<p>Must be the boys! Another thing is never wearing real pajama sets, from a very young age. Sweat pants, odd holey worn out T-shirts etc. (Try telling Grandma not to buy pajama sets!)</p>
<p>Add me to the “no top sheet” list. According to S1, the comforter I sent to school with him last fall was perfect. The underside was polar fleece and the top side looked like a traditional comforter. </p>
<p>S1 loved the oversized towels, but has requested “regular” sized bath towels for next year. He says the big ones take up too much room in the washing machine. He never used the hand towels.</p>
<p>it’s not just the boys. my d is the same way with the sheets…</p>
<p>My S (a 2015) has already announced that he doesn’t want to deal with sheets at school; just a comforter and several of those soft micro fiber blankets. He rarely sleeps under sheets OR his comforter. Pajama sets…? He has several and he likes them but he NEVER wears a matching top and bottom and therefore looks like an orphan in the morning. It is going to be interesting to see how the college matches him up with a roommate! lol</p>
<p>Not to derail this thread, but I have to tell you, ladies: after raising both a daughter and a son, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that we ARE the superior sex. Guys are born weird and they stay that way. ;)</p>
<p>Just to chime in…When I was younger I worked for a high end linen store. It is very common for people to not use a top sheet with their comforter/duvet. I was told that’s why flat/fitted sheets are often sold separately rather than as a set. </p>
<p>So, your kids are completely normal!</p>
<p>count my d in as another who doesn’t use top sheets. I can’t understand it! No matter how hot is , I can’t sleep unless I at least have a sheet covering me.
My d also sleeps all winter with her electric blanket UNDER her instead of on top! Go figure!</p>
<p>My D rejects the whole top sheet theory. Unless she is in a hotel–then it is OK. Explain that.</p>
<p>I never use a top sheet. I stored my fitted sheets and brought my top sheets home. The only time I used them at school was to build a fort.</p>
<p>I never used my brita filter after the first month, and I don’t know many other kids who did. It took to long to fill, I just got used to the taste of the water and filled up my water bottle straight.</p>
<p>My son is a HS senior this year and sleeps in a sleeping bag on top of his bed covers every night. He’s been doing this since he was 8 years old. It started as a way to avoid having to make his bed and has continued ever since. He plans to take the sleeping bag to college this fall.</p>
<p>My daughter never used her textbooks. I hope you don’t have that problem;).</p>
<p>cute target purchase of dish and cover for microwave warm ups. found in the cabinet in original store wrap…ditto the Target stainless fork/knife/spoon set for two…still in wrappings one year later</p>
<p>ear thermometer…well, it seemed like a good idea</p>
<p>The ear thermometer was a great idea, Bayberry, and be grateful that it wasn’t used. I would insist on it going back again. The thermometer is a great way to determine whether a doctor visit is needed. I told mine that if the temp is 102 to 103, it is time to see a doctor. With the meningitis vaccine, that disease is not quite the threat it was; however, high temps can indicate serious conditions.</p>
<p>My daughter never used her laptop lock, Brita water pitcher (not enough room in her mini-fridge), re-useable filtered water bottle (it did not do a good job at filtering), alarm clock (she used her cell phone).</p>
<p>For those of you who want to hang things on the cinder block walls, the Bath Command Strips work the best.</p>
<p>Thanks MD Mom; I feel better about the ear thermometer. I guess I’ll send it back with him this year but will cut it out of that impossible-to-open plastic packaging. Maybe that had something to do with him not using it, because I know he did get sick at least once.</p>
<p>Bayberry–tell him MD Mom insists that he take it back! lol</p>
<p>My hubby had bacterial meningitis three times (long story) in a four-month period some years back, so I am still a bit jumpy.</p>
<p>So, why do the kids not use the laptop locks? I would have thought they would be useful both in the room (in case roommate leaves the door unlocked) or if they are at the library studying and need to get up and pee and don’t want to take it with them.</p>
<p>^^^ L-a-z-i-n-e-s-s</p>