playing.
Sad that you canât leave your children out side unattended here in the US. Born in 1950 and I remember how I loved the smell of laundry just picked off the line.
We were left outside to nap in the fiftiesâŠ
America used to be a lot better
@@cherylkruisheer3365 There is nothing stopping current parents from leaving their kids to sleep in their stroller on the back porch.
@@ShadeadderI think it's the safety of leaving a child in many places in North America. That's all.
I am Canadian but my family is Scandinavian. I have re-adopted the individual duvet sleep method and itâs life changing. I will never go back. â€
My hubby was born in Jan in Ontario Canada over 70 years ago - the heart of winter - his mother put him outside in his big pram for his afternoon nap with a hot water bottle under his bedding & his granddadâs coat over hood & handles of pram - letting fresh air in but not birds or squirrels. But no one airs babies outside nowadays. We take them for walks in their strollers & they often nap - so they do get fresh air! I always loved winter - canât stand summer because it is way too hot and brutally HUMID in Ontario - not happy itâs Spring now because Summer is coming - torture for me until Late October! I agree GOOD SLEEP is the #1 thing you can do to protect your health & to heal when you are ill. Your immune system revs up at night & repairs cells. â€
My mother, born in Het Nederland grew up with Duvets as bed covers but when she arrived in Canada with 4 sisters & their hubbies she switched yo the English CDN habit of Top Sheet, Bottom Sheet, Blankets and Decorative Bed covers & throws. No Duvets! I grew up with these but in my â40âs I switched to Duvets with Duvet covers and ditched the top sheet & blankets. Cannot tolerate being âtrappedâ in bed by absurdly tightly tucked in sheets & blankets. Bed making is so much easier with a Duvet - just straighten bottom sheet & pillows & shake out the Duvet in its cover & throw it over the whole bed! We didnât have individual Duvets at first but because of the bane of snoring we sleep in separate rooms so now we do have individual duvets.
Dutch mom here who had children napping in the cold too đž
I hate hot weather, even as a child I would ask mama why we couldnât live somewhere cold & snowyâŠfrom New Orleans, LA so itâs hot almost year round. I should move!
Love this thank you! My Danish ancestors and late Swedish grandmother agree! I get the need personal space and fresh air on a deep level. Itâs terrific to hear the dry snow crunching under your feet. Excited to find your channel!
Canadian here and we all grew up sleeping outside. I always leave my bedroom window open a bit even in the Winter. I wish I had a good spot to put my bedding before going to bed though!
I love the fresh air smell that comes from hanging bedding, blankets and clothes outside. đ
I just wash them.
I moved to individual duvets after seeing your short on this a couple of years ago and I'm never going back! It's made a huge difference to the quality of my sleep. Also started airing my duvets which is amazing. Can't always do it in our damp spring, autumn and winter weather but you'd better be sure if it's a dry day they're going out.
For any UK people who want to do this, the IKEA single duvets are wider than a standard UK single and definitely the way to go (but you can only buy IKEA duvet covers for them because of the size difference).
My mother in Poland 25 years ago was throwing bed covers out on fresh air, I recently started doing that again. This morning ritual seems right to me.
2:04 lol đ Grimm is thinking âwell, there she goes again talking into that strange black boxâ
Yes, enjoyed it. That's one of the things my swedish husband and I keep from Sweden, the bed duvets and the sleeping. It was fun watching you make the bed, exactly the same as we and probably all that know it.
Here in US where we are now, when I was young there were clothslines every back yard and hanging out cloths was normal, then as the cloths dryer got popular people stop. I was also surprised to find that a friend that lived in an apartment, she was not allowed by manager to hang out cloths: forces tenants to pay in their laundrymat. You see less and less clothes lines. I do love the fresh clean smell like you were saying, nothing better. So many good ways have been left, need to bring them back and save electric and be healthy. Thanks, fun clip, Grim is so cute.
Wow, I love that idea of personal space. I wish the whole world was like that.
My grandma was from Mexico, we hung everything on the clothes line. Did not realize for years that we had a dryer but we never used it, not once.đđœ
I'm actually going to tell my son about the 2 duvet method because he was complaining that he and his wife have different temperature needs at night. It is so simple when you think about it. Don't worry about bugs in your bedding in Australia - most people wash their sheets weekly and hang them out to dry in the sun. They smell amazing that way. I personally don't make my bed as soon as I get up, because of the humidity etc, but pull the covers back and let them air out for a while before I make the bed. Btw, most Aussie homes have got flyscreens on the windows so we open our windows most of the year around for the fresh air.
The other half and I have been doing this for a while. Heâs a blanket hog and I was so tired of waking up shivering lol. We now have our own blankets and sleep has never been better. Iâve also started airing them out over our balcony and can attest to the huge difference! I need to thank you so much for that tip. Pulling a nice crisp clean smelling blanket up under my chin is incredible!! Sleep masks are wonderful! I have one that has speakers and I play soothing sounds through it overnight to help me sleep. 100% would recommend. Love you bye!
I'm in Australia and we dry 99% of our laundry on an outdoor clothesline. That is my preference, due to the freshness. I am also in favour of the Swedish method of waiting in line, as when people get too close to me in a queue - especially in shops - I feel very uncomfortable and have sometimes asked them to back off :)
After watching Cecilia advise two duvets, we switched over and oh my goodness! No more fighting for the blankets. đ Itâs life-changing!
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Love this video. Iâm from the US but my mother was German. She often aired our bedding. Two duvets is genius!
After two European trips where we both slept so much better, we switched to the Scandinavian way last May. It's more difficult to air our bedding outside in Texas, but shaking out the bedding every day helps. We love it!
I'm in SE Texas, the pollen can nearly choke you some days, especially in early spring when the pine trees turn everything yellow within a few hours. I remember my grandmother hanging clothes out to dry on the clothesline while growing up in Ohio. I miss being able to do that and not get a face full of pollen.
Thank you for the reminder!!! My grandmother and my mother would hang out our blankets and duvets on the clothesline outside to refresh the linen. I have a house but we are a part of a H.O.A. now and cannot install clotheslines. However, I have had 3 wooden hanging racks that collapse to fold. I also have an enclosed back porch with screens. So now after watching your newest video I marched right out to the back porch and hung my duvet and my flannel nightgown!!! That felt soooo good!! thank you for all your videos, Cecelia, most especially this one today.
Today is the third day I hung the linens outside. It feels great!
Very common to hang bedding outside in Japan too from what I understand! It just makes sense, my mom instilled the habit in me to open all the windows in the am to air out the house as well. It definitely has a effect on my mood and my well being, especially working form home. Great video, thank you for the reinforcement of these very smart habits!
I figured out the two duvet method more than 20 years ago. Itâs a great idea although some people seem to think that married couples should share the same blanket. I do not! I like my own space under my blanket and itâs much more comfortable, and my husband agrees. Airing my blankets outside is not exactly possible here especially during the winter when it gets to -30 Celsius. What I do instead is flip the duvets back over the end of the bed and let them stay like that for a few hours
until I make the bed.
I love the individual sleeping cocoon. Im a very sensitive sleeper, my partner and I need separate rooms.
Literally refreshing! I remember living in Germany 57yrs ago similar daily practice. Now live in Arizona! Love the content! Thank you!
I am German. My husband is Italian. We live in Italy. And of course we have the magic single duvets. đ
In Australia most homes with backyards have a clothesline where we hang clothes to dry after washing. The sun & fresh air makes a massive difference compared to using a dryer. Thanks to Cecilia I've also started hanging out my duvet to air once a week when I change my bedding.
The bugs aren't too bad where I live in Aus!
Same⊠never owned a dryer. I tell my grown kids that I use free solar and wind power to dry/air my washing. No problem with bugs, ever, despite living in Queensland, Everything in this video is also practiced in my home country of Finland.
This was very interesting. I enjoyed hearing how others around the world do things. Very fascinating! I love more videos like this. (I showed my 7 year old granddaughter one of your videos, first thing she said was âSheâs beautifulâ and âI love the way she talksâ đđ True and true!
Hubby and I have recently switched to two duvets (twin size on a king bed) and it is a game changer! No more big âfloofâ of cold air waking me up when he gets back in bed after going to the bathroom. So great. Thank you. â€
I love that you enjoy your beautiful view and donât take it for granted. I also love that you share it with us.
I am so jealous of this! It sounds amazing. I live in Florida and itâs never cool enough here, even at night, to make sheets feel fresh. And itâs so humid here, anything outside becomes damp. Also, bugs. Dog only knows what sorts of critters might come back in with them if you were to hang your sheets outside. But, Iâve visited places where this is possible and it is truly magic for sleep. Cecilia, thank you so much for sharing your life with those of us that live so differently.
Exactly- South Carolina is the same-- bugs and pollen!! And humid
Plenty of places around the world that are as hot and humid as Florida where people air out their sheets, dry their laundry, etc. They will get hot certainly but it's still beneficial in killing germs, mold, etc and it smells fresher. As someone with dust mite allergies, it helps me a lot to air out bedding.
In Alabama - those sheets would be coated in frickin pollen like everything else đą Same with my kidâs lungs. I swear we go to the ER once a month during the Spring for breathing issues.
Love your channel! :) I grew up in Poland and my parents and grandparents also put the duvets outside during winter to freshen them up and eliminate bacteria. We never slept outside as kids, though. I live in Canada now and my daughter was born last winter. I was petrified to take her outside at first because of the harsh winter but learned that with proper gear and clothing it can be enjoyable and she slept peacefully during our walks †Greetings to you and thank you for teaching us your Scandinavian lifestyle! :)
Back in the days before 2000's, here in Finland we also had babies sleep in their carriages outside while we went to a restaurant or whatever. We also had the outdoors unlocked even at night (when we were at home). After the 9/11 and other stuff, all of this slowly faded away and even though it's sensible, I miss those days when violence wasn't an everday worry.
I live in the US but my grandma was Norwegian and my grandpa was Finish. So a lot of what you talked about - not thinking about it - I just assumed it was the way it was supposed to be!đ we sleep with individual blankets, we air out our blankets. We sleep with the room dark and we believe in going outside in the sun regardless of the temp to get vitamin D. Thank you for sharing where my (unknown) sleeping traditions came from!
Your NordVPN presentations with Grim are pure gold! đđ
Separate duvets is brilliant. I was married to a blanket hog and this would have been perfect. I just started watching you yesterday and I am loving your channel. â€
Yay, thank you! đđ§Ą
I'm just now discovering this is Swedish, and I'm so excited there's a whole country where this is the norm!
Always my parents did this, and I never knew anyone else's parents who did. But now I can just tell people, "It's the Swedish way!" đ
Hey, Aussie here, we dont have that many bugs here. We are coming into winter at the moment so its perfect time for airing our quilts. I do like the idea of two quilts, the at least I could get enough to keep me covered all night.
We always hang our washing on the line outside, hardly ever use a clothes dryer so all of clothes smell like fresh air too :)
Lovely video, thank you. My husband and I have been together for 40 years. When it comes to sleep, I need my space! It works. đ„°
the further explanation of scandinavian culture is lovely! my heritage being british and irish on one side, but danish and norwegian on the other, speaks volumes about how I am naturally. thankfully growing up where I have was perfect for me in many ways, but makes me appreciate where I come from.
and great recommendations for sleeping, I experienced midnight sun phenomenon in Iceland years ago and so thankful I got a sleep mask, I needed it!
âïžMinnesotan here, we grew up with Mom leaving windows cracked open all night in the frigid winter and no heat on. Loved it, as well as driving on frozen lakes and ice fishing. âïžâïžâïž
We sleep like that! I got my fiance into it, even when it's a snowstorm here in MI we have our bedroom window open. In the summer we don't have central air but we do have a room air conditioner for the bedroom. It's not ideal but it's better than not being able to sleep. I actually look forward to winter for the fresh air at night.
There have been many times when my bedroom window has frozen open, đ Thankfully I live in the solitude of the country so airing/drying bedding etc is no problem. My sisters were very impressed when I coined it âsolar dryingâ back in the 70âs.
Iâm in West Virginia. I love my bedroom open during the winter and hanging bedding and clothes outside on a clothesline. Fresh air is the best !!
Here in Scotland my 2 children slept outside in their prams even when cold.
Yes some of us do! I'm from America and my Mom always hung the sheets and blankets on the cloths line in fall and winter because the smell is absolutely heavenly, but they seem to smell good longer!