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How often do you change your child's pjs/sleepsuit?

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pegasus · 10/05/2006 10:38

I haven't got a routine on this one and wondered what everyone else does? Do you treat them like clothes and change them daily or like bedding and change them weekly (-or whatever)?

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expatinscotland · 10/05/2006 10:42

Every other day for PJ's. Grobag, sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases changed once a week unless there's been an illness or accident.

I wash the duvet once a month and turn the mattresses once a month, too.

I also open the windows in the bedrooms daily.

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Greensleeves · 10/05/2006 10:43

Mine usually end up having fresh ones on every night, because they eat their porridge in them in the morning and get covered in it Grin If they manage to keep them clean I use them for one more night, but not more than 2 nights in the same pyjamas/sleepsuit. If it's winter and they are wearing fleecy suit/grobag over pyjamas, I only change that when it's dirty (usually about a week)

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Twinkie1 · 10/05/2006 10:44

Chane bed linen 3 times a week and PJs every night - DS gets some sort of browny green snot like stuff fron somewhere at night and rubs it into his nice cream bed linen and all over his face and hair so we have no choice at the moment!!!

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Jessajam · 10/05/2006 10:45

routine?! I change ds's nighttime babygro once it has been puked on (proper puke mind you, have been known to let him get away with a dribbly bit!), or if I have had to use it as an emergency nose wiper -for ds you understand, not meGrin. So probably wears same one for 2 3 or 4 nights in a row.
Don't change his clothes daily either - well tops I do because of the dribbles, but unless he has coated trousers in food or had leaky nappy, they keep going for 2-3 days too.
Am clearly a grubby mummy!

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lazycow · 10/05/2006 11:14

Well I am def in the lazy category here

Change the cot sheet when I remember (probably every 2 weeks) unless it had been pooed/puked/snotted on etc.

Wash the grow bag when it looks dirty (probably about 2-3 times a month Blush)

Pyjamas - he wears them for 3-4 days unless they get covered in food (and I mean covered not just a few stains Grin)

Also I send him to the childmonder in a new set of clothes each day but he wears the same ones again for the days he's home with me - unless they are really grubby - I am obviously grubby too - just don't want the childminder to think I am - oh the shame

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blueshoes · 10/05/2006 11:15

PJs - twice a week unless dirty for special reasons.

Sheets - oh, only when they hum.

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lua · 10/05/2006 11:18

I'll beat you lazycow!
I don't think I remember the last time I changed the cot sheets Blush!
PJs when they are dirty, grobags once in blue moon...
But I clean the VERY WELL in the bath every night right before bed, I promisse! Grin

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Marne · 10/05/2006 11:18

evry 2-3 days

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supakids · 10/05/2006 11:18

every other night

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supakids · 10/05/2006 11:19

sheets once a week send to Laundry cos im a lazy moo.Grin

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LucyJones · 10/05/2006 11:20

PJs about tiwce a week, sometimes just once a week. Cot sheets - well he only has one over the mattress and a blanket that hardly gets slept in so only about once a month [shock unless there is an accident. He does have a bath every day so it's not really as minging as it sounds!!

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supakids · 10/05/2006 11:23

ahh, my ds only baths 3 times a week, I dont agree with washing all his natural oils from his skin causes too many skin problems.

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Jessajam · 10/05/2006 11:26

oh I'm glad I'm not the only mum with a 'relaxed' attitude towards this!

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Roobie · 10/05/2006 11:26

Whenever they look or smell dirty

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Bozza · 10/05/2006 11:28

Kids bath every night with just water. Change pjs 2/3x a week. Bedding once a fortnight. Sheets always still fine but pillowcases are dribbly, snotty mess. Blush

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PiccadillyCircus · 10/05/2006 11:30

DS (2.5) wears same pyjamas for about a week, unless there is something very messy on them (minor food accidents stay there for a while). His sheets are changed when I remember so probably once a fortnight. Again, more often if really needed.

DD (7 months) wears a new babygro every day. Mainly because she wears it for breakfast and gets it everywhere. Also she has a favoured habit of weeing on it when she is released from the night time nappy.

Sheets and grobag - I'm sure I must change them sometimes Blush

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lua · 10/05/2006 12:06

I also just bath them mostly with water... soap mostly on the bits.
Still... I do it very well! Wink
I am just being silly, and justifying why I rarely change sheets and baby gro...
I honestly don't think they can possible get them that dirty, as long as they are not grubby when then go to bed...

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kama · 10/05/2006 12:24

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alexw · 10/05/2006 19:47

Vest and pjs every day. Sheet and grobag twice a week. Bath every night.

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blueteddy · 10/05/2006 19:48

As soon as they look grubby, which is normally after 1 or 2 wears.

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LeahE · 10/05/2006 20:08

blueteddy -- I read that as "1 or 2 years" initially and was Shock....

BlushGrin

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notasheep · 10/05/2006 20:11

clean ones every night

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brimfull · 10/05/2006 20:13

I'm in the slobby category,only change his bed every two weeks or so and pj's when they're dirty,which is quite often.Always put clothes on again if they're still clean,I have enough washing thank you!

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Wallace · 10/05/2006 20:14

blueteddy - I read it as 1 or 2 weeks Grin Not as bad as years!

Every other night for Pj's in my house, apart from at the end of the week when they go 3 nights. They eat their breakfast in them, but they are 6 and 4, so cleanish

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Seona1973 · 10/05/2006 20:14

dd (2.5) has clean pj's every night but she does wear them for breakfast in the morning and tends to spill her breakfast and/or juice down them. (ahe uses an open cup for meals so a bit more messy). She gets her bedding changed when I remember to (or think they might be getting manky!). She has a bath twice a week whether she needs it or not Wink

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