the Swedish KEY to good sleep ︱ 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! ✨
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Cecilia Blomdahl is originally from Sweden and moved to Svalbard 8 years ago. She works as a photographer and videographer in Longyearbyen, and with her social media channels. Check her out on tiktok and instagram under her handle @sejsejlija! Here on youtube she posts videos about her daily life in her cabin with her boyfriend Christoffer and her dog Grim, living just outside of Longyearbyen. Subscribe for videos about her daily life as well as adventures on an island close to the North Pole. They have polar bears there!
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?❤
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
What’s brand is the clock? I’ve 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 ❤
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 😊 Very fond memories of those colorful clothes blowing in the breeze.
Love the smell of washing dried outside ❤
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 sister’s. 😬. Plus the clothes get so stiff and misshapen from hanging up. And you’re lucky if a bird doesn’t come around and poop on your clean clothes, or a quick rain doesn’t 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 couldn’t imagine taking curtains down everyday for this. I’m sure your house was very healthy! Maybe I’ll add pillows and throws to this😁
Gladiola, that is impressive.
My Austrian grandma too :)
the practice just went extinct with feather beds which went extinct with people having allergies
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.
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! 😆
Although I'm only 1/8th Swedish this is very very relatable to me! 😅😂
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 😅
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!❤
We have the same room but two large beds, one each 😂👌
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. 😄
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. 😭
@@ATomas4I’m 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 too….and not to mention MOLD is the state flower of Florida!
The cold kills dust mites too! Perfect for those with allergies. :)
My parents were Scottish we all slept during the day outside in the yard. Our dogs were always watching over the carriage.
Aww that’s so sweet..
I'm English, and so did we.
I’m 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.
It’s not the same as completely outside but pretty close.
That sounds lovely! ❤
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.
I’m 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 😮 you might need to hide from the men in black because that's now basically super human strength 💪. 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.
@@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.
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!!❤
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 🥰
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!🙌🏼
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, can’t imagine sharing just one with somebody haha.
My German mom taught us to hang our laundry on our clothesline. Some days the bed sheets were frozen but very fresh. 😊
Its less common now, but most older housekeeping books included open windows in the morning to air out sheets in the AM.
I’m in Australia and was thinking the whole video, where can I hang these without bringing in spiders or other bugs 🤣. Bit envious, I bet it’s very good for you. Great vid!
Yikes, you guys got some dangerous bugs.😢😂
Same here.. funnel webs in fact. I’m in Qld so it’s humid AF about half the year too. Ahhh well, I might chance it now it’s coming into winter and just shake the heck out of it!! 😂
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! I’m in Los Angeles, between the strong winds and curious birds, spiders, daddy-long-legs, squirrels and the occasional ant or grasshopper I wouldn’t hold out much hope for clean bedding. Love the idea though.
I’m 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 😂
Omg swedish culture is an introverts DREAM 😂 just looking at that bus stop picture gave me joy. I’m Persian, the concept of “personal space” does not exist over here.
Oh if you think swedish ppl are introverts, you should see Finnish ppl😂 We’re known of it
Thinking the same! Seems like the Swedes invented social distancing 😊
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 😅
@@peacefull_91bliss63 Afghan people are not arabs. Apples and oranges my friend.
Cecilia has just single handedly saved thousands of relationships
Yes❣ My boyfriend thought I was mad😂... but, it's the #1 tip❣
Lol too true
I will be doing this from now on with my blankets and sheets!
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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!❤
Hello . I'm from Wisconsin too. Love a cracked window in the Winter 😊
My husband could live in a sauna
❤ this idea!
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.
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 = 💯 better nights sleep!
Same, in New England
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 🙂
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 😅 separate blankets, better sleep!
Separate duvets save marriages🙌🏼🙌🏼 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 nice🥰
My husband and I have individual blankets as well....he would never sleep under as many blankets as I do😂
My parents are originally from the Ukraine, although they’ve 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 she’d just put one on top of the other.
@@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.
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.
YES to the 2 duvets. No longer pulled from me, quieter sleep, and just so much better.. love love love.
My husband adopted sleeping with the two duvet, last fall, after seeing it on your channel. GAME CHANGER!!!! We constantly “fought” 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 life❤❤❤
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 !!
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. 🥰
I always call it “ smell the sun on the duvet” love it! My mum( from the Netherlands) always hung bedding outside! I live in New Zealand!
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
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.
I love the freshness and smell of air dried linens its nostalgic. This sounds like heaven. Crisp bedding every night 🥰
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 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.
I’m 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 there’s 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. I’m originally from Singapore and I was frequently sick there as well. So I understand what you’re 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! 😂
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?
@@tiryaclearsong421We have stinkbugs in even northern Ohio now :( For probably a decade at this point.
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 ✅ separate duvets ✅
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
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 🙌
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 can’t 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.
One famous happy Finn here 😁 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 👍😆 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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 granddad’s 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 - can’t stand summer because it is way too hot and brutally HUMID in Ontario - not happy it’s 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. ❤
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 ‘40’s I switched to Duvets with Duvet covers and ditched the top sheet & blankets. Cannot tolerate being “trapped” 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 didn’t 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 🌸
I hate hot weather, even as a child I would ask mama why we couldn’t live somewhere cold & snowy…from New Orleans, LA so it’s hot almost year round. I should move!
2:04 lol 🐕 Grimm is thinking ‘well, there she goes again talking into that strange black box’
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.
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
I've been obsessed lately watching videos by Jonna Jinton. Like her, I love hearing your accent and learning about your culture. Born and raised in America, sometimes I feel I've missed out on so much.😊
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 can’t 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 fifties…
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.
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) 😊
Same…my mum and dad always put us outside as babies…it was quite the norm in the UK wasn’t it. I did it with my babies as well.
My ancestors are mostly from Denmark and I love learning about Scandinavian culture. Thanks for being so in depth! ❤
After watching Cecilia advise two duvets, we switched over and oh my goodness! No more fighting for the blankets. 😂 It’s life-changing!
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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!
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.
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!
I love that you enjoy your beautiful view and don’t take it for granted. I also love that you share it with us.
Having separate duvets is a simple but GENIUS way of living. I can imagine that has saved a lot of relationships 😂 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.
I love your bed setup! My husband and I sleep in totally separate beds, but do a nice long cuddle before we go to sleep. Having that personal space is amazing for quality sleep!
I changed to two duvets after years of not sleeping.. My husband moves around a lot, and he would lift the blankets with his shoulders when he moved. Woke me up every time. So happy sleeping Scandinavian style!
After visiting Iceland and Switzerland, I was like 2 duvets makes so much sense!!! And have adopted it. My husband still thinks it’s weird we’re sleeping with different blankets but I’ve never been happier. LOL! And sleep is my top priority also!
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!
Literally refreshing! I remember living in Germany 57yrs ago similar daily practice. Now live in Arizona! Love the content! Thank you!
Hubby and I have recently switched to two duvets (twin size on a king bed) and it is a game changer! No more big “floof” of cold air waking me up when he gets back in bed after going to the bathroom. So great. Thank you. ❤
I love the fresh air smell that comes from hanging bedding, blankets and clothes outside. 😊
I just wash them.
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 can’t sleep if I’m cold though. When I was little I had a friend who’s 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!
Separate duvets is a game changer. When I was in a relationship I got fed up with the blanket fights so I bought two separate duvets and covers and it made our relationship so much better! We were sleeping better and it improved our moods.
I have switched to personal duvets for my husband and myself. At first he wasn’t sure about it, but now he’s a fan. Thank you for the idea!
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 don’t disturb each other when we move around anymore and if you’re hot you can flip the blanket down without stealing it from the other person, amazing! ❤ Highly recommend!
I am Canadian but my family is Scandinavian. I have re-adopted the individual duvet sleep method and it’s life changing. I will never go back. ❤
Being from the USA and being mostly Swedish I LOVE that you share about Swedish ways!
I stumbled across this video and was blown away by life in Svalbard! It is definitely not for the faint of heart or anyone use to average temperatures above 45F! Your channel is so interesting and I can't quit watching your videos! You do a great job!
I love the individual sleeping cocoon. Im a very sensitive sleeper, my partner and I need separate rooms.
Love this video. I’m from the US but my mother was German. She often aired our bedding. Two duvets is genius!
It was a REVELATION when we visited Norway and the hotel beds had 2 duvets.
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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!
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.
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.
Your "What a Day!" is the first thing my mind says in the morning! Thank you!
When I lived in Germany, I experienced the benefits of fresh air smells and personal space. I think my Scandinavian roots are persuading me to visit Svalbard!!❤
My mom did this 2 times a week and fall and spring cleaning and was done in the 1950/1960 always hung the wash outside except on rain/snow day. I air my beds out for a few hours before I make up the beds🎉
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.
i clicked right away coz i agree and love how you always share & show the scandinavian sleep method and finally a whole video just for it!! Thank you so much for this vid Cecilia!
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!
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. 🥰
The other half and I have been doing this for a while. He’s 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. I’ve 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 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.
I am not Swedish nor my husband is but we have been using separate duvets for years. Best decision ever.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I have two Swedish grandmothers but never was able to learn about Swedish culture so I appreciate you sharing this
I figured out the two duvet method more than 20 years ago. It’s 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 it’s 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.
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. ❤
Yay, thank you! 😍🧡
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!" 😊
I live in Massachusetts and hang my bedding out on the line every week after washing. Like Cecilia says, the scent is heaven when you put them back on the bed. Line drying also extends the life of the fabric. The dryer uses power and destroys fibers with every load.
Im in East Texas; a very rural area. I change/wash sheets weekly and hang blankets, bedspread, pillows on my clothesline while sheets are washing. I dont have a dryer (by choice) so all my laundry is line dried, making everything fresher and naturally disinfected. There's nothing like line dried bedding!!! ....babies sleeping outside is a new one for me but makes total sense! In fact, im sharing this information with my children who have children! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Cecilia! I always love learning about your Scandinavian/Nordic traditions! Thank you for your videos!🙋♀️🌸✌️
It is so good to see you this morning! Thanks for making my day a little brighter 😁 and thanks for the sleeping tips! I have to say when I first became single I could not sleep. It was so hard for me to get use to sleeping alone. Fast forward 6 months and now I sleep in a big X on the bed 😂 and better than ever! I definitely see where separate duvets can help a lot. Also I don't know how it's possible but Grim gets more adorable everyday. Such a sweet guy! Love y'all ❤️
I’ve been sleeping with separate duvets for the better half of two decades now and I don’t think I could ever go back. Now when I stay in hotels and have to share it’s so hard to sleep. It really does make for such better quality sleep.
Gosh the months fly by. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do during daylight. BTW I loved your holiday episode. 😊❤
Thanky for sharing. We're a quilt culture here in Minnesota. Lots of them. Pile em on! In winter, the heavier the better. Quilting is very popular hobby. Though we do keep bedroom window open most nights when possible. You did inspire me to air couple quilts out today. :) Everybody loves that smell.
Here they are! A highlight every week! ❤
We also have a midnight sun and it has started already. I love the winter's darkness. Haven't seen you in a while and I was thinking of you and Chris and Grim last night. Hope you're all well. Much love.