<p>Hey…if I CLEAN, that’s my way of letting go and showing love. So I object to the characterization of the mom who cleans not being able to let go. I AM letting go.</p>
<p>In fact, I’ve already done it. My kid went away to school at 15…and yeah, I CLEANED. If that’s the worst complaint about me that anyone has, I’m good with that.</p>
<p>Lol at the parent asking about the “parent sleepover”. Now that one would be a problem.</p>
<p>I clean. I don’t care what they think if I clean. I’m not trying to be friends with the kids’ roommates. I’m the mom.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to impress or any of it, just get it clean, get the room homey as possible, get in a last meal with the kiddo and any last errands and get out of their way. </p>
<p>I suggest staying nearby for a day or two if this is doable for you. IMHO the kiddo always needs something forgotten and necessary… one.last.hug.</p>
<p>carry on.</p>
<p>I don’t clean. But I certainly would thank any mom who wanted to clean my son’s room. Maybe his roomie’s mom will be the type! :)</p>
<p>Faux Pas at orientation last week.</p>
<p>I volunteer in the nursery at church. My brain was not working at orientation , we had a break where the students could go eat with their parents. I asked DS in front of some other kids if he had to go potty before we went to lunch…Ugh…I knew as soon as I said it what a mistake that was.</p>
<p>The mom of my kid’s roomie brought a FlipFold, sat on her kid’s bed and proceeded to “FlipFold” shirts from a pile her kid had thrown on the floor for that purpose. It was odd and kind of hard to look her in the eye while we all chatted. [Shirt</a> Folder T-Shirt Folding Board - FlipFold](<a href=“http://www.flipfold.com%5DShirt”>http://www.flipfold.com). She brought some secret birthday supplies for her kid that she was giving my kid to surprise the roomie with a couple of weeks after move-in. In order to keep her kid from learning about the secret birthday stuff, roomie’s mom made up a story that she was giving the contents of the bag to my kid to then give to me. It was a bag with “Weight Watchers” printed on it. Thanks, roomie’s mom.</p>
<p>It wasn’t a bad thing but kind of funny. When my son checked into his room, I used Clorox wipes to clean some things off. Especially my husband gave me a pretty hard time for this… Until we walked out and he saw the mom in the next room with gloves on cleaning the mattress with some kind of spray.</p>
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<p>MichiganGeorgia, do realize that you are now legend on that campus. :D</p>
<p>But we understand. :)</p>
<p>At the end of the month, I’ll be taking S off to his graduate school housing. I’ve been putting together a minimalist cooking kit for him from extra stuff of mine, since the place he’ll be living has a community kitchen and he needs to save money by cooking some meals for himself. I don’t expect to be unpacking his bags, unless he needs me to take some home. When he was an undergraduate, we eventually solved this problem by “packing” most of his clothes in garbage bags. :)</p>
<p>There is no way in hell I would ever clean his bathroom for him.</p>
<p>I wiped everything down with wipes, including the mattress. But, lucky for me the only people there to watch were family and they probably thought I had lost my mind because I do not clean anything at home.</p>
<p>I didn’t clean because everything in the room looked clean. However, like MD Mom, I did run baby wipes a couple of times over and the sides of the mattress and sprayed it with Lysol before I placed the mattress pad and sheets.</p>
<p>I asked DS in front of some other kids if he had to go potty before we went to lunch…Ugh…I knew as soon as I said it what a mistake that was.</p>
<p>wait, what? do you typically ask your teenager this when not in front of friends too?</p>
<p>Lindz126, the only time I ask the question is during long road or plane trips.</p>
<p>^but do you say, “go potty”</p>
<p>Did you read the rest of the post? She said it because it’s what she says to her toddlers. </p>
<p>I work with kids, too and have gotten used to saying “go potty”. I say it on accident sometimes, even with adults. It happens. </p>
<p>This thread is hilarious. My parents didn’t even come up until I was moved in. I did see people with GIANT Uhauls but darn if I could remember who they were even a few weeks later.</p>
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<p>If there were bedbugs, would baby wipes and lysol do any good?</p>
<p>Romani, what toddler? I’m confused.</p>
<p>Mathmom, the wipes and Lysol were for dust and possible germs. I didn’t even think of bed bugs. The only time I encountered a bed bug was in a fancy schmanzy hotel in NY. Is there a bed bug spray?</p>
<p>I can’t imagine how I’ve missed this thread in past years, but I can’t wait to go back and read the whole thing. I’m already ROFL.</p>
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<p>What, no fingerprinting the roomie for a criminal background check?</p>
<p>So, if you go back, I think you’ll see the post(s) about Mom folding and putting away son’s underwear. Maybe in front of everyone.</p>
<p>We helped S schlep stuff from HI to his dorm in Los Angeles. We carted and watched him put things away. We were amused that he wanted shelf paper. We stuck around for a few says after move in and helped make a few runs to various stores with him because he had no vehicle. </p>
<p>The one thing we did that probably upset him some was when I spoke quietly on the side with his RA about S’s chronic health issues because I figured S wouldn’t mention it and it MIGHT lead to issues during the school year. </p>
<p>At the U’s recommendation, we did take S to see a few of the docs at the U’s med school, in case S had a problem beyond the health center’s first aid abilities. One of the docs quietly said to me, I’d like to hear from the patient (whoops!). Was afraid S would minimize and gloss over his health issues as he generally tries to do until he crashes too hard to hide it. S turned out to rarely need docs in LA.</p>
<p>Great reading!
I may have used this… [Buy</a> Rest Easy? Bed Bug Repellent Spray](<a href=“http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/1/48268-rest-easy-bed-bug-repellent-spray.html]Buy”>http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/1/48268-rest-easy-bed-bug-repellent-spray.html) but I waited until H and S headed to the bookstore with roommate and roommate’s dad.
Roommate’s mom cried a lot. I waited until we were driving away - it was tough!</p>
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<p>I always bring Clorox wipes and wipe down all surfaces. During the last move-in, I pulled the filter out of the window A/C: it was filthy. I washed it in the bathroom sink, which I fortunately didn’t have to clean because it was a communal space that got cleaned daily. If not, I would have cleaned that, too.</p>
<p>btw the flip-fold video was mesmerizing, but it looks more complicated than just folding the shirt the regular way.</p>